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14-09-2015, 20:36 #11
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Hang on a mo - thats just a case removed from manufacturing process either before rimming or removed and passed rimming step then had a bullet slipped in. Like the kinda thing a guy at the production plant can do get up too.
Bet you find original owner worked or was family of some one who was in production.
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14-09-2015, 20:42 #12
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Is it just me or are there not any flash holes?
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14-09-2015, 20:43 #13
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Initially I also thought it might be QC slip-up.
It has a bullet seated, but the flash holes in the primer is not drilled into the case.
It does have the anvil for the primer though.
I would think that the factory would seat the bullet after adding a primer and powder.
Shaking the case I cannot hear any powder. It also feels a bit light for it to have powder.
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14-09-2015, 20:44 #14
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Re: ID this cartridge
Perhaps a manufacture defect.
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14-09-2015, 20:48 #15
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14-09-2015, 20:53 #17
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Re: ID this cartridge
Hang on a mo - thats just a case removed from manufacturing process either before rimming or removed and passed rimming step then had a bullet slipped in. Like the kinda thing a guy at the production plant can do get up too.
Bet you find original owner worked or was family of some one who was in production.
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14-09-2015, 20:55 #18
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14-09-2015, 22:22 #19
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Re: ID this cartridge
What does it weigh? And does it have a powder charge? My reason for asking: it does not have either an extractor groove or flash holes. It is unlikely that it would have slipped past QC up to the point of inserting a bullet; therefore I assume it was purpose made as is. Either to check rifle chambers (unlikely) but how about functioning as a comparison bullet for control purposes?
If it is charged the nonexisting flash holes are difficult to explain. If it is for measuring I guess the cartridge is empty.
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14-09-2015, 23:07 #20
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Re: ID this cartridge
So it does not have powder.
Just weighed them.
Standard 7.62x51 (R1M1) = 368 grains
Mystery cartridge = 333 grains
Difference = 35grains
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