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Plastic 5.56mm blank
- Thread starter Charlie
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Chris 42 RQ
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Plastic POP Brass Bang !
Charlie the plastic blanks are not as loud due to the lack of pressure the blank builds up before it "Blows" whereas the Brass cases allow that build up in pressure before the brass "gives" hence the difference in noise quality.
Charlie the plastic blanks are not as loud due to the lack of pressure the blank builds up before it "Blows" whereas the Brass cases allow that build up in pressure before the brass "gives" hence the difference in noise quality.
Plastic blanks including .50 cal perhaps?
Hi Charlie,
We used black plastic blanks in both 5.56 M16s and 7.62 SLRS in my time (see attached photos of plastic blank 7.62 that I have) in the New Zealand Army (part time territorial in 22(D) Bty, 16 Field Regt, Royal NZ Artillery) in the late 1970s /early 1980s.
I also have a red plastic .50 cal mg cartridge case that I picked up off the sand in a NZ (cold) desert training and live fire area. Whether this was a blank or what I don't know, but I presume it must have been, being made of plastic.
Attached Photos are
1. Black plastic 7.62 SLR blank that we used (with a BFA), next to a normal brass 7.62 case. We used very similar plastic blank 5.56 rounds in M16s.
2. Base of the plastic blank 7.62 round.
3. Red plastic .50 cal cartridge case (a blank do you think?)
4. Base of the red plastic .50 cal case (no stamp marks that I can see)
5. A spent .50 cal round (tracer perhaps from the mark on base?) and a spent 7.62 round both picked up from the sand of a NZ desert training and live fire area around 1980.
Hi Charlie,
We used black plastic blanks in both 5.56 M16s and 7.62 SLRS in my time (see attached photos of plastic blank 7.62 that I have) in the New Zealand Army (part time territorial in 22(D) Bty, 16 Field Regt, Royal NZ Artillery) in the late 1970s /early 1980s.
I also have a red plastic .50 cal mg cartridge case that I picked up off the sand in a NZ (cold) desert training and live fire area. Whether this was a blank or what I don't know, but I presume it must have been, being made of plastic.
Attached Photos are
1. Black plastic 7.62 SLR blank that we used (with a BFA), next to a normal brass 7.62 case. We used very similar plastic blank 5.56 rounds in M16s.
2. Base of the plastic blank 7.62 round.
3. Red plastic .50 cal cartridge case (a blank do you think?)
4. Base of the red plastic .50 cal case (no stamp marks that I can see)
5. A spent .50 cal round (tracer perhaps from the mark on base?) and a spent 7.62 round both picked up from the sand of a NZ desert training and live fire area around 1980.
Attachments
Thanks for that MG. I'd always assumed the .50 case was a blank for the almost 30 years since I picked it up out in the desert area at Waiouru, but hadn't known for sure. Thanks for the confirmation (And Hi from another Kiwi).
That handful of cases and two spent bullets is about the extent of my tiny militaria collection, plus one 105mm brass HESH shell case that we fired on an anti tank live shoot, although I do still have my own RNZA beret, hat badge, stable belt, and a platoon commander's aide memoire that I was probably meant to return.
Actually, now that I think about it I also have my father's WW2 kitbag and a webbing bag that came back from North Africa with him, both still in remarkably good condition especially considering that one was was used a fishing tackle bag until the 1990s (the webbing bag) and the other to store pine cones in for the fireplace until 5 years ago (his kitbag).
Cheers,
Chris
That handful of cases and two spent bullets is about the extent of my tiny militaria collection, plus one 105mm brass HESH shell case that we fired on an anti tank live shoot, although I do still have my own RNZA beret, hat badge, stable belt, and a platoon commander's aide memoire that I was probably meant to return.
Actually, now that I think about it I also have my father's WW2 kitbag and a webbing bag that came back from North Africa with him, both still in remarkably good condition especially considering that one was was used a fishing tackle bag until the 1990s (the webbing bag) and the other to store pine cones in for the fireplace until 5 years ago (his kitbag).
Cheers,
Chris