8mm & .303 ammo new/surplus observations

[K31]

I had one GEVELOT round in my collection, and it rotted out from the inside! Green goop coming out of holes in the brass! YUK! I don't think that brand would be good to shoot.

[David1974]

Hey you have the exact stuff I bought. That surplus .303 at least mine does... All hang fires.. like 'click-bang' but it all goes bang. The S & B I do like very much.. I only have 120 rounds of that left.

[K31]

I got ten rounds of S&B once, it sure was nice while it lasted. A friend bought a house last year, and found a big box of IVI ranger issue ammo in the attic. All mixed up, I think '89 '90, '91 and '92 manufacture. It seemed pretty good, once I sorted it by year. It was all FMJ. Mk8Z. It did seem to have soft primers, though, they were quite flattened after firing. Glad he gave them to me, though.

[David1974]

Here is some of the ammo I have. That POF .303 really does get around ehh?

[K31]

Was the POF stuff packed in the old fashioned zinc lined wooden case?

[David1974]

The POF could have been. I bought it in loose boxes like that, but I didn't see what it was originally crated in.

[lawrence253]

I found these rounds at the local sporting goods store. They are just loose rounds for $12.99 per 20. I only bought enough to fill my clips but there is more
The guy said they are nickel casings ( plated ? )
Used up 40 rounds of that POE ammo yesterday and had many pop bangs and one I had to try 3 times before it would pop bang

[K31]

I have never seen nickeled .303 brass before! What was the headstamp? Oh, and it really is nice to see chargers loaded correctly, too!

[lawrence253]

<--- me getting information from the experts here. I saw a thread on loading charger clips so I made sure they were right before I dared post a picture
If only I had a camera guru here too. I did get a profile pic of the ammo but couldn't manage the micro pic of the head stamp. It reads BRITISH 303 R.P

[Stevo]

Those nickel plated rounds don't look right, the bullet is too short.

Looks to me like someone has reloaded the Remington-Peters cases with 7.62x39 ball bullets.