8mm & .303 ammo new/surplus observations

I had one GEVELOT round in my collection, and it rotted out from the inside! Green goop coming out of holes in the brass! YUK! I don't think that brand would be good to shoot.

Hey you have the exact stuff I bought. That surplus .303 at least mine does... All hang fires.. like 'click-bang' but it all goes bang. The S & B I do like very much.. I only have 120 rounds of that left.

I got ten rounds of S&B once, it sure was nice while it lasted. A friend bought a house last year, and found a big box of IVI ranger issue ammo in the attic. All mixed up, I think '89 '90, '91 and '92 manufacture. It seemed pretty good, once I sorted it by year. It was all FMJ. Mk8Z. It did seem to have soft primers, though, they were quite flattened after firing. Glad he gave them to me, though.:)

Here is some of the ammo I have. That POF .303 really does get around ehh?

Was the POF stuff packed in the old fashioned zinc lined wooden case?

The POF could have been. I bought it in loose boxes like that, but I didn't see what it was originally crated in.

I found these rounds at the local sporting goods store. They are just loose rounds for $12.99 per 20. I only bought enough to fill my clips but there is more :beerchug:
The guy said they are nickel casings ( plated ? )
Used up 40 rounds of that POE ammo yesterday and had many pop bangs and one I had to try 3 times before it would pop bang :move eek:

I have never seen nickeled .303 brass before! What was the headstamp? Oh, and it really is nice to see chargers loaded correctly, too!:)

:slap: <--- me getting information from the experts here. I saw a thread on loading charger clips so I made sure they were right before I dared post a picture :bow:
If only I had a camera guru here too. I did get a profile pic of the ammo but couldn't manage the micro pic of the head stamp. It reads BRITISH 303 R.P

Those nickel plated rounds don't look right, the bullet is too short.

Looks to me like someone has reloaded the Remington-Peters cases with 7.62x39 ball bullets.