105MM Howitzer Brass Cases

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Originally Posted by CINDERS

look at the primer tube if its hollow and all the holes along its length are clear then that primer has been fired

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Yes I do examine shell cases carefully, inside and out, before purchase as I explained in post 10.

UPDATED; With some better pics of the bases. One of the shells was not a blank and still has the rod in the interior.

Canadian arsenals reloads. They both have the primer present but one has been hammered. Hard to say if it was percussion fired? Both are the percussion/electric primers. The "Rod" inside is the black powder ignition cartridge. They unscrew from the base of the primer, the whole affair can be reconditioned. I don't see where you get that they were blanks.

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Originally Posted by browningautorifle

Canadian arsenals reloads. They both have the primer present but one has been hammered. Hard to say if it was percussion fired? Both are the percussion/electric primers. The "Rod" inside is the black powder ignition cartridge. They unscrew from the base of the primer, the whole affair can be reconditioned. I don't see where you get that they were blanks.

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They were sold to me as blanks. The one with the ignition cartridge for sure was not a blank but I believe the other one was. I'll be putting them up for sale on my table at the Orangeville gun show this Sunday.

Usually blank is marked "BLANK" in either ink or hard stamp. Many are also cut down a bit. 105mm cut down are less than half their original length.

I think I have a blank somewhere in my collection, it is both cut down and marked blank.

Dug this is one out that I have had for quite some time now.

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