anyone recognize this .303 ammo headstamp?

[mtykim]

anybody recognize this ammo? it is .303 british caliber but i'd like to know if it is safe to shoot in an Enfield Rifle and if it is any good. thanks.

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[limpetmine]

It's from "the big red X" factory!

[spinecracker]

Oh, I didn't know the commies made .303....wasn't that factory near Stalingrad?? Sorry, could not resist - I have my "silly bugger" hat on today (maybe because someone wants to give me a couple of thousand rounds of .303 for free?)

[mtykim]

figured it out... they are iraqi. here is a good source for headstamp info.

Link to headstamps of the .303 British Calibre Service Ammunition Round

is the stuff any good? is it safe?

[Peter Laidler]

Iraqi........ The trouble is that you just don't know how its been stored. Underground and it's OK but above ground, at extremes of temperature, it's horrid. We used some 9mm in a couple of L34 Sterling SMG's and it bulged both barrels.

[Skip]

I gave that gentleman 5 new headstamps and he gave me photo credits. Good show.