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four more rounds i forgot to ask about that came with the batch of vintage .303 i'm selling.
any insight on these little 9mm fellas?

desciption:
- 4 X 4 24 [on headstamp], bakelite bullet
- undecipherable headstamp, silver cloured bullet [lead?]
- sako 9mm [on headstamp], ball, no primer
- WRA 9mm LUGER [on headstamp], ball

 
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It's much easier if you show the headstamps.

But the first one "should" be a Swedish arsenal 24 (Norrhammars Bruk - which only made the case) of the 9mm lös ptr m/39 "blank" pattern, but you're missing the blue band or "collar" which is painted at the case mouth / bullet base. Made for machinegun training.

On the Sako one, was the primer removec / shot or does the Pocket clean w/o flash hole?

The WRA Luger headstamp without a date should be commercial Winchester ammo. TonyE will know better than me.
 
thanx Baribal. that's a start. my camera has dificulty focusing on close-ups.
- sako primer pocket is faily clean. doesn't look like it was fired.
- the bakelite round has a double lined X across the base, with a 4 on one side of the X and another 4 on the other, and a 24 along the bottom side
...not sure why a plain winchester commercial round would be a part of this bunch.
 
The plastic one sounds ok for a blank of Arsenal 24.

Then, the Sako one may be a dummy.

As for the Winchester, at first they used WRA CO., then late '30s they switched to WRA. When present, the word Luger usually calls for a dosmestic round - unless done under necessity, the military don't need that precision - I mean to know they must use it in Luger :)
WRA was used at least 'til end of the '50s, maybe a bit further.
 
thanx Baribal. so these aren't particularly valuable as collectibles then?
[they came with the batch of .303 woodies and blanks i posted earlier in this forum. just trying to get an idea what to sell the whole dang batch for...]
 
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