DEACTIVATED INERT. Rare Boys .55 (14x99B) Drill Anti-Tank Rifle Round. - O 1804 DEACTIVATED INERT. Rare Boys .55 (14x99B) Drill Anti-Tank Rifle Round. - O 1804 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 brass cartridge case has a black finish over the nickel plated brass cartridge case with three red painted flutes and a red painted extractor groove. The round appears to be adapted from the inspection round being nickel plated under the black finish. The cartridge case is headstamped R crowfoot L DI (Royal Laboratories, drill round mark 1), The base has a blind nickel plated primer pocket without an anvil. The price includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess this inert round in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. (20mm & below). O 1804