Is there any collector interest in 60 caliber machinegun ammo?

Yes. whatcha got???

Ray

Nope, no interest at all. Just send it to me (pre-paid shipping) for proper disposal (Ray, I'll let you help me "dispose" of it)

14.5 x 114? Hell yeah. Brass or steel case? Live or dummy?

LDO
That's the Russian round.
I think of the US 15.3x114 HMG when someone says 60cal MG.

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Originally posted by Tailgunner:
LDO
That's the Russian round.
I think of the US 15.3x114 HMG when someone says 60cal MG.

a.k.a. 16mm Vega? I have one of those.

Nope, not the Vega either



50 BMG (12.7x99), 12.7x108, 14.5mm x 114, 60 HMG (15.3x114), 20x102

Wow. For several years I thought I had a 16mm Vega round. Now I find out it's a .60cal MG round. Still cool, though.

I don't want to hijack this thread, but I found several cases head stamped 1943 that measures the same as the 50bmg except the inside neck measured .608. These cases were found many decades ago in an eod dumpster on a militiary base. Could this also be a .60bmg? Just wondering and like my name...lost.

LC1
I've taken the liberty of cross posting your question to another forum, and will transfer their replies back to this one.

There were some experimental 60's that used 50 bmg cases, for bullet testing, but that program simply cut off the case on the shoulder and inserted the bullets by hand (literally)

Do you still have any, and can you post a photo (preferably with a 50 bmg case for scale)

Edit: OK, I've received 2 possible answers, based on the information you've given

Tony Williams Location: UK
Two quick off-the-cuff options: 1. 16mm Vega - if the rim has been turned down a bit. 2. There was an experimental 15mm spotter based on the .50 case. It was postwar (mine is headstamped 1960) but some use might have been made of older cases

Taber10
I don't know, and couldn't guess, without pictures, etc. But, there are (were?) EOD tools that could have used .50 BMG rounds, and the fired cases would have ended up with larger case necks/mouths since the tools were not manufactured to have an accurate chamber measurements like in a rifle, MG, etc. Evidence of this use, for normal percussion primed rounds would include some damage to the primer NOT indicative of a normal firing pin strike, or a hole in the primer resulting from the path of electric wires in electric primed .50 cal rounds.
Just a thought