25mm cannon shell? Proceeds to Treats4Troops

[auora5000]

Anyone got an idea where this is from?

its base stamped 25mm ADEN DUMMY DRILL. Its 9" in length

The shell turned up at a house clearance that I was involved in, cannot find much info on the net, I was also wondering is it worth anything to a collector? If so, where would be the best place to sell it?

Its extremely well made from stainless steel, its also quite heavy.

Any info gratefully received.

http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/q...01/aden002.jpg

[Guest]

Sounds like a practise round or an inert replica round.

Does it not say 'ARDEN' on it as thats a type of large calibre machine gun/cannon used on some aircraft and small forward recce vehicles although Ive never heard of a 25mm round-I thought it was Oerlikon that was 25mm.....

Have a look here mate....

http://www.antiquearmoury.net/90265/...p=3&cat=215164

That should give you an idea

Edit: Ive just looked at your picture....its definately a dummy inert round as you dont get S/S casings like that.

Worth about 8-10 quid.

[Cam.]

It is round that was fired from the Aden cannon

http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/thread...EN-DUMMY-DRILL

http://articles.janes.com/articles/J...d-Kingdom.html

Cam

[auora5000]

Thanks guys, I knew someone on here would have the knowledge...

Suppose it would make an interesting paper weight, if nothing else!

[Paddy_SP]

Chrismetallica on here collects ammo - maybe it'd be worth a PM to him.

Alternatively, how about auctioning it to raise some funds for Cliff and Gary's Treats4Troops appeal? If you decide to go that way, I'll start things off with a bid of £15!

[auora5000]

Hi Paddy, what an excellent idea! your starter bid is also very generous, only problem is I dont have a clue how to run it.

If BBS folk want to bid on it, should it be readvertised? and if so, under what heading and section

Again any advice appreciated.

Also a very worthy cause, I should have thought of it

[auora5000]

I have contacted the mods to hopefully have this thread relisted in the charities section, so any bids over the generous start by Paddy will be gratefully received for a worthy cause, come on, you know you want it......

[chrismetallica1]

Anyone got an idea where this is from?

its base stamped 25mm ADEN DUMMY DRILL. Its 9" in length

The shell turned up at a house clearance that I was involved in, cannot find much info on the net, I was also wondering is it worth anything to a collector? If so, where would be the best place to sell it?

Its extremely well made from stainless steel, its also quite heavy.

Any info gratefully received.

http://i454.photobucket.com/albums/q...01/aden002.jpg

Its a 25mm ADEN Dummy Drill round there are two types . It should have a blue painted tip to denote its a prac round. This is the one in my 25mm collection

http://pic50.picturetrail.com/VOL480.../396058647.jpg

[auora5000]

Hmm, no blue tip on mine, yours also has a ridge on the main body, just before its necked down. So maybe you realy should consider having this one in your collection...

[Parabuteo]

Its a 25mm ADEN Dummy Drill round there are two types . It should have a blue painted tip to denote its a prac round. This is the one in my 25mm collection

http://pic50.picturetrail.com/VOL480.../396058647.jpg

That's interesting.

I have a fired case similar to yours (it has a groove near the neck but not as deep) that came from an M2 Bradley in Germany.

I would guess there was a common round that was used in different guns in much the same way as small arms...if it works, why not.

I also have a pristine TP round, green steel case and sax blue head (TP) as opposed to drill (Oxford blue or unpainted).

Some drill rounds were not painted as the paint just got trashed or gunked things up.

I remember seeing 40mm 40/60 DP rounds that were natural with red grooves.

They often have grooves for ID, but I think in this case...the live case...has some sort of groove too.

Both of mine do.

Funny old world