Another great gift

Once again when friends say "You're into this sort of thing, want these?"...you take whatever it is as it might have something great. Not really in this case though. Just a bag of stuff to accompany the #5 that he gave me...see the LE forum...

A bit of everything...some 9mm, 12ga, 16ga, some 380, 25, 22, some empty 22 short(the meaning of useless) nail gun blanks and air rifle pellets. Some .303 and empties, a few .455 and one 44-40. The flannelettes were thrown in for Peter's nostalgia. The .22 pistol mag is a Colt or Browning...you tell me. Anyone need it? The antique in the center bottom is a Canadian Penny...out of service.

What are the H/S's on the 303 stuff Jim

RG, DAC 18, and some civvie stuff, Dominion. Nothing special. Mostly ball ammo.

Thing is Jim they are no longer making the Mk VII ball ammo so I just look at the stuff is all collectible. Thanks for posting.

I did however have a good look at the .455 ammo and found some was marked 1930, 1923. Some of the .303 is 1918. It all came from a dealer locally that can't deal ammo or current firearms. I think he finds it at times when he goes through his boxes and eventually it comes to me. If you were closer, you could go through it as my cartridge collection is a bit hit and miss...

to me the divide is nickel jacketed or not.

nickel being instantly put in the "not going to use" pile where copper goes in the "if I need it" pile.

along with simply wishing for proper mk7 projectiles I wish someone would make them with a nickel looking jacket. I know function should be the biggest concern, but nickel jackets just look so pretty (and "correct").

The hardest thing about collecting is the theme I started with 303's then decided to go with large Nitros and Large Metrics but as time went on it morphed into an eclectic type of mix cannon shells, DEFA's, mortars, and others.
I am still pushing for NE rounds but they are so scarce here when you do get them they cost you plenty. The others apart from ball are equally hard to get I watch your USA & Canadian vids seeing all the good ammo you can buy like AP, AP Incd, Tracer and so on makes me green with envy. Also the hardest part of collecting is saying no because I think all of us are bitten with the bug possibly going by the motto of "Grab it whilst you can we will sort it tomorrow.
I do have .455's stashed away 20 or 30 cannot remember mainly leads with some nickle, I love scrounging through boxes especially when you find a real piece that makes the scrounge all the worthwhile effort.

Mores the pity we are not closer Jim be good to swap out stuff that we have to much of that the other may be missing.
Sorry henryr I am a copper person it is just the patina they get, some of the 215 nickles I have are like a spotted hyena the main thing is we all enjoy collecting and sharing our finds and collections this is the way to go.