Can anyone ID this ammo dispenser?

[DarryH]

I found this item, which I am calling an ammo dispenser. It is NOT a magazine. It currently has WWI 30-06 ammo in it. That may or may not be the caliber it was intended for. There are no markings anywhere. It is spring loaded and dispenses one round at a time.

 

[Im2bent]

@sirhrmechanic is into unique stuff that is a weird one

 

[sirhrmechanic]

That's a wierd one...

Maybe for something like a Pederson Device or a Charlton device, which turned bolt rifles into semi's with a wierd toggle action (like a big Luger).

Extracts the case out of the back and then brings it forward?

It's a new one on me?

@buffalowinter any ideas?

Cheers,

Sirhr

 

[MrSmith]

Could those be belt loops on the side?

This concept?

Thank you,
MrSmith

 

[aviumvenator]

Maybe for holding blanks for grenade launching?

 

[Im2bent]

Maybe for holding blanks for grenade launching?

The note in op says 3006 dummies so this answer seems promising ?

 

[NoDopes]

Looks like a bullet in that picture with the spring, which I assume rules out blanks.

 

[EddieNFL]

.30 Caliber Magazine. Enables the assault weapon to fire 30 rounds in 0.5 seconds…and has a thing that tells time.

 

[Gemsbok]

+1 @MrSmith above, that's a belt 'magazine' not an 'in the rifle magazine'.
The "dummy" refers to the cartridges with bullets and fired primers ....

 

[sirhrmechanic]

^^^ That makes total sense... dispenses rifle grenade launching cartridges quickly!

Cool find!

Sirhr

 

[DarryH]

this is the ammo inside the dispenser. Also included pic where the ammo is inside the device. Those are belt loops on the device.

 

[doubloon]

this is the ammo inside the dispenser. Also included pic where the ammo is inside the device. Those are belt loops on the device.

uff ... the inside is more complicated than I imagined

I assume that little hinged divider thing can be moved along the corrugated metal for different length cartridges? That would help explain why the spring leafs are so short.

Weird that there's not a single mark on it.

I tried searching for answers a little earlier and got nothing. May try again tomorrow. Can't believe it's a one-off, somebody must have made a few of these and sold them.

 

[BJames]

^^^ That makes total sense... dispenses rifle grenade launching cartridges quickly!

Cool find!

Sirhr

I’m not one of the vintage experts around here, by far, but were there rifle fired grenades in WW1? Either way, cool piece of history!