.303 British Surplus Ammo

[CINDERS]

You make me jealous RCS with that H.P round is that one that was produced in India!

[usabaker]

50 rounds in clips in the original bandolier and a few extra clips.
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Now that's awesome! Thanks for the picture

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You just bought the makings of an instant 303 ammo collection! Nice....

I only grabbed a handful, I have 300 rounds to sort though, so no telling what's in that batch. Last batch of 7MM Mauser I got I had stuff dating back to 1921

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I have been searching for some 1942 MW plenty of latter stuff but the early YOP is hard to find.
Here is my 303 rounds collection I was sorting it out out a while ago not shown is a 100 rounds of MF 59 MK VII that's in a S-26 milk tin..

That's a nice collection, looks like you are documenting what you have?

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I found these a few years ago, while not really rare, just not common to find anymoreAttachment 86883Attachment 86884

I don't think I've ever seen a hollow point on a .303 ... what that writing on the side of the cartridge?

[browningautorifle]

I don't think I've ever seen a hollow point on a .303

Yes, I have one of those too, they're the old Dum-Dum bullets apparently.

[Roger Payne]

The HP rounds were only produced for a very short period & were withdrawn because they contravened international conventions (can't remember which one(s) now.....Hague?? Someone will no doubt rescue me!). They all looked pretty much the same & will be marks III, IV, or V. The MkIII is very rare but the Mks IV & V are not particularly uncommon.

Sadly miss Tony Edwards at times like this.

[Aussie48]

I have a round in my collection marked GB C II I think it is one of the first cordite rounds

[GeeRam]

I recently acquired a few rounds of WWII .303 which was from local a Resistance cache; dating from a drop in 1944.
50 rounds in clips in the original bandolier and a few extra clips.
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Very nice find

[RCS]

Cinders, I do not have an original Dum Dum cartridge, quite rare, the Dum Dum has the D headstamp as Indian cartridges did not include the mark number during
this time period. The Dum Dum also had an exposed lead tip like a soft point hunting bullet.

The Mark 11 C, D^C 1V and D^C V all had nickel jacket hollow point bullets at 215 grs from my photo

[30Three]

I also have a box of these. 1941 manufactured by Winchester for synchronised guns.
However I'm not sure why they would be supplied in a box of 20?
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[CINDERS]

I got some WRA stuff a while ago with the same crimped primers I was informed it was for aircraft and MG only they had the crimp to stop the primer backing out (falling out I think) and jamming the MG as that is the last thing you would want either in the air or ground

[RCS]

Also it was my understanding that a different powder loading was also used with 303 and 30 cal cartridges in the synchronized machine gun cartridge manufacture too. Not a lot of
aircraft still using synchronized machine guns in 1941 except the Fairey Swordfish and Albacore and a few others. One question I do have, did the Curtiss P-40B in British Service,
use 303 or 30 cal synchronized Browning machine guns ?