.303 Dum Dum identification

[Titan303]

Hello

I have a 303 cartridge that I believe to be called a 'Dum Dum'.

It has a HP bullet and head-stamped: K C V and has a rounded primer.

Does this mean 'Kynoch Cordite Mark V' or is it a Kirkee manufactured round?

Regards....

.....Titan

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[TonyE]

Your round is a Ball Mark V made by Kynoch, Birmingham.

It is based on the hollow point rounds made at Dum Sum in India but is not a true Sum Dum round.

The true rounds were made at the eponymous arsenal in India and are headstamped "D" at 3 o'clock and "I" surmounted by a Broad Arrow a t 9 o'clock.

Regards
TonyE

[Parashooter]

. . . made at Dum Sum in India but is not a true Sum Dum . . .

Annoying how they put the D and the S so close together on these keyboards, eh? Or is Dum Sum / Sum Dum something I've missed in my studies?

[Gun Surfer]

Expanding bullet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dum Dum (India) -- Encyclopedia Britannica

Does this help?

[CINDERS]

Yep Para got your drift especially if you have Gumby fingers like mine