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Posted: 9/26/2010 10:04:31 AM EDT
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Go this for my birthday last night. Would like to find out more about it. When was it used, who made it, what was it used in.
Any and all info would be helpful 22.8 lbs 33 inch's long Brass base marked ––3" DUMMY CARTRIDGE MK 50 CAL Shell marked––DUMMY MK 22 FUZE Body––Made of wood pics of reto training shell 
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Don't know anything about it, but if you got it for your birthday why do you wanna go & sell it? That is how I take it from your "what's it worth?" part of your post. The COC does not allow pricing questions in the Retro Forum, sorry.
ETA: Friend of mine has one very similar to yours in his pawn shop, as a display piece. |
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Dont want to sell it, need to know for when I go and return the gift. I dont want to end up being a cheap ass. I went ahead and removed that part of the question i understand that concern––but to be honest, I'm not sure the dollar cost would be an issue here. I'm guessing you're into weaponry and militaria, so when your friend found this, he probably felt it was a perfect gift for you. When the time comes for you to buy him a gift, I wouldn't be worried about the cost as much as the thought you put into the gift. You need to find him something that's "perfect" for him. And that kinda sucks, cause it's a lot easier to just spend money than to find a perfect gift! 
Sorry I can't help with the identity or history. Cool doorstop, though! |
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Dont want to sell it, need to know for when I go and return the gift. I dont want to end up being a cheap ass. I went ahead and removed that part of the question i understand that concern––but to be honest, I'm not sure the dollar cost would be an issue here. I'm guessing you're into weaponry and militaria, so when your friend found this, he probably felt it was a perfect gift for you. When the time comes for you to buy him a gift, I wouldn't be worried about the cost as much as the thought you put into the gift. You need to find him something that's "perfect" for him. Pretty much what I was trying to sum up w/o coming right out & saying it, hoping the OP would get it. Your friend or family member thought it fit you & felt it was a cool gift. For you to return it would be an insult (unless it was the wrong size, color, or defective), if I was the gift giver. Not saying you would be expected to put it in your living room in a display case but to flat out return it cause you do not like it seems disrespectful IMO. ETA: Be thankful that you have family & friends that think of you enough to give you gifts. End of "weak" rant. |
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Quoted: where in oklahoma? all the "army surplus " around here have turned into thrift stores. There is a surplus store in lawton over by the airport that is a real old school surplus store everything from Proto and Snap On wrenches , to dummy cartridges and uniforms. They probably have 70 years worth of surplus and a huge ware house. I go there when ever I get the chance to make it to lawton. |
When I was a Midshipman, I did a summer cruise during the summer of '77. I was on the USS Fresno, LST-1182. She had twin 3"/50 mounts. This pic shows her off the coast of Vietnam in 1969 from the linked site:
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i just looked this up this morning. wiki says in this instance caliber is like a multiplirer. i.e 3 inch .50 cal. means 3 inch bore. 3inch (bore) x 50 (caliber) = 150 inch cartridge length.
so says wki. oops just reread OP. 33 inches is a far cry from 150. wiki strikes again. |
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i just looked this up this morning. wiki says in this instance caliber is like a multiplirer. i.e 3 inch .50 cal. means 3 inch bore. 3inch (bore) x 50 (caliber) = 150 inch cartridge length. so says wki. oops just reread OP. 33 inches is a far cry from 150. wiki strikes again. Almost. In naval gunnery, the ratio of bore diameter to barrel length is called caliber. So a 3 inch 50 caliber gun has a 150 inch barrel. ETA: Here is the gun you need for it. Also, from here: The U.S. Navy 3”/50 caliber guns first appeared about 1900 and went through a number of different breech and barrel designs but keeping the same cartridge case although projectiles steadily improved over time. By the 1920s, the 3”/50 guns mark 2 through 8 were obsolete. However, during WW1 and continuing through WW2, guns of the Mark 10 and 17-22 series were adopted for use on destroyers and other combatants, and as secondary or anti-aircraft batteries on larger ships, and even as deck guns on submarines. The introduction of the rapid fire mounts in the 1940 extended service life of the 3”/50 into the 1980s.
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