amunition query

JC,

You are correct in your surmise. “80” is the year of manufacture.

exmpa

Thanks for confirming that,

I am always glad to know I am not as thick as I look :rolleyes:

cheers

RG stands for Radway Green, manufacturer of ammunition, not sure what the 80 denotes, could be year of manufacture

JC,

You are correct in your surmise. “80” is the year of manufacture.

exmpa

Hi all,

One for the ammo experts. I’ve just had the following message left on my web site:

“I have an L13A1 RG80 used case which my chickens dug up in my garden in
Roxhester, Kent. Can anyone shed any light on this bullet and the date it
comes from. thank you”

Ammunition is not my strong point, so over to you!

Cheers,
Chris

RG stands for Radway Green, manufacturer of ammunition, not sure what the 80 denotes, could be year of manufacture

Google is a wonderful tool. Dangerous, but wonderful. Didn’t get a hit on the whole number/letter mess, so broke it into the first bit with bullet and the last bit as bullet and got a hit(so to speak).

So who is hunting your chickens with blanks? Roosters bothering some neighboor too early in the morning?!:diablo:

Thanks for that.

Chris

The L13A1 bulletseems to indicate a blank round-British-NATO 7.62x51mm, the RG80 is perhaps the lot number?

The first blank (L10A1) was a FN made blank bought by the Brittish army. It was soon replaced by the Brittish made L10A2. This was simply a copy of the L10A1. Later the L13A1 was produced (a version with less brass). The L13A1 was changed a little into L13A2. In the ’90 s the Brittish army purchased blanks from Hirtenberger of Austria.

info found here

http://home.wanadoo.nl/cartridges/7_62mm.htm