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    Grandpa did
    I’ll ask dad. But I don’t think he can lift it anymore. I’ll have to go see asap.
    I remember, hopefully not wrong, that the base was flat. Hollow inside, with very thick mantle.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ovidio View Post
    Hollow inside, with very thick mantle.
    But a solid base...well, you know what base ejecting smoke and HE casings would look like anyway.
    Regards, Jim

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    Quote Originally Posted by Daan Kemp View Post
    I trust you have ensured it is inert?
    Lovely original patina, looks quite "untouched".

    Maybe tell the wife she doesn't need to dust around it anymore.
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    It is wholly untouched. It stood for decades in grandpa’s living room, then, about 15 years ago, it was taken to my parent’s house. And again, never touched by anybody.
    It has been cleared of all explosive or whatever it might have contained.
    I have to admit that I never really looked at it.
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    Another this one is a 6Pdr solid shot with a unfired projectile nice driving bands.
    Al I did was clean up the body of the projie and flat black paint it pretty happy with it displays really well. (303 Mk VII round for scale)

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    Yep, I have one of those. Apparently they were the sponson guns for the male tanks in WW1 also. Mine has dates of pre 1900, WW1 and WW2 on it...
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    Quote Originally Posted by CINDERS View Post
    Another this one is a 6Pdr solid shot with a unfired projectile nice driving bands.
    Al I did was clean up the body of the projie and flat black paint it pretty happy with it displays really well. (303 Mk VII round for scale)
    I don't have the 6pdr shell but I do have those three books (the new Guinea offensives, a bastard of a place (guess based on look of the spines), and kokoda) to the left of the shell. Latter two I picked up in Sydney about 4 years ago. Probably a bunch others too

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    Ovidio, I can't help wondering how you can be sure that shell has been deactivated? Do you know this for a fact from your father or grandfather, or is there some evidence of the casing being opened at the bottom?

    At the very least you have an impact(?) fuse there that may still be live, even if the explosive charge in the shell was removed.
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    I remember looking at it many years ago. The bottom was open and the inside of the shell is completely empty.
    The fuse is another question. But I know that grandpa told me the thing was completely deactivated.
    He was an officer and had a lot of years of active war duty on his shoulders, so I guess he knew what he was talking about quite well.
    But I’ll look at it again as soon as the chance arises.
    Also to see what we have there.
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    Before/After the 106 RCL HEATFS came to me via another member whom I purchased a lot from that was scaling back their collection and the round was one of the items I needed as I had 2 of the cases sitting here with no projectile. The nose comes off to expose the shaped dome inside to shape the charges explosion. I did not attempt to straighten the fins into the extended position rather just leave it pretty much as is. It forms a good talking point in my collection as they are not often seen in these parts. 303 Mk VII round Btm Rt of completed round for scale.
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