DEACTIVATED INERT. Unfired WW 1, 1916 Dated, British Naval 3 Pounder (47x376R) Hotchkiss High Explosive Common Pointed Round. - O 1682 DEACTIVATED INERT. Unfired WW 1, 1916 Dated, British Naval 3 Pounder (47x376R) Hotchkiss High Explosive Common Pointed Round. - O 1682 Other Ammunition

DEACTIVATED INERT. This are an unfired WW 1 British 3 Pounder Hotchkiss common pointed high explosive round used in the British 3 Pounder Nordenfelt gun and first introduced in Royal Navy service in 1886 to defend their vessels against fast torpedo boats. The cartridge case is head stamped 3Pr III LOT42 a crowfoot and N (Naval service) CF (Cordite Full charge) 183 B 9 9 16 (1916 manufacture date). The brass screw in No 2 primer is stamped No2. 6/16 (June 1916) V.S.M. M (Vickers Son and Maxim). The common pointed high explosive base fused projectile is stamped above the driving band III V.S.M. (Vickers Son and Maxim). No licence is required to possess inert rounds in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn. 17562

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