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Free, bupkis & fer nuttin'

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I don't know how many of you have access to a shooting range (real firearms type), but if you do, or you know someone who knows someone & so on then I've got "zuch a deal" for you!

These are fired (& so utterly inert & 100% safe) cases from a firearm using the 17 HMR ammunition (It stands for Hornady Magnum Rim-fire 0.17"), they are 1.150" long, 0.288" wide at the rim, 0.244" at the base tapering to 0.192 at the open end of the neck. They ae very popular with target & pest shooters, so they are easy to find.
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OK, so what you ask?
Well they'll be absolutely free as they are discarded after use so your "contact" can just snarf them up off the ground for you!
They're darn near perfect size scaled to a 1/16 model as fired main gun rounds! They're even correctly fouled, stained & weathered! The bottleneck may not be perfect for some tanks, but hey fer cheap its not a bad deal.

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This: is the real HE for the 90mm. You can see the taper difference.
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Spam In A Can 26 wrote:This: is the real HE for the 90mm. You can see the taper difference.
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Spam these look great!
Tanks alot.... :wave:
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Thinking on it you might also be able to use .22RimFire, or .22 rim-fire magnum cases as well. Again they cant be reactivated after firing once so they 're basically little brass tins, nothing more. The .22's may be over sized at the pointy end though.
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The shell casings on your Pershing look very convincing what do you charge for a lot of them shipped to the northeast...
Tanks alot.... :wave:
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Unfortunately, the police and customs bods over here (Britain and much of Europe) take a dim view of folk possessing -and especially mailing- spent cartridges. Some can be refilled and fitted with new primers. When the Swiss police confiscated some .303 British shells from me recently, and even though it was plain that the rounds were actually inert, in international law they said, they still comprise 'part of a firearm'. I go shooting in Switzerland because in the UK you need to be a member of registered club, even to mess around with paintballs and BBs. Eventually, even tank airsoft guns will probably need licensing... :eh:
That said, I went to New York many years ago, and have a vivid memory of the digital meter in Times Square that counts the number of gun deaths in the US.... :shh:
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Sorry I tried to be helpful, it wont happen again.
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It was very helpful, Spam. Please don't stop posting helpful ideas. Just because it doesn't help the guys in the UK with all the laws, it doesn't mean it won't help a lot of guys in other parts of the world. I know this is a uk-based forum but we have lots and lots of members worldwide who appreciate tips like this so please keep up the good work.
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Yeah mate, help away.
Each nation has things peculiar to it, but that is no barrier to ideas and suggestions :thumbup:

I have some .243 ballistic capped projectiles I can use for 'warheads' on the end of spent shell cases, so your idea is great.

Looks good, and like you say- free(we like free)
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Post by capt midnight »

That was a fantastic idea. I'm trying to locate me some spent brass now!

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