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Old 02-22-2009, 11:27   #7
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MG34/42

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Originally Posted by HOLLiS View Post
...I have seen advertise 6.5 Swede (if memory is right) round with wooden bullets for practice.
My google-fu is weak this afternoon. I was looking for a link on the German rd.

The BFA for the Swedish round was a screw on cap for the end of the barrel that destroyed the round as it came out.

The MG 34 had a blank fire barrel and IIRC it fired in a similar way. The weapon fired the round and as it came to the end it was smashed on a fixed cone with the splinters flying out forward and to the side.

Plugs, paper and crimps took out the wood used for blanks.
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