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Mk I dummy/drill round

Hi Richard,
Knowing who the seller is,who is also a BOCN member by the way,you can bet your life that this piece is 100% genuine

Tony
 
What made you think it was not a genuine round? With that headstamp it could only be a Mark I dummy drill or the much harder to find Inspection Mark I (except the inspectors round would have no fire holes).

Regards
TonyE
 
I just wanted to make sure I am new to collecting .303 and I checked your book and everything looked OK but I just though I would check, I am just starting to branch out into the less easier rounds now.

When you say no fire holes do you mean the ones with just the round rebate no holes or pin for the primer

thanks
Richard.
 
Yes, the fire holes (or flash holes as they are sometimes called) on either side of the anvil in the cap chamber in Berdan rounds. In the earlier Boxer primed rounds there is no anvil and just a centre fire hole.

The Dummy Drill Mark I was originally made from Boxer cases with no cap and a central fire hole and then later (from 1892) from Berdan cases, with no cap and usually both the anvil and fireholes.

The reason the Inspectors' dummy did not have any fire holes was that the case was filled with coal dust or iron filings to give the weight of the charge and the holes would have allowed some of the filling to escape.

Regards
TonyE
 
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