Old ammo casings - identify?

[lonepunman]

Clearing out an estate in Idaho and ran across these; most of the items in this area of the attic were from 1940s - '60s. No live rounds found...

 

[Chopperdrvr]

Looks like military blank rounds 30.06 I think. Made in Lake City in 1962.

 

[TEXASLAWMAN]

That is what it looks like to me also.

 

[lonepunman]

Hmmm... Are you sure? He had seven grandchildren.

 

[Brian Shaffer]

What does the number of grandchildren have to do with what sort of case that might be?

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http://www.uscoreplicas.net/misc-3.htm
http://cartridgecollectors.org/?page=introduction-to-30-06-cartridges

 

[lonepunman]

Seems hard to believe that he was shooting blanks...

 

[rgilbert]

The military used to do a lot of training in the mountains. I've picked up several while hiking in Colorado. Maybe he did the same and just kept them.

 

[histopicker]

Looks a little short for an 06 to me. I am more on the line of 7.62 NATO (.308 Win for you civies). Blank of course. Also I don't believe the 06 blanks have the elongated neck. I am sticking with 7.62X51 NATO.

 

[BigRedDog]

it is the 308

 

[rgilbert]

And it appears to have been fired in some type of full auto. Notice the large firing pin indention.

 

[Chopperdrvr]

You are probably right. Since '62 the most common 7.62 weapon was the M60 machine gun. A few M14's were still around, but not as common.

 

[lonepunman]

Thanks for all of the help - the blanks from military training actually make sense. They were found with his fishing (not hunting) gear, so it would appear that he picked them up while wetting a line in the Idaho mountains. Mystery solved!

 

[Afalex1]

7.62x51 blank is what it is. Most base honor guards use them too. Our honor guard practices next door to my work and I've picked up a few.