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A 2,7mm Kolibri and 4,25mm Liliput rounds sectioned, and an old 303 Brit head in the middle for size reference. These are framed in a nice pale wood frame.
Display of old Remington 7,62X54R rounds.
A close up, with a sample of the original rounds. I bought these at a gun show, they were way to corroded to actually fire, and whats more were very early bronze points, which were actually darkened brass. It is for that reason I included one brass tipped round unfinished, plus one bullet with the brass blackened like they were, and a complete round, plus a headstamp sample.
HK G11 rounds, three sample rounds, two live caseless rounds, and one plastic dummy.
a link of five rounds of 7,62X51 NATO
probably the most complicated display I did, 8X56R, five rounds in a stripper clip, plus two heads, a 1-38 and 8-38, with one bearing the Austrian double headed eagle, and the other the Nazi eagle from after the Anschluss. Also a 206gr bullet, and two box tops, again depictintg the two most prominent loads encountered in the 8X56R.
I'm generally not a big fan of framing live rounds, but in some cases I have done it, the caseless rounds for example, and I also have a framed display of a 2,7mm and 3mm Kolibri rounds. Those are too valuable to deactivate.
On the others, like the 8X56Rs, 308s, 7,62X54Rs I deactivate them, then glue them to some buffered backing, with PVA. Its a good glue used in archival work, which always stays a little rubbery. As can be seen its holding 5 rounds of 8X56R with no problems.
The rounds will not generally tarnish badly in a good frame, but will darken in somecases. You can get cheap shadow boxes, which I suggest. When I first framed some Kolibri rounds I paid for a custom velvet lined shadow box
I don't suggest that.
