M29 Practice Grenade

[Rifleman]

I bought this at a gunshow this morning in Manassas Va.I have never seen a nose on an M29 like this.I seached the internet and couldn't find one like it.Looks like rust on the tip.Aren't these usually pot metal.All fins are intact.

[Rifleman]

One more.

[Brian Keith]

My first thought is that it might be missing the ballistic cap or windscreen.

BKW

[Rifleman]

BKW,it doesn't look like it ever had a cap or windscreen.The edge is rounded.I lifted this picture from the internet.This one looks like it's one piece at the nose.

[Rifleman]

Anybody?

[917601]

Anybody?

Not an expert on rifle launched grenades...but here goes from an Ordnance collector. Nice specimen, hard to find, well marked, desirable. Keep in mind, it has a " T" number, denotes test, after testing and acceptance the T numbers were assigned an M number. My thoughts, could be a very early model, and the nose design was found to be inconsequential , thrown back into the pile to be expended for training. I believe it has not been messed with by Bubba, maybe you are lucky to have a very early test model. A keeper.