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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 268764, member: 54"]It is a practice grenade, body almost certainly made between about 1940-1970, and fuze obviously made in 1975. The hole in bottom assures you it is a practice grenade. Original color most likely blue. If you want to check if a live fuze or a fired one with spoon and pin re-inserted, remove cork and look into hole using a flashlight. Live one will have a slim sheet-metal metal cylinder crimped onto cast-zinc fuze body. If you see the end of an intact cylinder the fuze is live, but if I recall correctly the M10 series were "igniting" fuses, which make a small, fiery flash when the time delay burns down, but don't detonate.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 268764, member: 54"]It is a practice grenade, body almost certainly made between about 1940-1970, and fuze obviously made in 1975. The hole in bottom assures you it is a practice grenade. Original color most likely blue. If you want to check if a live fuze or a fired one with spoon and pin re-inserted, remove cork and look into hole using a flashlight. Live one will have a slim sheet-metal metal cylinder crimped onto cast-zinc fuze body. If you see the end of an intact cylinder the fuze is live, but if I recall correctly the M10 series were "igniting" fuses, which make a small, fiery flash when the time delay burns down, but don't detonate.[/QUOTE]
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