wooden practice ordenance

[micmacman]

stopped into a indoor flea market today , found a decent flaming bomb 5o cal ammo can to restore $10 , just has a light coat of spray paint , can see the original paint through it

anyway , he had a "WOODEN" practice/dummy bomb that stood about 3 feet , very heavy and actually pretty and n good shape , almost like it had a steel or lead core , that heavy , anyone familiar with these , how collectable , rare , common , what they go for , any info at all?

thanks

Information

Warning: This is a relatively older thread This discussion is older than 360 days. Some information contained in it may no longer be current.

[Aragorn243]

Need photos. Way too many different types. They are not common in any case. 3ft high and heavy, it probably would have come home with me if less than $100 easy. More than that I'd have to think on it but a couple hundred isn't out of the question for these.

[micmacman]

he had $135 on it , but hes a haggler , he had $20 on the flaming bomb can and he cut that in half at the drop of a hat , i bet i could get it for $100 ,i cant post photos here , i tried everything , and cant seem to get it , its the only site ive never been able to figure out , extremely frustrating

i had never heard of wooden practice bombs , never knew it was a thing

---------- Post added at 03:25 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:23 PM ----------

very similar to this , (i will try and get a pic to post) bear with me



---------- Post added at 03:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:25 PM ----------

in fact i would say almost identical to this except the painted stripes were different color and i think there was a tip on it

[micmacman]

The pic shown looks like a US Navy 3 inch dummy round. In the early 80's the market was flooded with new in the box WWII 3 inch dummy rounds. As I recall the price then was $15-20USD. Used for gun crew training. Price now???

this actually gave me a lightbulb moment , i did not understand why a dummy round would be wood , i see now ITS FOR PRACTICE DRILLS , lol , ifeel stupid , now i also understand why it weighs what it weighs

[Aragorn243]

Ah, that isn't a bomb. It's a practice shell, 3 inch as already identified. They are fairly common and up till a few years ago were very cheap. I have four different types of them and the box to go with them and I don't think I paid more than $25 for any of them.

Now however, the supply has dried up and the ones I'm seeing for sale are around $100, sometimes more. I wouldn't pay that much for one as I have four already but if I wanted and needed one, I probably would. I haven't seen any cheaper in about three years.

[Sapper740]

Just to affirm what many have posted, these 3" practice shells were plentiful at Flea markets 15 - 20 years ago. I picked up three with the steel 'projectile' and wooden 'shell casing' which I think look better and might be a little rarer due to their being made out of what would have been a strategic material back then. I paid $100 for all three 10 years ago but haven't seen any for sale the last few years, most having been picked up by collectors I assume. I would think $100 to $150 would be a fair price for one today.

[browningautorifle]

Those bring a bit more around here. Can be in the hundreds. Yes, 3" 50cal drill round.

[micmacman]

well went back today , i remembered a couple things wrong , he had $145 on it and i thought the metal was painted , he seen me looking at it again and said hundred bucks , i said sold , thing has to weigh 30lbs

[Flying10uk]

wooden practice ordenance

On a recent documentary that I watched it was stated that during WW2 the Germans constructed a "decoy"/fake airfield intended to fool the RAF. The RAF responded by "bombing" the "fake airfield" with a single wooden (fake) bomb.

[micmacman]

On a recent documentary that I watched it was stated that during WW2 the Germans constructed a "decoy"/fake airfield intended to fool the RAF. The RAF responded by "bombing" the "fake airfield" with a single wooden (fake) bomb.

thats funny , i know we had fake bases as well , complete with fake tanks