[196THL.I.B.GUNNER]

I had forgotten that i had purchased this box of maybe [ 100 ] Rnds. I thought it was unique , due to the shiny bullet jackets .

The Label [ white ] has Herstal Fabrique Nationale on them . That speaks to me , must be Belgium for sure ! Definitely military very thin cardboard packaging.

These quite sure a military round & also for the P35 Semi Auto Pistol ? The google article I looked up said produced around the turn of the century . The primers are all sealed in 'green ' .

These at first glance , I thought damn Corrosion . No Way & Also are Smokeless powder according to the article I read at an Online Site like ours ..

The primer centers kind of a tiny hill effect . These tapering off to all the circumferences . On strictly a guess , Possibly Berdan Primed ?

Any members who would like to chime in , Please Do . All in all right now a Guesstimate of around [ 100 ] years old , give or take , Thank You All 🇺🇸🇺🇸 'G'

 

[BeerHunter]

AFJuvat might have some insight.

 

[196THL.I.B.GUNNER]

AFJuvat might have some insight.

Yes , thanks for the insight on these older rounds . I wouldn't doubt that in a minute . He like others on here , Very knowledgeable as he has helped me in the past .Others as well Mr. BH .. I just love collecting these type of things . 'G'

 

[AFJuvat]

Definitely made by FN in Belgium, the lack of any markings other than the makers mark indicates it is probably military ammo, but euro companies have always used smaller packaging than we use here. ( something we should adopt here IMO)

For the lack of a better term, the "bubble" primer you described was used from the early 20th century until the mid 1950s. The primers are most likely berdan, and will definitely be corrosive.

Best estimate, that ammo dates from the 1920s to the late 1930s.

 

[196THL.I.B.GUNNER]

Definitely made by FN in Belgium, the lack of any markings other than the makers mark indicates it is probably military ammo, but euro companies have always used smaller packaging than we use here. ( something we should adopt here IMO)

For the lack of a better term, the "bubble" primer you described was used from the early 20th century until the mid 1950s. The primers are most likely berdan, and will definitely be corrosive.

Best estimate, that ammo dates from the 1920s to the late 1930s.

Thank You Very Much My Friend , I appreciate it ! 🇺🇸🇺🇸 'G'