30-06 blank identification help please!

[KneverKnew]

Found these in a box give to me by a friend.
Can someone identify year and useage? Collectible or just a blank to be shot? Didn’t know if it might be a rifle grenade blank. Can those be fired safely without a grenade?

[KneverKnew]

Am I correct the headstamp indicates Lake City manufacture in 1967?

[Hammerdown]

Yes , Lake City, 1967. They are safe to fire just as a noise blank. If you want to launch grenades I would only use blanks from a sealed box that is clearly marked grenade blanks.

[KneverKnew]

No desire to launch grenades just yet. LOL.
Do these older blanks have any value to collectors or should I just blast away? Any idea if they are corrosive?

[Hammerdown]

Non-corrosive, and only in the original sealed box in good shape would a collector have any interest and value would be very little over shooting ammo.

[Rapidrob]

It is a 1909 Saluting blank. Lake City made in '69. It can launch a rifle grenade,but only for a short distance, they are made for noise.
A grenade blank is much more powerful.
Your blank is safe in any .30-06 rifle with,or without a blank firing device.

[KneverKnew]

Thanks for the input. I have a box of 19. Sounds like I’m going to be making some noise on the 4th of July!

[KneverKnew]

Any idea if these would cycle, manually of course, from an enblock clip in an M1? Or would they require single feeding?

[Rapidrob]

If you have the M1 Blank firing attachment,yes they will. Otherwise you will have to cycle the op-rod by hand.

[Tuna]

Blanks for 30-06 are in demand by may VFW lodges as they have a hard time getting them for funerals they attend for those members that have passed on. I have donated hundreds of these to different lodges in the past. My supply is gone now and I know those I had went to a good cause.

[KneverKnew]

That sounds like a very good use for these blanks. I’ll look into my local VFW. Thanks.