Shotgun shell, old or new?

[yaxthri]

Hello all,





I found this corroded brass shotgun shell head on one of my favourite beachcombing sites on a walk yesterday.
Printed on the head is: "MGM MUNITIONS" and two "12"s.

This beach has seen some WW2 action and this shell is obviously spent, so I wonder if this is a recent, salt water corroded just looking old find or an old piece from that era.
I did a small internet research and came up only with this auction site ad for simmilar paper-case shells but I have to get registered to ask the seller a question about the shell's age...

Any munition experts in here able to date this?

 

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[DCMatt]

Do Google search on "Manufacture Generale de Munitions". I see lots of the shells listed as "vintage" munitions but nothing about the company is jumping out at me.

DCMatt

 

[yaxthri]

Ok, thanks I'll check that out, it's a start

 

[taz42o]

Manufacture Generale de Munitions must have been in operating in the mid 1800s because i have seen pinfire cartridges made by them ,they went out of business in 1980.