ID these old cases?
Blanks or some other special round? They are 30-06, all have been fired and were found in an old army Dodge Power Wagon a friend of mine is restoring. They all have the heavy crimp on the neck and are very rounded over but open at the mouth. I cleaned them up a little for him. He wants to put them back in the truck when it is done. Head stamps are LC 52 and FA 51.
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Blanks. Lake city and frankfort assenal.
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Geri is correct, With a BFA (Blank firng attachment) they will operate an M-1 semi auto.
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Right, blanks. That heavy crimp retained a red card wad over the EC Blank powder.
A number of guns have been blown up by seating a bullet over blank powder. Don't do it.
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I was given a big bunch of those 50+ years ago. Once you get the neck crimp and the primer crimp out of them they make reloadable cases. I'm still using some of them. A question asked and answered long ago in the American Rifleman magazine said they were OK to reload...good enough for me.
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