Some WW2 large calibers

[RCS]

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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[browningautorifle]

Left to right, .55 Boyes, .50 Browning, 12.7 DSHK...

[RCS]

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

[browningautorifle]

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?

[RCS]

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

[Patrick Chadwick]

The 12.7x108mm cartridge is Chinese ? I think

Yes. It's Factory 41 (China) year 1964.

[RCS]

Thank you Patrick, I know this 12.7mm came back from Viet Nam in the 60's

The third British cartridge is the 276 cal Enfield for the Pattern 13 rifle headstamp is R^L

also interesting (I should have taken a photo) is the 7,62x51mm headstamp is CAC 60 over L2A2 N

[browningautorifle]

577/450, 30-40 Krag, 7mm?, 303BR, 4.85, 7.62x51, 5.56

[Peter Laidler]

Just being a bit pedantic BAR and others, it's BOYS and not BoyEs.

[browningautorifle]

BOYS and not BoyEs.

Thanks Peter. I've never had a grip on that part...shot the gun though. Very passable...