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Hi, Steve
I'm being told:
a. the Germans didn't throw their brass away because it was too valuable,
but we did and it was right that we should?
b. brass is best, but steel, plastic (and aluminium) all work OK.
c. steel cases are not very good because they wear the guns out - but the
Germans used them for the MG34 and 42, their best machineguns and successfully
fired more rounds than anyone else in WW2. Incidentally, when a painted/lacquered
steel cartridge case is used, what is in contact with the chamber walls, exactly?
How abrasive is paint?
d. it's not worth retaining the largest manufactured component of an AA shell or
naval shell, that brass case weighing pounds in some cases. But it makes economic
sense to retain and reload your rifle cartridge cases.
Incidentally, how long would you have to look on an Army manoeuvering ground to
find brass cartridge cases?
I repeat what I said - the naval AA brass could quite easily have been taken home
and recycled. It was a practical thing to do that would have saved money and lives
and that didn't get done.
I also repeat what I said about the prices being charged for 40mm Bofors AA shells
during WW2 - in 1942 they were grossly excessive.
I also repeat - ripoff.
Regards
Norman Bassett
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Time to call the MoD...
Steve.
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