RAF gunnery range finds

[mossie]

I was working away recently and realised I would be near an old range used by the RAF,So I thought I would combined work and the hobby.

Here are my finds,Still need to clean the projectiles,But the 20mm cleaned up very nice,But still need a little more cleaning.

[Good Pwny]

Nice finds!

[Steve T]

Very nice mossie. Love the 20 mms. Cleaned up very nicely Sand looks after relics so much better than soil

[mossie]

Hi Steve

Yes, Brass survives better in sand as it does not have the acidity levels of soil,Only downside is that the sand errodes the brass a little due to the movement of the tides,So some of the cases have a little pitting.
It's the first time in years that I have returned to this site,It's really clean now compared to the eighties.

Regards Gary

Very nice mossie. Love the 20 mms. Cleaned up very nicely Sand looks after relics so much better than soil

[TonyE]

You have a good selection of British and Canadian 20mm Hispano cases there.

BMARCO - British Manufacturing and Research Co., Grantham
K2 - Kynoch, Standish
RH - Raleigh Cycle Co., Nottingham
BBC - Barking Brassware Co. Ltd, Barking
DAC - Dominion Arsenal, Quebec

I cannot read the stained case third from left in top row.

Coincidentally, I was shooting and filming at the old BMARCO range in Lincolnshire last weekend, which is now owned by a private ballistics testing company.

Regards
TonyE

[mossie]

Hi TonyE

Thank you for the info,The other case is K

Regards Gary

[TonyE]

Then that is from the main Kynoch facility at Witton, Birmingham.

Regards
TonyE

[Salzburg]

Nice finds. I love the way the 20mm have cleaned up; nice that they look brassy instead of going coppery.