Found this neat ammo can

[Gingercat]

I found this set on that auction site and it's a neat, home made kit with a comprehensive range of cleaning tools, site adjuster for the No.4 and a couple spare parts. Probably did make it's way to Bisley at some time.

Regards
Mike

[mmppres]

well thanks for the info i was lucky to find it in the estate i cleaned out so i just putting it aside with my smle's i got too.

[Aragorn243]

What is a full box of MG ammo of this type worth. The original seals were broken and it now has metal wrap around seals on the box. I'm assuming they may have used the box more than once but I don't know. Can MG ammo be used in rifles or is it too hot. Production year appears to be 1943. I don't own it, I spotted it at a flea market. Price was just a bit under $1 per round.

[Beerhunter]

Can MG ammo be used in rifles or is it too hot.

It depends on what you mean by "MG ammo". If you mean Mk.VIIIz, its perfectly safe to use in a rifle. In fact the .303 sold by Prvi Partizan is essentially Mk.VIIIz.

What is the headstamp?

[RobD]

IMHO, WW2-dated ammo is often unreliable (click-bang), Berdan-primed (un-reloadable by most people) and corrosive. $1 a round is quite similar what Prvi Partizan goes for.

[Aragorn243]

Too pricy for me to make a snap purchase. The box was pretty cool but I don't need one that bad. Thanks for the info.

[Peter Laidler]

See Tony E's thread 7. If only you knew how many of those plywood boxes we had burned out on exercises. We used to put one of the big H50 outer steel boxes out on the butts sandbank and pour 50 rounds into it. Then suitably perforated it'd make a good brazier in which to burn the remains of the wooden ammo boxes to cook on or just keep warm around. Some clown would always throw a live round in it for good measure. I don't remember too much health and safety then. The problem was that once you were an Officer, you couldn't just ignore this behaviour so you'd go off somewhere to sit down and try to look busy with a map and compass and say to one of the Sergeant before you went '......... keep an eye on things Bob - or whoever' You'd get a roaring fire in one of those home made range braziers. All you had to do was use one of the tools from the vehicle tool boxes to remove the steel/tin liner strengtheners occasionally.

[browningautorifle]

+1 on the live round thrown into the burn barrel...never did see anyone hurt from it though.

[mmppres]

thanks for the info guys realy makes you think how much stuff was burned or thrown away that today is collectable.

[Maxwell Smart]

It is am H51 crate which contains an H52 tin liner. Two H 51 crates fitted in an H50 steel outer.

Tony, roughly when did this particular style of crate come into service?