previous post next post  

Continuing the Whatziss

By The Armorer on July 16, 2010 | | Comments (13)
Neffi's really pretty close, and will probably get it today, unless he has another bout of logorrhea. That was fun, really, and those kinds of guesses are half the reason I do these...



Share This Article:

Share |

Categories:

13 Comments

By Argent on July 16, 2010 9:14 AM
Is that a lead casing like a mini sabot or something?
 
By wolfwalker on July 16, 2010 9:45 AM
Is that the core to a Minie-type rifle ball?  Not the American Civil War version, but perhaps a somewhat later one?
 
By gunnerMk42 on July 16, 2010 10:24 AM
Looks like a 8mm steel jacketed round. either that or a malay water carrier.
 
By Neffi on July 16, 2010 11:46 AM
Don't have access to my Hogg books here... Boys round?
 
By prestonious on July 16, 2010 12:13 PM
Sure looks like someone needs to be SLAPed but I have no idea about caliber.
 
By og on July 16, 2010 3:21 PM
mau 1918 round?
 
By Joe Towler on July 16, 2010 4:14 PM
expended tracer round
 
By Dennydog on July 16, 2010 4:47 PM
Line throwing round. The line comes pre packaged, tied around the little groove thingys. Also holds the sabot together; keeps it from falling apart during flight and losing that little inside goody. Found to be a poor design.
 
By heath on July 16, 2010 4:48 PM
A "gallery round"  for perhaps the Carl G insert (Sub Calibre Training Device) (6.5 mm and 7.62mm).  These are designed to flash when hitting a target, and have a tracer for flight indication.

Heath

Arte et Marte
 
By Justthisguy on July 16, 2010 6:14 PM
Ooh! Oogh! That's one of those duplex rounds they tried out in the sixties and seventies!
 
By John (Not The Armorer) on July 16, 2010 6:32 PM
Okay, the top object is a view of the outside of the jacket.  Bottom is inside view of the jacket.

Center shows the core resting in the jacket.

It does not look like the jackets have been recnelty sectioned (cut away) so it is likely that they are made to be shed when the whole bullet strikes something.

The two deep grooves (cannelures) on the jacket are a bit odd.  Perhaps the lower one is for crimping the case, and the upper one is for visual ID of the round.

No idea of caliber or nationality, but suspect it is in the 7.62 to 12.7mm (.30-.50 caliber) range, and probably not U.S.

 
By SezaGeoff on July 16, 2010 7:39 PM
I'd go with .55 Boys too.  I have a clip of them somewhere here, but couldn't lay my hands on it yesterday.  The jacket definitely fits.  What had me confused is why use a boattail on a core?
 
By Justthisguy on July 16, 2010 10:09 PM
Because it happens to fit?