Question about .303 RL 1941 VII Round found

Printable View

07-17-2015, 05:09 PM
brendanmullan

Question about .303 RL 1941 VII Round found

Hi there, found a .303 The Royal Laboratory, Woolwich Arsenal, Kent 1941 stamped round on the beach today and wanted to know are these common finds? (It's not a live round)

Do they have any value? If so what would this be?

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...wovKjpg1-1.jpg

Thanks in advance!
07-17-2015, 06:01 PM
Beerhunter

Virtually zero value to a collector. I have complete live ones. However don't chuck it, it is an artefact.

BTW that round was fired from a Bren.
07-17-2015, 07:29 PM
brendanmullan

Thanks for the reply! How do you know it was fired from a Bren? Can you tell that by the primer dent? Wouldn't chuck it so don't worry! Although I had it sitting on a counter and it knocked over breaking a piece off the top of it (where it's really thin and brittle) which made me sad :-( really want to find some more! Can sense a new hobby involving a metal detector coming on haha!
07-17-2015, 09:00 PM
browningautorifle

Quote:

Originally Posted by brendanmullan

How do you know it was fired from a Bren?

The oblong firing pin strike...is about the first thing any collector or history buff will tell you is a Bren strike. Also that sharp ding in the base beside the primer is classic Bren...
07-17-2015, 09:52 PM
brendanmullan

Quote:

Originally Posted by browningautorifle

The oblong firing pin strike...is about the first thing any collector or history buff will tell you is a Bren strike. Also that sharp ding in the base beside the primer is classic Bren...

Oh thanks for the info! That's really interesting :-)

Where did you come across some live ammo of this type?
07-18-2015, 02:06 AM
CINDERS

Best to join a cartridge collectors club and hold the appropriate license and storage, all of our stuff here has to be under lock and key we are not allowed to have it on display, like every one has a 5"naval gun in the house and where do I store it!!!!! such are the laws in Australia......
07-18-2015, 05:58 AM
Beerhunter

Quote:

Originally Posted by brendanmullan

Oh thanks for the info! That's really interesting :-)

Where did you come across some live ammo of this type?

Many of us have live ammunition to fire from our collection of so-called "Classic" firearms e.g. .303 for British military rifles of the Great War and Second World War.

If you just wish to collect expended ammunition (empty cases) or projectiles (bullets) there are no restrictions in law.

As far as live ammunition is concerned, .303 for example, is so-called Section 1 ammunition. That is to say it has to be held on a Firearms Certificate (FAC). In order to get an FAC one needs to show "good reason". Being a member of a bona fide club helps demonstrate this good reason - collecting.