Ammo Bullet Shell - 04

**VonRiver** · 08-30-2019, 11:52 PM

Hi to all.,

I need help to identify and informations about this bullet Shell.

Best Regards

Von River

**BrodieBartfast** · 08-30-2019, 11:53 PM

This is a .303 British shell casing, made by Radway Green (RG) in 1943. It was fired by a Bren gun, as indicated by the rectangular indentation on the primer.

Regards, B.B.

**VonRiver** · 09-01-2019, 12:51 AM

Thank you mate for the reply.

Best Regards.,

Von River

**PRE** · 09-01-2019, 06:30 PM

by BrodieBartfast

It was fired by a Bren gun, as indicated by the rectangular indentation on the primer.

Regards, B.B.

Fascinating, thanks for adding that bit!

**BrodieBartfast** · 09-01-2019, 07:37 PM

by PRE

Fascinating, thanks for adding that bit!

Always happy to be able to teach somebody something new. It isn't often that I'm able to do that!

Just to show what I mean, here are a couple of relic .303 cases from my collection. One fired by a rifle, the other fired by a Bren.

Regards, B.B.

**PRE** · 09-01-2019, 08:05 PM

Very nice! I have had no trigger time on a Bren, so that is completely new to me. It is somewhat reminiscent of the indentation on the primer made by Glock firing pins, which impress in a similar rectangular fashion. It appears that the Bren pin has swaged the soft primer metal somewhat.

**BrodieBartfast** · 09-01-2019, 08:26 PM

by PRE

Very nice! I have had no trigger time on a Bren, so that is completely new to me. It is somewhat reminiscent of the indentation on the primer made by Glock firing pins, which impress in a similar rectangular fashion. It appears that the Bren pin has swaged the soft primer metal somewhat.

I'm not familiar with the internals of Glock pistols, but the Bren does have a rectangular firing pin.

The casings shown are part of a small group of them recovered from the Normandy area. They are a mixture of Canadian and British cases, fired from both rifles and Bren guns. Ground dug, so that might have affected the shape of the indentation somewhat.

B.B.