DEACTIVATED INERT. British, 1882 Dated, 1” Nordenfelt (25.4x95R) Ball Mark III Round. - O 2152 DEACTIVATED INERT. British, 1882 Dated, 1” Nordenfelt (25.4x95R) Ball Mark III Round. - O 2152 Other Ammunition

DEACTIVATED INERT. The British 1” Nordenfelt gun is early rapid firing manually operated machine gun used by the Royal Navy from 1873 until the 1900s. The gun was an enlarged version of the successful rifle-calibre Nordenfelt hand-cranked machine gun designed by Helge Palmcrantz and was intended to combine its rapid rate of fire with a projectile capable of deterring attacking torpedo boats. The gun in the Royal Navy had 1, 2 or 4 barrels fitted. This is a scarce round for the British 1” (25.4x95R) Nordenfelt gun. The brass cartridge case, with a struck copper percussion primer and is headstamped R crowfoot L (Royal Laboratories) 1882 (date) III (mark 3 round). The projectile is held in the cartridge case by 3 stab crimps and consists of a pointed hardened steel core with a brass jacket. The price of this rare round includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess inert rounds in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. O 2152