DEACTIVATED INERT .55 Boys (14x99B) Mark 2 Armour Piercing Anti-Tank Rifle, 5 Rounds In Stripper Clip. - O 1974 DEACTIVATED INERT .55 Boys (14x99B) Mark 2 Armour Piercing Anti-Tank Rifle, 5 Rounds In Stripper Clip. - O 1974 Other Ammunition

DEACTIVATED INERT. This round was developed by a Captain H C Boys, a designer at the Royal Small Arms Factory, Enfield resulting in the .55 Boys anti-tank rifle being adopted in 1937. Although the round was adequate against light tanks in the early part of the war, the Boys was ineffective against heavier armour and was phased out in favour of the PIAT mid-war. The Boys anti-tank rifle was a bolt action rifle fed from a five-shot magazine, loaded by means of a 5 round stripper clip. The rifle was large, heavy with a bipod at the front and a separate grip below the padded butt. These are mark 2 armour piercing rounds in its stripper clip. The rounds are headstamped K43 W11 (Kynoch 1943, mark 2 armour piercing) on the brass cartridge case. The brass 5 round stripper clip is stamped MUI I 1942 (MUI the manufacturer, a mark 1 clip made in 1942). The Nickel cased bullet is held by 3 stab crimps at the case mouth. The armour piercing bullets have had a cut across the base of the bullet casing and the hardened steel core to destabilise them if ever they were fired so they are collectable without a licence. This deactivation cannot be seen when the bulleted round is displayed. The price includes UK delivery sand no licence is required to possess these inert rounds in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. O 1974