LARGER BULLET

[Val Beechey]

A couple of the casings, or whatever you call them, that I've found recently. The big one is big and I'd be interested to know if anyone can I.D. the other little bit. Is it the tip of a bullet ??  I find loads of them and often wonder. One I found had a round black plastic insert at the pointy end.

Val

[waltonbasinman]

Val you are not going to turn this into a my bullet is bigger than your bullet thread are you. 

[Chef Geoff]

Yes your right with cases The smaller is a standard 303 round, the larger is probably a .50 calibre from a Browning or Vickers machine gun. Both could of been fired by infantry or aicraft

[Radnor Bandit (Ian)]

The smaller casing looks like a  .135 or .177 hunting round. A local farmers got one. it punches holes through telegraph poles (it has a armoured tip), how long is the big casing ?. No idea about the other bit , it doesnt look like it has been clasped in a casing (no rings around the base).  If it glows in the dark, its a spent radioactive armour piercing round  

[Val Beechey]

Well Paul I know you all like to think yours is the biggest.

I am interested to know about the little thingy though.  

Thanks Geoff.  Knew you'd know. Does the thingy look familiar ??

Val

[Chef Geoff]

You could be right Ian I hadn't studied it against the penny, though if smaller then I would say it's more likely to be a .22 long round. A favoured sniper rifle size from WW II

[Radnor Bandit (Ian)]

i thought it could be one of these

[Val Beechey]

Ah !!   there you are then. Thats about what I thought. It could be the bit off the end of the bullet. And NO it doesn't glow in the dark.

The larger casing is 10cm long and 2cm across.  Anti Aircraft sounds about right for where I found it.

Val

[Jeb]

 .   The cal should be on the rim of each. The smaller one is a blank judging by the tip where its been crimped .
 Ah just read vals 10cm measurement so that would put the larger one  at 50 cal then and the smaller one could be the 7.62 as Geoff  said

[Val Beechey]

For you experts the large one has S L  and 42 on the bottom end.  The little one has RG  L1 = A1  09 on the bottom.

Thanks for your ideas Guys. I've often thought I should start collecting these things. They seem to be made of brass and I spose they could fetch a bob or two.

Val

[Jeb]

Its " illegal "  to put them in fror scrap Val.   I suppose thats incase any live ones get amongst them .
I Think the SL indicates its Large and the 42 will be the year of manufature.
RG  L1 = A1  09 will be the SLR  and the 2009 year of manufacture . (I think) 

[Chef Geoff]

The larger .50 calibre code means that it was made in Saint Louise USA in 1942
The smaller one is from the Royal Ordnance Factory, Radway Green. but as to the other codes then I can't track them down as yet but it has to be pre 1949 as the RO was superseded by the NATO logo in that year .

[Val Beechey]

Thanks for your interest Jeb and Geoff. Don't laugh but I find that info facinating. Where they were found I automatically thought they were both modern.
I'm really chuffed to hear the big one is American WW11.
The little one I will admit came from where I shouldn't have been and I know there is often target practice there so the Sniper idea seems to fit.

Val

[Val Beechey]

Look what I've done. Isn't it pretty.

Thought some of you bottle hunters might like to see the little medicine bottle I found in some disturbed soil. The thingy in the top is whats left of the original cork stopper. As far as I can find out it was used for Opium during the 1800's and into the early 1900's.

Val

[Meatslicer]

Beat this one then Val!

Eric