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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 579992, member: 54&quot;]Basic problem here is that this didn’t start with a real, fired cartridge case, the faker cobbled two pieces of non-military brass together then embellished it.</p><p><br /></p><p>1.&nbsp; Bottleneck contour isn’t one I recognize</p><p>2.&nbsp; Every piece of fake cartridge case trench Art I’ve seen has an embossed sailing ship.&nbsp; Why, I’ve no idea but it is fact.</p><p>3.&nbsp; No real primer</p><p>4.&nbsp; If the marks on the base are supposed to be arsenal headstamp:marks, they look nothing like any real ones.</p><p>5.&nbsp; Base and rim way too thick, rim too small in diameter for a case that size.</p><p>6.&nbsp; Base soldered onto case body, which is a brass tube, not a fired cartridge case.</p><p><br /></p><p>The quality of the artwork isn’t something you can use to judge authenticity, because real ones run the entire spectrum of “quality.”[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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