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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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    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 Russianicon

    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 Russianicon 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 Britishicon 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 Kragicon, 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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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter Laidlericon View Post
    BOYS and not BoyEs.
    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 Kragicon 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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