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    I have a .38 Webley and that would be a neat bx to store ammo in. Having said that, the .38 is a pretty pathetic round.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bombdoc View Post
    It would depend on the tempo of operations..

    If it was mainly peacekeeping, any rounds expended would have to be accounted for in the operations log. Pistol ammunition would not normally be expended unless there was a self defence incident. There would be a periodic turnover of ready use stock and a background training use if action levels were low, but ammunition for this was kept strictly separate. You need to be aware that these days ALL engagements are liable to be scrutinised and challenged, and unless you have got your ammunition ducks in a row, you can end up in deep do do..

    I had a particularly noisy exchange with a quartermaster who put in a demand for 300 rds of 9mm "operational stock usage". He got a bit shirty when I insisted on seeing the op reports showing where his unit had had a pistol duel with the Taliban! He knew and I knew that it was cavalry officers shooting rabbits, but it was his job to manage such silliness from his training stock and not claim it was operational...!

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    They were pretty much obsolete by the 70s, so the boxes would have either been burned or "recycled" internally and then burned. I have a similar box that contained airburst gas bombs which were used for chemical training during WW2. It belonged to my Father who had been the Gas Officer with the local Home Guard (.. he was an industrial pharmacist!). It served to hold boot cleaning brushes in its post war role, and still does to this day...!
    This box came from my Father in Law, he's 80 this year and was an RFD from 1960 to 1980.

    A great period to be a firearm dealer in the UKicon!

    My wife remembers Lugers, C96s etc on the kitchen table as a kid, she grew up with Milsurps, probably why she tolerates my collection!

    Having quizzed him about the box, he told me an interesting story, typical of the time...

    In 1966 ish, he spotted an advert in the local paper, 'old guns and ammunition for sale'.

    He and a mate went to this guys house and did a deal to buy the lot ... M1icon Carbine x2, Sten gun (he can't remember mk) Enfield and Webley revolvers, plus ammo for all!

    Hence the box....

    Today it would make the national papers, back then, WW2 firearms of all types were very common finds and nothing unusual.

    He said he had a great weekend at the range 'disposing' of the ammunition at the local range before selling the Firearms on.

    M1 Carbines/revolvers to Birmingham proof and re-sale and Sten cut up and destroyed, as per local Constabularys recommendation.

    You literally couldn't give the Sten away then, it had 'zero' value and wasn't worth conversion to Semi automatic and proof cost.

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