Old 30-06 round ID

[beemer]

I bought a baggie with some odd rounds today. One was and old 30-06 military round with a label that stated it to be a 5 ring guard FA 6 06. The head stamp does say FA and 6 06, it is segmented with the marks between the F and the A and between the 6 and the 06. There are 5 rings on the shell body. Does anyone have any info.ThanksDave

[JohnMiller]

http://cartridgecollectors.org/?page=introduction-to-30-06-cartridges

Scroll to the section about guard and gallery rounds. Neat find but not really all that rare.

[beemer]

Thank you, lots of info on that site. Also see that you are new here, Welcome !Dave

[MtGun44]

Without looking at the site, I think that is a Frankfurt arsenal round from
June of 1906, very early.

[rmcc]

as above, yes June of 1906

[Shiloh]

Frankford Arsenal '06. What a find. I recently picked up acouple of .30-03 rounds.

Shiloh

[bedbugbilly]

I know a site can't have everything but it would be nice to have a forum on here specifically for identifying and or showing off old cartridges - even if they all didn't have "cast boolits". I used to have a small collection when I was a kid but put them all in an auction a few years back - can't keep everything. I enjoy seeing old boolits and cartridges - especially the early ones with copper casings.

Sounds like you got a nice early round - congrats!