Dec-1942 marked 40mm Bofors casing

[Forrest_Gump]

so I made another post about this but I have a 40MM Bofors shell and I was wondering where the hell it came from and an idea of what company produced the shell (and yes I know the fake shell is ugly to look at I plan on getting rid of it eventually)

[917601]

Looks like an Army, not Navy 40mm Bofors. Does the area that crimps to the projectile appear to have faint “ half moon” impressions?

[917601]

Disregard! I did not see the Anchor on the head case. That said, Army 40 mm Bofors are much harder to find.

[Forrest_Gump]

so I got three questions. 1: what's lot 1687? 2: what's the m with a w? and 3: was there different MK of the Bofors shell?

 

[Rhscott]

Well… dang.  Why would there be a difference between an Army and a Navy 40mm round casing?  Didn’t they fit essentially the same gun? This perplexes me.

[917601]

There is no difference. The headstamp markings are different. Army will have an “ M “ number, no Anchor, and some were crimped differently. The crimp on an Army casing looks like tiny half moons. I will post a pic when I have time.

[917601]

Example of 40mm Bofors round, Army vs Navy. I had gotten this Army 40mm from Europe way back when they could be sent through without Customs confiscation.

 

Army on left. On Right, three Navy, all clipped on a 1944 dated Army charging clip.
1) Army 40mm headcase is marked with “ M25”, no Anchor.

2) Army 40mm has what appears to be an additional “ half moon staking” crimp. 
3) This Army 1944 dated charging clip has different manufacturing markings ( again no Navy Anchor marking).

 

Army 40mm are very, very hard to find, Navy a dime a dozen. Notice all are factory crimped, a rarity. All have no primers.

[917601]

Army 40mm are quite common in Europe. Very uncommon in the US. If you are a 40mm Bofors collector, be sure to check case headstamps, every now and then an Army one can be found.

 

That said, complete, correct WW2 dated Bofors are getting very hard to find. The Army Bofors charging clips are rarely seen.

[Rhscott]

Thank you. I would have assumed they were made like .50…..generic for either service…

[Forrest_Gump]

so if correct ww2 dated shells are harder to find than how much would one like this go for once I get rid of the projectile?

[917601]

Maybe $20-25 IF you can find a collector who needs one for his 40mm WW2 dated 40mm Bofors projectile ( very hard to find). Keep in mind most all post war projectiles were de-milled by torch cutting the driving band.