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Some WW2 large calibers
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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05-21-2014 09:27 AM
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Left to right, .55 Boyes, .50 Browning, 12.7 DSHK...
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correct answer
You got that really fast, years ago the 12,7x108mm was called the 51 cal Russian![icon](autolinker/images/link6.gif)
Can you tell who manufactured this 12,7 mm cartridge by the headstamp ?Attachment 53030
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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?
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more cartridges or a short history of British Military cartridges
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
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577/450, 30-40 Krag
, 7mm?, 303BR, 4.85, 7.62x51, 5.56
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Just being a bit pedantic BAR and others, it's BOYS and not BoyEs.
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Thanks Peter. I've never had a grip on that part...shot the gun though. Very passable...
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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.
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I sort of thought that too. It sort of looks like a Dum Dum round. Big 217 gr...
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