1. Does anyone know if Australia produced, or had access to, Mk.VIII or Mk.VIIIz ammo for WWII or Korean war?
2. I understand that the Mk.VIIIz was designed for use in MMG (Vickers), but Brit snipers did occasionally use it. Would the Rifle No.4 have handled this powerful ammo better than the Aussie SMLE No1 HT?
3. If anyone knows of an authoritive book on Aust produced ammo (such as on the C'th Ammo Factory in Melbourne) I'd be very peased to hear of it.
4. Finally, I inteviewed an Australianicon sniper in the Korean war (3RAR) some time back. He said that he could shoot an 8 cm group at 300 metres (get 15 rounds into 8 cm), hit a man's head at 600 metres and a man-size target out to 1000 metres, using an SMLE Mk.III HT. How credible is this?

Cheers,

Glenn
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