Lineup of a few shells. thought yall'd get a kick out of it.

[TMM]

L to R:
quarter for reference
.22LR
.22Mag
.222Rem
.50BMG
40mm artillery piece

picked up the 40mm at a fleamarket for $8. here's some more pics of the 40mm:

bottom of case with dates, etc. anyone able to ID this, give any info?

close up of primer and writing around it.

stamped writing on the side.

and, upon inspecion with a light, the primer rises up in the center of the bottom of the case like the post on a HydraShok bullet. any reason? perhaps better ignition time?

~TMM

 

[MDG1976]

Very cool. $8 well spent.

 

[TMM]

yup. i could have gotten 2 for $10, but i only wanted one and the other was beaten up a bit.

~TMM

 

[jamz]

Looks like THR crushed your geocities account.

-James

 

[Gewehr98]

Can't see the pictures, either.

I noticed ya blew right past having a .30 caliber specimen in your list, though.

 

[WarMachine]

Links are MIA.

 

[KriegHund]

Pics appear not.

 

[Nathanael_Greene]

Funny, I can see the pics just fine.

Cool item. I once had a 105mm shell for an umbrella stand. I wonder whatever happened to that thing...

 

[KriegHund]

And now they work...

 

[MarineTech]

Could be wrong here, but with the anchor on the casing, I'm assuming it's a shell casing from either a dual or quad Navy 40mm Bofors AA mount.

Yes, the internal post of the primer was to give more positive ignition. Even modern artillery shells have similar primers.

 

[micglin]

Now they're showing up again, but I'm guessing you'll be over your geocities limit by the time folks get off work tonight. So, since you can upload files to THR, I saved them, and will post them for ya. (not visible, just a link).

edit: well, I guess vbulletin knows a file is a pic, and thumbnails it. Oh well.

 

[Charles S]

Cool pics.

Charles

 

[CT Yankee]

Yes, very cool, but where'd you get the .50 BMG?

 

[TMM]

my grampa gave me 2 .50BMG shells. i guess he got them when he was in the service.

yea, i don't have a .30/.38/etc... i'm getting there! i've only fired a few guns...
(that 40mm left one hell of a bruise...)
~TMM

 

[bytor94]

Here are some loose/old stuff I have gotten over the years: I really need to clean this stuff up one of these days. All the BIG stuff is dummy/inert ammo.

.50 BMG - .45 ACP Hydra-shock - .22 LR - 9 mm - .45 case - .50 AE - 500 S&W - (back row) 7.62 NATO - 20mm dummy and a 70mm dummy rocket warhead.




Bonus points to whoever can identify the item between the ammo!

 

[jamz]

A leg or plate for a mortar?

 

[zerosignal]

looks to be some sort of sway-brace, possibly off an older bomb rack?

 

[bytor94]

zerosignal wins the bonus round!

It's a sway brace from an AH-1 Cobra ejector rack, inboard rack to be specific. It ended up in my tool box from a gunnery many years ago and is still with me, don't ask why I haven't thrown it away.

 

[.40-.45]

my line up

the largest ones in my line up are much smaller until you fire them

 

[TMM]

"the largest ones in my line up are much smaller until you fire them"

what?

 

[280PLUS]

It's the clutch adjustment screw out of my long lost '71 Mustang...