Test your knowledge on these large caliber (approx. half inch bullets) used in WW2 and some for many years afterAttachment 53029
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Test your knowledge on these large caliber (approx. half inch bullets) used in WW2 and some for many years afterAttachment 53029
Left to right, .55 Boyes, .50 Browning, 12.7 DSHK...
You got that really fast, years ago the 12,7x108mm was called the 51 cal Russian
Can you tell who manufactured this 12,7 mm cartridge by the headstamp ?Attachment 53030
Well, Kynoc, Frankfurt Arsenal and the Russian is a mystery as most of their markings are to me...factory number 64...and I can't find it. Has it been re-designated?
While testing a Nikon Coolpix camera, I took this photo of some British military cartridges over the past 100 years plus, should not be difficult to ID all these cartridges ?
The 12.7x108mm cartridge is Chinese ? I thinkAttachment 53044
577/450, 30-40 Krag, 7mm?, 303BR, 4.85, 7.62x51, 5.56
Just being a bit pedantic BAR and others, it's BOYS and not BoyEs.
Thanks Peter. I've never had a grip on that part...shot the gun though. Very passable...Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Laidler
Don't think the second one is a 30-40 Krag Jim, necks too short. It's a 303 but I'm not sure of the Mark. The tip looks a bit flat so maybe Mk.IV or V HP.
I sort of thought that too. It sort of looks like a Dum Dum round. Big 217 gr...