Hey Kevin,
Can you post a photo of your mortar training barrel and does it have any markings? All of the training barrels I've seen were made from either early WWII 3" barrels or modifed Stokes barrels. But either way, they accept a standard 3" mortar bomb. Practice loading bombs were standard rounds with sand for weight inside. And they usually have a large metal ring similar to a big washer welded to the bottom edge of the tail unit fins. That way they wouldn't get bent when the bomb came out of the cut-away lower section of the barrel after dropping it down.
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David Gordon - MVPA # 15292
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