DEACTIVATED INERT. Unfired WW 1, British Naval 3 Pounder (47x376R) Hotchkiss High Explosive Common Pointed Round. - O 1688 DEACTIVATED INERT. Unfired WW 1, British Naval 3 Pounder (47x376R) Hotchkiss High Explosive Common Pointed Round. - O 1688 Other Ammunition

DEACTIVATED INERT. This are an unfired WW 1 British 3 Pounder Hotchkiss common pointed high explosive round used in the British 3 Pounder Nordenfelt gun and first introduced in Royal Navy service in 1886 to defend their vessels against fast torpedo boats. The cartridge case is head stamped BSA&MCo (Birmingham Small Arms & Metals Company N (Naval) a crowfoot CF (Cordite Full Charge). The primer is a copper crimped in type. The common pointed high explosive base fused projectile is stamped above the driving band with a square symbol. No licence is required to possess inert rounds in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. O 1688