Oddball 30-06 round..

[Len]

I pulled this out of a box of odds n' ends at the lgs.It's a 30-06 round made by Lake City in '43 and it's unusual in that it has five circular punch outs around the bullet's circumference. I can't find any reference online for this round. Can any one ID it?

Thanks & best regards,
Len

[Dan Shapiro]

Can't help with the ID, but you might forward your pictures to:

cpunnett@sympatico.ca

Here's his 30-06 website: http://cartridgecollectors.org/?page=introduction-to-30-06-cartridges

[Tuna]

Blue tip in an incendiary bullet made to catch things on fire.

[Tom in N.J.]

Looks like someone melted the lead filler out of an AP bullet, drilled the holes to show the penetrator, and re-assembled as a cartridge.

[John Sukey]

Nope, as tuna said its an incendiary round

[RUTTINSTANG5]

Looks like somebody used it , and got lucky , then put it back in to the brass , but you had to find it HUH ?

Now some poor guy is gonna go to the Brig ?

[RUTTINSTANG5]

But I do remember One time we had to make a real impression , and needed a special round Not available at the time so we drilled one of those bad boys out and filled it with Quicksilver ( Mercury from a new quiet wall switch ), about 2 drops ........shoulda seen that mess .

[Gary D. Funderburg]

From picture it only has four holes. It is White Phosphorous. I think US brass and Italian manufactured for the .303 British round. Bet if you measure the bullet it will be .310-.311 in diameter. Try Woodin Laboratories in Tuscon AZ, Bill can tell you what it is.

[Tuna]

If you look at the shoulder area in the first photo, you can see where it is scratched from being resized in an old worn out die or a wrong seating die. But I do not think it's original at all. I go along with Gary on this one for sure.