105MM Howitzer Brass Cases

[Flying10uk]

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

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

[lawrence_n]

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

[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.

[lawrence_n]

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.

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.

[browningautorifle]

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.

[Aragorn243]

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

[SNAFU22]

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