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The N stamp usually signifies Naval stores..
Its possible the manufacture date is 1889?
I would be surprised if it was HE filled.. more likely to be CP (Common Pointed) GP fill with an Armstrong or Hotchkiss base fuze.. (nasty things btw..!)
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Cinders, do you have an image of the correct brass case for this, please?
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Not sure on what it should look like sorry F10 but I did find this site where we can all benifit from its got lots in there.
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Originally Posted by
bombdoc
more likely to be CP (Common Pointed) GP fill
GP fill would be...Amatol? Ammonial? What particularly?
Here you have a 37 projectile and no case. I have a 37mm Jap and no projectile. I have to make one I fear. Good luck hunting one of these...
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What I am chasing is the correct empty case
I know you love to look at stuff, here's a link with your case and projectile pictured...if you look just a bit above it you see my 37mm Jap and projectile too. I looked at your links and saw nothing of assistance...
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GP fill would be...Amatol? Ammonial? What particularly?
Sorry, my use of UK terminology.. GP - Gunpowder - standard Black Powder. CP "Common Pointed" shell were base fuzed, filled with Gunpowder and were in use up until the beginning of WW1. A lot of shell was made from cast iron until the development of Bessemer steel in the late 1800s, often cast in a mould with a chill plate in the bottom to give a hardened tip. These were filled with gunpowder, usually reject cannon powder or "sweepings" which gave a good fragment pattern. Early HE shell was not that good until they switched to making it from steel.
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I have a couple of these cases so stuck it in there for the time being I have no idea as to the maker and what they are except it takes the round snugly.
Any ideas the 303 cartridge for scale.
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It doesn't quite look like the US 37mm case, the neck isn't long enough.
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Thanks for the reply Jim its not US issue I have a 37MM and you are right the US has a longer neck.
The neck on both of these cases have not been messed with not like that Jap case I brought, ended up with another one bit skankier but has an intact neck.
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A US 37mm Shell Case
I believe that there was more than one US 37mm.
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