What is this ..item..I got at Auction?

[Johnyy]

Hey, this was in with an old tool box, with mostly I'd say like 80's style tools inside. It's Hollow, no powder or anything, but the very top screws off, & its shiny brass inside, & also hollow. To me, it looks like some Old Large Military Bullet? But, I'm not sure..any ideas? Thnx!

 

[woodchopper]

20mm I have one of those somewhere too and I've seen them around

 

[Johnyy]

Right on Kool, thnx man. I figured if someone has just the casing..I would pass it along, so they could make a complete projectile. Any ideas of a {fair} value on something like this?

Cheerz ~

 

[gaff]

$5 - $10

 

[purple]

20mm Oerlikon cannon projectile.

 

[Johnyy]

Right on, thnx guys. I knew it was {prob} a projectile..but I dont reload{yet} so not the expert! Cheerz~

 

[Grizzly Adams]

20mm Oerlikon cannon projectile.

Seem fairly common, saw one once converted into containing a sew and mend kit.

Grizz

 

[josh1976]

The round that was used to shoot down this;

h ttps://youtu.be/084dp3fekvU

 

[Johnyy]

Seem fairly common, saw one once converted into containing a sew and mend kit.

Grizz

Ya..it reminded me of those little Stash/Hideaway things...I guess B4 lol..you could have hid your smoke' in it..nowadays...TRUDOHHH!!

 

[Beater]

most likely the Oerlikon 20 mm

 

[84wankel]

The round that was used to shoot down this;

h ttps://youtu.be/084dp3fekvU

ah beautiful, i have watched that video quite a few times now. i remember seeing it when i was a kid and it was all torn apart before they completed it, and now constructed a whole new section of building just for it. my grandfather also has a stone at the museum. thanks for sharing that, good trip down memory lane.

 

[josh1976]

Yes. I love the CFB Trenton Museum. I grew up there, long before it existed. I had a long and very interesting chat with a WW2 veteran who volunteered at the museum, and he shared with me the details of where that particular Halifax was shot. He also had an example of the very 20mm round that took it down. Both of my Grandfathers served. One was a WW2 veteran Paratrooper. He passed away this April.