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ImageI found this ammo deal on Gunbroker the other day. Cost me 40.00 shipped, but I hadn't spent a dime on my No 5 Jungle Carbine so I felt pretty good about the deal. :-)
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A guy I know gave me two of those filled with .303 British on stripper clips. Slightly different design it looks. They are stamped on the back, but I can't make it out.
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pacanis wrote:A guy I know gave me two of those filled with .303 British on stripper clips. Slightly different design it looks. They are stamped on the back, but I can't make it out.
Are those steel cases? I have a lot of .303 but no steel case. I even have some .303 F&N tracers.
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I didn't pull them all out, but they appear to be brass; FN marked FMJ, like the one shimming the rifle up.
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Must be the lighting, they look steel in the photos.
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bunkysdad wrote:ImageI found this ammo deal on Gunbroker the other day. Cost me 40.00 shipped, but I hadn't spent a dime on my No 5 Jungle Carbine so I felt pretty good about the deal. :-)
What is the headstamp BD?
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Looks a bit like my Korean era bandoleer.
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Those look like cupro-nickel jacketed bullets. I'm guessing this is really old ammo. I would assume that it is corrosive priming.
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Cordite rounds probably, looks like the 1938 dated stuff J&G sent me eight years ago.
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I should be receiving it any day now. As soon as I know more I'll post it here.
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That looks like some nice .303 BD are going to fire it or stash it as a collectible?
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Stash it and use it as a display item.
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If it turns out be Cordite, I would want to save it for sure.
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If it's WW2 British then it's cordite. Shake the cartridge, if you can hear powder moving around it's not cordite, cordite tightly packs the case.
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It is a very interesting propellant to say the least.
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That's why they called it CORDite :) explosive string
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Linguini and clam sauce for a propellant. :beek:
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It can be if the clams have turned :)
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That there Cordite is someweird looking "SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET" :big shock:
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