Lee Enfield Ammo

[zaitsev44]

I just bought some old 1942 .303 and four of the rounds on stripper clips are silver/white tipped. Anyone know what these are?

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I couldn't get pictures on, I couldn't get the camera to focus on the markings, but they are 1942, VII and MJ.

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[jmoore]

Tracer rounds.

[Peter Laidler]

Surely tracer is RED? A white tip on some was DRILL but they were fluted too. That's why I hesitated before answering initially!

[jmoore]

I've got a "few" (15-50?) in storage, somewhere. Been a while since I shot any.

ETA: check the markings on the base of the cartridge. I think the definitive answer would be encoded there.

[jonnyc]

If they are British with a white/silver/gray tip, and a "G" in the headstamp, they're Smoke Tracer.

[zaitsev44]

The production year is 1942, they have a 7 in Roman numerals(VII), and the factory that made them is marked MJ which means the Australian No.4 Hendon plant. That's all the markings. The whole projectile is silver, so I hoped this helped.

[jonnyc]

OK, you said they were "tipped". What you have are simply Australian ball rounds with a silvery cupro-nickel jacket.

[zaitsev44]

Ok thanks

[Peter Laidler]

Phew.......... We've had tracer, drill, smoke/tracer and now ball! Any other takers? But it shows the versatility of a forum and the fact that we will get there in the end

[ActionYobbo]

A picture is worth a thousand guesses