M48 rounds

[abunaitoo]

I was lucky enough to pickup a few M48 rounds at the gunshow this weekend.
Very hard to find.
Most people don't know about these.
I think someone made a long range rifle that shoots something like this. They call it the 50BAT.
Might be willing to sell a few, but have no idea if they can be mailed or not. I'm thinking not.
I guess I could take the powder out.
Anyone interested???

[Blammer]

got a picture of it?

[frankenfab]

Same as .50 spotter/tracer? I have one round somewhere. It was used as a sighter round for the 105's, if we are talking about the same thing. The projectiles were sold for loading in to 50 BMG as well.

[beagle]

If it's the .50 Spotter/tracer round, be careful. The projectiles are loaded with white phosphorous ( to allow easy spotting of impact) and what looks like a primer for an igniter/burster. I worked with them in 1968 for about a year and they're nasty. A dropped projectile will go off so be careful. Interesting case as it has an extended primer tube for front end ignition of the powder charge./beagle

[missionary5155]

Greetings
I saw M48 and thought "Oh boy.. some 90mm talk ".
Mike in Peru 11E20

[Larry Gibson]

They were the spotter rounds for the 106mm recoilless rifle. Could tell a couple good stories about shooting the 106 and lots of M48 spotters. Shot the 90mm Recoilless rifle quite a bit also but it has no spotter rifle as neither does the 57mm recoilless rifle of which I've shot quite a bit also. The recoilless are fun to shoot but that spotter rifle is a lot of fun on far distant rocks......

Larry Gibson

[abunaitoo]

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[Larry Gibson]

The 106 recoilless rifle was the M40 or M40A1 and the spotting rifle that shot the M48 rounds was the M8C.

Larry Gibson

[savagetactical]

They were the spotter rounds for the 106mm recoilless rifle. Could tell a couple good stories about shooting the 106 and lots of M48 spotters. Shot the 90mm Recoilless rifle quite a bit also but it has no spotter rifle as neither does the 57mm recoilless rifle of which I've shot quite a bit also. The recoilless are fun to shoot but that spotter rifle is a lot of fun on far distant rocks......

Larry Gibson

The M67 was still in our TO&E well into the 1980's I remember getting fam fire with them. Its quite an experience, never shot the 106 it was taken out of service by the came I came in. That is the real Mr. Thunder Maker.

[MOcaster]

They were the spotter rounds for the 106mm recoilless rifle. Could tell a couple good stories about shooting the 106 and lots of M48 spotters. Shot the 90mm Recoilless rifle quite a bit also but it has no spotter rifle as neither does the 57mm recoilless rifle of which I've shot quite a bit also. The recoilless are fun to shoot but that spotter rifle is a lot of fun on far distant rocks......

Larry Gibson

You lucky, lucky man. I wish I could shoot just one of those.

[savagetactical]

You lucky, lucky man. I wish I could shoot just one of those.

Shooting a recoiless is not for the faint of heart... It is an experience for certain though.

[Dale in Louisiana]

I opened this thread with a whole different idea in mind. My tank in Korea was an M48A2C and we carried sixty-four rounds of 90mm , mixed between shot, HEAT, HE and WP, 650 rounds of .50 BMG, 4-AP, 1 tracer, 8,000 rounds of .30 cal (.30-06 for the Browning M-37 MG) 4-AP, 1 Tracer, four hundred fifty rounds of .45 ACP ( the driver and loader each had an M3A1 SMG and we all carried M1911A1 pistols).

Heady days...

dale in Louisiana

[frankenfab]

I opened this thread with a whole different idea in mind. My tank in Korea was an M48A2C and we carried sixty-four rounds of 90mm , mixed between shot, HEAT, HE and WP, 650 rounds of .50 BMG, 4-AP, 1 tracer, 8,000 rounds of .30 cal (.30-06 for the Browning M-37 MG) 4-AP, 1 Tracer, four hundred fifty rounds of .45 ACP ( the driver and loader each had an M3A1 SMG and we all carried M1911A1 pistols).

Heady days...

dale in Louisiana

Sounds just awesome!:guntootsmiley: