All rifle experts look at this

[khouse]

Central Missouri court house yard.

 

[jeepcj5]

court house yard!!!!!?????!!!!! holy cow i wonder if national guard had set up some kind of drill there or something??? WOW that makes it even cooler of a find!!!

 

[edjcox]

This military blank is often used for ceremonial firings like a funeral...

Blanks were also issued in the early days of rifle mounted grenade launchers as initiators.


Really has no value or histroical significance... Quite common.

 

[khouse]

When I first found them I figured they were a blank of some sort. I'm pretty sure it would have been a ceremony of some sorts for these to be in the ground. But what surprises me is that they were on the metal belting for a machine gun. Do they use machine guns for ceremonies?

 

[jeepcj5]

in some military demonstrations yes.....

 

[dahut]

court house yard!!!!!?????!!!!! holy cow i wonder if national guard had set up some kind of drill there or something??? WOW that makes it even cooler of a find!!!

Man you probably don't want to know how many live rounds I've found.
Every where from schools to hospital grounds, city sidewalks to front yards. And I'm not talking blanks, here. I used to have a huge collection of them.

 

[khouse]

I've found quite a few myself. Mostly .22's around here. I'm in small game country.....