Any armourers, weapon experts out there?
26 September 2006, 11:33 AM
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Well, if you're in Chilwell, it could quite easily be that your garden is part of the old barracks which was huge in the old days (but sadly not anymore). So could just be an old local forces remnant.
26 September 2006, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Hanslow
Well, if you're in Chilwell, it could quite easily be that your garden is part of the old barracks which was huge in the old days (but sadly not anymore). So could just be an old local forces remnant.
Or either 303, 308(762)
26 September 2006, 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Tidgy
pmsl, earth shooter lol
not much distance between the inside and outside of the base so pretty sure theres nothing there now
not much distance between the inside and outside of the base so pretty sure theres nothing there now
26 September 2006, 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Hanslow
Well, if you're in Chilwell, it could quite easily be that your garden is part of the old barracks which was huge in the old days (but sadly not anymore). So could just be an old local forces remnant.
26 September 2006, 11:40 AM
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If its .303 chances are it was dropped as spent or jammed shell from a fighter in WW2 and has been unearth since.
We used to find loads of them with metal detectors in Kent, as kids and polished them up to trade at school
How things have changed.
I think the bottom of a 7.62 SA has 3 id markings spaced 120deg from each other.
We used to find loads of them with metal detectors in Kent, as kids and polished them up to trade at school
How things have changed.I think the bottom of a 7.62 SA has 3 id markings spaced 120deg from each other.
26 September 2006, 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Tidgy
about 3-5 miles as the crow fles from chillwell
26 September 2006, 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Hanslow
They used to have a tank training ground locally, until houses got built on it. Back in the old days (apparantly) chilwell was a very small village surrounded by fields and a lot of the local surrounding land was used as training areas for troops and the tanks. Pop down to the barracks and ask them to ID it for you
26 September 2006, 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by DCI Gene Hunt
You just want to get your tommy gun working again........ "you dirty rat......" 
"you dirty rat......"
26 September 2006, 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Tidgy
not sure if its still there at all now tbh
You'd have to work your way past the armed guards on the gate though
26 September 2006, 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Hanslow
AFAIK it's still there, albeit in a very cut down form with most of the land now having been sold off for housing. We used to live up the road from there (in Toton) but moved out a year ago to the darkest wilds of Derbyshire
You'd have to work your way past the armed guards on the gate though
You'd have to work your way past the armed guards on the gate though
26 September 2006, 01:01 PM
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Usually they have a date either 2 digit or 4 digit. The 72 could be 1972.
The other numbers usually designate some or all of manufacturer/calibre/powder type/round type... unfortunately there is no standard for this though.
If it was 7.62 and British then it would usually have a (x) sign on it indicating that it conforms to NATO spec.
The other numbers usually designate some or all of manufacturer/calibre/powder type/round type... unfortunately there is no standard for this though.
If it was 7.62 and British then it would usually have a (x) sign on it indicating that it conforms to NATO spec.
26 September 2006, 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by RMA26
I'll post some pics of this next week (after i've taken em!)
26 September 2006, 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by DCI Gene Hunt
AS long as they aren't CCTV shots of you in Barclays waving your tommy gun around.....
lmao
26 September 2006, 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by DCI Gene Hunt
AS long as they aren't CCTV shots of you in Barclays waving your tommy gun around.....
PS, that wasn't a tommy gun
26 September 2006, 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Tidgy
grrrrrr lol
did you manage to find out if those dimensions i gave are around the right soze for a 303?
did you manage to find out if those dimensions i gave are around the right soze for a 303?
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