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ID if possible please?
- Thread starter Wooly77
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Hi Wooly,
It is a 1" aiming case Mk VI with a percussion primer - the band around the base is unusual.
With the green wadding may imply some sort of blank /practice round????
There are numerous threads on these - just search '1" aiming case'
Cheers
Drew
It is a 1" aiming case Mk VI with a percussion primer - the band around the base is unusual.
With the green wadding may imply some sort of blank /practice round????
There are numerous threads on these - just search '1" aiming case'
Cheers
Drew
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TonyE
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Sorry Dronic69, but it is not the case for a 1 inch Aiming Rifle.
It is a 1 inch Very cartridge for a flare gun, which is why it is constructed the way it is and has the green wad indicating the colour of the flare. It is a Mark VI T/N, the "T" indicating black powder loading and the "N" Naval Service. It was made at Royal Laboratory, Woolwich in March 1930.
It is a very (sorry!) nice example and not often seen, since most flare rounds were contracted out to proprietary fireworks companies like Pains and few were made within the Ordnance factories. The brass foil construction was presumably done to improve salt water resistance for naval use, since Land Service rounds are usually paper cased.
Regards
TonyE
It is a 1 inch Very cartridge for a flare gun, which is why it is constructed the way it is and has the green wad indicating the colour of the flare. It is a Mark VI T/N, the "T" indicating black powder loading and the "N" Naval Service. It was made at Royal Laboratory, Woolwich in March 1930.
It is a very (sorry!) nice example and not often seen, since most flare rounds were contracted out to proprietary fireworks companies like Pains and few were made within the Ordnance factories. The brass foil construction was presumably done to improve salt water resistance for naval use, since Land Service rounds are usually paper cased.
Regards
TonyE
