British Wooden Ammo Box

[mdrim13]

Can anyone help me identify this ammo box? Its British or at least British Empire. Its made of wood with metal edges and hardware. What era is this from? I picked it up today at the local gunshop for $10.00 and I was wondering if I overpayed because it seemed cheap enough?

[Amatikulu]

British made and filled at Radway Green on the 5th of January 1953 with Mark VII .303 ball ammunition

[mdrim13]

I wondered if that wasnt a date code but the dota an letters threw me off. Thanks.

mdrim13

[Peter Laidler]

Ball ammo packed in cartons too! ISA&A = Inspector of small arms and ammunition

[vintage hunter]

Traded for a P 14 long time ago and this came with it.

[mdrim13]

Traded for a P 14 long time ago and this came with it.

I like yours a lot better than mine...maybe we could trade straight across?

Mdrim13

[Frederick303]

I don't think you over paid. These boxes are very nice to keep stuff in and have one in the gun room next to your rack of Lee Enfields. A standard US .50 cal ammo can is around 10 dollars retail these days. It is a fair deal.

[conec]

I bought the brother of that ammo box some years ago. Almost the same date. Filled with some extraordinarily "click........bang" cartridges, unless they were set out in the sun for a bit, then it was "click..bang"... not the best

[bombdoc]

RL stands for Royal Laboratory .. in other words the Royal Arsenal Woolwich..

Mk 7 - not 7z, so cordite loaded - vintage stuff!

Small arms ammuniton is batched by it's work date.. If they are running more than one line that day, you get an A and a B.. the one you have to watch is 31 Dec - this work date is used to mark any part batches and lost id ammo lying about at the end of the year..

[A square 10]

nifty box and great info , i think $10 was about what i would have spent , but i might have gone $12-15 too