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I dentify this round!
I picked up what I thought was a 50 BMG round at a gun show that had the bullet pulled and powder dumped out. Head stamp is E 13 2-11 and has a boxer primer. The bullet is a FMJBT with a steel core showing at the end. I think I have determined that it was made in the UK by Eley Brothers, Ltd., London, England, in 1913 but 100% sure
Someone pulled the bullet by clamping it into a vise and smashed the neck, so I was going to resize the case & bullet and reassemble it. As allways, I checked the bullet dia before I sent it down the resizing die only to find the dia of the bullet to be .530 instead of .510.
I'm stumped now. I have searched hard to figure out what this round is. All messurement meets 50 BMG specs except the neck & bullet dia and the length from the bottom of the case to to the shoulder is a little long, aprox 3.10 instead of 3.006. The neck is a little shorter too since the total length of the case is the right length for a 50 BMG round.
Does anyone have any idea what I have?
Someone pulled the bullet by clamping it into a vise and smashed the neck, so I was going to resize the case & bullet and reassemble it. As allways, I checked the bullet dia before I sent it down the resizing die only to find the dia of the bullet to be .530 instead of .510.
I'm stumped now. I have searched hard to figure out what this round is. All messurement meets 50 BMG specs except the neck & bullet dia and the length from the bottom of the case to to the shoulder is a little long, aprox 3.10 instead of 3.006. The neck is a little shorter too since the total length of the case is the right length for a 50 BMG round.
Does anyone have any idea what I have?
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