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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: BIGINNER on February 04, 2011, 10:27:45 AM

Title: what caliber is this?
Post by: BIGINNER on February 04, 2011, 10:27:45 AM: i found this casing while coyote hunting, its a 308 case, but the tip is smaller than .22, .... maybe .17?

the photo shows the casing next to a 308 round.
Title: Re: what caliber is this?
Post by: gunnarnewt on February 04, 2011, 10:37:35 AM: That looks an awful lot like the old casings we used to find when the mattawa area opened up to farming....30 cal machine gun casing blanks. used to find belts of them on the ground!
Title: Re: what caliber is this?
Post by: Woodchuck on February 04, 2011, 10:39:05 AM: yup, training blanks
Title: Re: what caliber is this?
Post by: CP on February 04, 2011, 10:40:27 AM: 6.5x55mm ??
Title: Re: what caliber is this?
Post by: BIGINNER on February 04, 2011, 10:40:48 AM: Quote from: JIMKD8 on February 04, 2011, 10:39:05 AM
yup, training blanks

WELL THATS BORING.... I WAS EXPECTING SOMETHING LIKE A SUPER ULTRA HIGH VELOCITY .17 CAL. :( OH WELL... LOL THANKS GUYS
Title: Re: what caliber is this?
Post by: BIGINNER on February 04, 2011, 10:42:45 AM: Quote from: CP on February 04, 2011, 10:40:27 AM
6.5x55mm ??

I DOUBT IT. THE OPENING IS UNDER .22 CAL
Title: Re: what caliber is this?
Post by: Huntboy on February 04, 2011, 10:43:03 AM: Quote from: JIMKD8 on February 04, 2011, 10:39:05 AM
yup, training blanks
:yeah:
Title: Re: what caliber is this?
Post by: gunnarnewt on February 04, 2011, 10:45:59 AM: The long slender nose is to mimmick the shell....The opening always conatined a paper wad.....Nothing but primers and powder for those things! ;)
Title: Re: what caliber is this?
Post by: jeepasaurusrex on February 04, 2011, 11:18:48 AM: 7.62 training round. Usually linked for the M-60 and such.
Title: Re: what caliber is this?
Post by: MikeWalking on February 04, 2011, 11:19:50 AM: Blank round, belted for the M60. Shot a zillion of them.