Brass Shell id

[wisconsinACE]

any clue what gun this came from? The only numbers on it are 42 and tw.

 

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[snake35]

You need to post a picture of the stampings on the back of the cartridge case. that will make identification easy.

 

[hasbeen]

.50 caliber Browning from Twin Cities arsenal ,1942.Used in various automatic weapons by the U.S.A. and allies.

hasbeen

 

[wisconsinACE]

You need to post a picture of the stampings on the back of the cartridge case. that will make identification easy.

another

 

[ivan salis]

dead on id -- 50 cal war world two round -- for a 50 cal machine gun -- made in 1942 thus the "42" twin cities plant - thus "TW" ---

 

[wisconsinACE]

.50 caliber Browning from Twin Cities arsenal ,1942.Used in various automatic weapons by the U.S.A. and allies.

hasbeen

Thanks for ID hasbeen and Ivan so how did it end up in a feild in WI lol.

 

[ivan salis]

gunnery range at one time?

 

[wisconsinACE]

gunnery range at one time?

All my old pictures from 1900 to presant it looks like an old from to me but who knows.

 

[ivan salis]

may be a training camp "item" brought (spent shell casing) brought home from training camp by a farm boy -- gee paw lookie at the big bullets they use --- or from the war (same thing basically) -- the old farm might have been a air force or army gunnery range / bombing range at one time during WW2 -- possibly if not the first case most likely

 

[wisconsinACE]

my be a training camp "item" brought (spent shell casing) brought home from training camp by a farm boy -- gee paw lookie at the big bullets they use --- or from the war (same thing basically) -- the old farm might have been a air force or army gunnery range / bombing range at one time during WW2 --

Ill have a talk with the local old timers and see but im sure it was brought home from training camp.I think his son was in the military but not sure what year.Thanks for the help.

 

[ivan salis]

bingo -- think you have a winner -- a 1942 or WW2 trainee "fresh off the farm" would have been "impressed" by the size of a 50 cal bullet and took a shell casing home to show the folks how "big" it was -- they used 50 cal machine guns for live fire training in the boot camps to teach the recuits to keep their heads down and get them used to the sound of high powered gun fire-- the shells are large in size rather impressive to someone who's never seen one