Found this whilst clearing trash at work. Excuse my ignorance but is this a live ammo round? Wooden tip/bullet. (I live in Sweden). Cool if it is, can show to friends. Would just like to know.

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1. It looks like a dummy round for training purposes

2. This is a blank, *not* a dummy.

   You fire this with a metal blank firing adaptor on the muzzle which shreds the wooden “bullet”. There is real powder and a real primer in it.

   Edit: also note that *strictly speaking* owning this without a firearms permit is illegal. You’ll never be prosecuted for having one round of blank ammo, but just be aware of that.

3. And don’t play around with it, if it goes of and is not in the breach of a gun, there will be shrapnel.

4. This has the potential to ruin your life.

   So be careful dont go banging around on it.
   The red tip can easily be pulled out and the tiny amount of gunpowder pourd out and discarded. Then you still have a live cap in the back.

   Be careful just because its “lös amunition” dont mean it cant do damage if your a idiot.

   Last time I found one (restoring a military vehicle) I called the polis and the told me how to despose of it.

5. Är detta MPs miljövänliga jaktammunition?

6. In Sweden we call it lösplugg.

7. That is 12,7 or 7,62. Cartridges for weapons, blank.

   At the Armed Forces’ training and firing range, they practice and shoot with sharp ammunition and blank. Therefore, it is important that you take the Swedish Armed Forces’ warning signs, roadblocks and notices very seriously. It is always the information in place that applies.

   You rarely find ammunition at other places. You should go to the closest military base and return it. Don’t go to the police, military ammunition should be returned back to them.

8. Det är träplugg för att sätta nya skott i träd. Om man vill ha äppel på citron träd. Citräpp träd tex

9. The ones we had in the Finnish army were blue.

   We call them blåpittar.

10. It is a blank round

11. Lös patron m/14. A 6,5x55m Swedish blank round.

12. It’s a blank round that the military use. By the way it’s illegal to have ammunition at home without a weapons license. So I say you should probably leave it to the police! Have a nice one!