https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlJD0pZp4eQ&list=LLVSXmEKHFW96c4195_t0-gw&index=2



if the link don't work copy and past Stop That Tank! Disney Training Film on the Boys anti tank rifle in you tube search

email (option): garypitt@talktalk.net

That's a great film, thanks

email (option): horror@blueyonder.co.uk

Hi,yes as Horror say's great film.First time I have seen one in the flesh,so to speak.Great weapon in the right hands.I heard about these in my rifle club days.
I was lucky enough to have a few rounds with a Snider Enfield,.577 calibre,from the 1860's,and the Martini Henri.577/450 calibre from the 1870's.Lots of history
and very fearsome rifles,How technology moved on,At the Overloon museum in Holland
there is a tank with bullet holes through the armour,you could not have drilled a smoother hole,no burr to speak of on the outside,and a perfect fit on your finger.
I would not have liked to be on the inside when those rounds came through the
5" thick steel,scary
cheers Rick

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Sorry to drag an old thread up and it's not motorcycle related at all, but I wonder if any of you can answer a question about the Boys .55 Rifle for me? I found a full clip of five rounds at an antiques fair at the weekend, all had been fired and were empty and safe. The seller justified his high selling price by saying that he'd had to get them properly deactivated by removing the tungsten core of the projectile head as per current UK Home Office Firearms regulations. Is this true? What difference would it make if inert rounds had a tungsten core or not?

Hi Bill

As I understand it its illegal to have any AP projectiles in the UK under 20mm unless you are covered by an ammunition collectors licence with this class listed or you are a RFD (Registered Firearms Dealer). So theoretically you can go to prison for having a .303 bullet which can be picked up with a magnet.

Most .55 boys projectiles fall into this category but there are some lead filled "ball" rounds which were used for practice target shooting and they would be legal.

Rob

email (option): robmiller11(a)yahoo.co.uk

I didn't know that, thanks for the info Rob. Good job I didn't buy them, they were all dated 1942 and he wanted £70 for the full clip, which seemed expensive to me? Would he really have had to pay to get them properly 'deactivated' though or would the law be satisfied if he'd drilled them out himself? It's not as though they had a deactivation certificate with them.