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rondog bought some old .303... 09-29-2009, 01:21 AM
Alfred The boxes marked Sporting... 09-29-2009, 01:43 AM
rondog Interesting....thank you!... 09-29-2009, 01:50 AM
Alfred Not sure but probably .303... 09-29-2009, 01:13 PM
The Queens Medalist 86,87 Looks like left over WWI... 10-01-2009, 10:57 AM
No4Mk1(T) In the hand full of rounds in... 10-01-2009, 01:30 PM
Mk VII The RL & GB stuff look like... 10-01-2009, 04:38 PM
Amatikulu RL and GB are cordite filled... 10-01-2009, 06:16 PM
rondog Oh, I figured they'd all be... 10-01-2009, 07:35 PM
harry mac The slotted charger clips do... 10-03-2009, 06:40 PM
bigstick61 Given that there is a mix of... 10-02-2009, 01:21 AM
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    bought some old .303 ammo...any good?

    So, the day after I got my pawn shop No.5 MK.1 jungle carbine, I went to meet a guy to buy some M1icon carbine mags. We're chatting beforehand and I mentioned that I needed to find a place nearby to get some rifle ammo.

    "Rifle ammo? What kind?" he says.

    ".303 Britishicon", sez I, "I just bought an Enfield carbine, and want to shoot it".

    "No kidding, .303? I'm your man! I sold my Enfield this spring, and have a bunch of .303 ammo I don't need anymore. I'll bring it along so you can see if you want any of it".

    So this is what he brought, and of course, I bought it all. 50 rds. of basic PRVI Partisan 174gr. FMJBT, and all these others. Looks like some are milsurps, maybe, def. Berdan primered and FMJ's, but the silver bullet color is odd to me.

    Several boxes of soft-points, looks like they were re-manufactured for Interarms with new hunting bullets, all Berdan primed, 60 rounds. And the two boxes of Lapua, also soft points, but Boxer primed, 30 rounds.

    Can anybody tell me what I have here? I'll shoot the PRVI first, no problem. But the other stuff, is it OK to shoot? Looks like all the milsurp stuff, loose and in the chargers, is all 1937-1939 dated. There's 132 of those.

    I'm also told the chargers with four slots on the back might be WWI vintage, and the ones with four holes are later. There's fifteen of the slotted ones here, and eight of the type with holes.

    Bought all this for $155....good? bad? ugly? Does any of this have collector value(s) that I should be aware of? I'd rather collect old ammo than shoot it, but there's enough here that I want to blast off some of them anyway. But I'd hate to ruin something that somebody's been looking for.




















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