Help :confused:

[anubix91]

Does anybody know what kind of bullet this is?I bought it a couple of years ago and ran across it. I was just curious about it's origin. If you can help me, that would be awesome.

-anubix91

 

[Walkalong]

whoops - never mind, but welcome to THR while I'm here.

 

[Jim Watson]

Since it has no primer or flashhole, and a hole drilled in the side of the case, and is in a machine gun link, I figure it is a training or test dummy cartridge to set up a MG with.

F A = Frankford Arsenal
4 = made in 1944
To save the cost of a new headstamp date "bunter" reading 44, they just ground the 3 off the 1943 stamp. Might have been 1954, etc, maybe a cartridge collector will come along with more.

 

[anubix91]

I had been wondering for a while. The person I bought it from said that it was from the WWII time period. You confirmed that and more.
Thank you.

 

[TEDDY]

cart

I have some they are dummy rds the hole is notice of dummy rd.

 

[rcmodel]

The zinc plated, steel case, is a good indication it is not, and never was, a live round.

WWII Dummy .50 cal MG Training Round for sure.

 

[tlen]

The zinc plated, steel case, is a good indication it is not, and never was, a live round. WWII Dummy .50 cal MG Training Round for sure.

+1, I have 2 of them........ FA, 1944
http://www.biggerhammer.net/barrett/faq.html