Guns & Militaria
Lot 2058c:
Description
This lot of 2 is inert and safe. From Jim Geibel collection and includes1) Item Description: 40x53mm pressure test proof cartridge.
Type Designator/Model: M385. Cal./Size: 1 ?-inches in diameter and 4 ?-inches high. Color: Black
Manufacturer: Unknown Country of Origin: United States
Long Description: All black projectile with no markings. The cartridge case has a large 1-inch diameter opening in the base to accept the primer/propellant chamber. The case headstamp is “40MM XM169E2; 64 HA 3”. Vietnam War era. 2) Item Description: 40x46mm mismatched cartridge. Type Designator/Model: N/A
Cal./Size: 1 ?-inches in diameter and 4-inches high.
Color: Olive drab with a silver ogive. Manufacturer: Unknown Country of Origin: United States. Long Description: This is a low velocity 40x46mm cartridge case with a high velocity M384 type projectile. The combination would not work. The heavy gilding metal rotating band would not pass thru any 40x46mm launcher and the short case would not chamber properly in a 40x53mm launcher. There are no markings on the projectile except for a handwritten “INERT” on the ogive along with a printed “INERT”. There is no headstamp on the case. Printed in black on the case is “AMM LOT MA-89H167-024” and “40MM M118 GLN88J008-016”.
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