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***MODS*** - If this should go in rifle country I apologize. It just seemed more appropriate here since there is really no rifle discussion in this post.
I just recieved 400 rounds of .303 British in four cardboard boxes packed loose. The first one I opened up was filled with a mix of 1962-1964 dated ammunition. Some of it appears to have been linked at one time and de-linked a long time ago judging from the corrosion on the linking scars. Strangely I didn't think that the British still had any belt feds in the 60's firing the .303??? It was a letdown to see the poor shape of this stuff. I hoped the other boxes weren't as bad.
I opened the second box and to my delight found relatively bright and shiny ammo all dated 1952.
The third box I opened revealed even nicer looking 1941 dated ammo with silver bullets!
And the fourth revealed almost new looking ammo dated 1943 also with silver bullets.
200 rounds of real live WWII ammo!
My curiosity got the better of me and I had to open a couple of rounds as I had never seen Cordite before and was really curious as to what it looked like. First thing I noticed, the Brits crimp those rounds in there HARD!
Once the bullet was out I found a little cardboard wadding on top of the Cordite, I assume to keep it from shifting around and possibly breaking into smaller pieces?
The Cordite itself looked like uncooked angel hair pasta to me and was packed in there very tight, filling the case.
I dumped it out on the ground and lit it on fire. Finally I could smell "The stench of burned Cordite" as I had read in so many works of fiction. It was kind of a let down.
Anyway no real point to this post other than the fact that I am kind of excited to have some really cool WWII surplus ammo. Can't wait to load up the Enfield and see how she does with some honest to goodness British surplus. It will be a nice change from the $20.00 per box commercial stuff I had previously bought.
I just recieved 400 rounds of .303 British in four cardboard boxes packed loose. The first one I opened up was filled with a mix of 1962-1964 dated ammunition. Some of it appears to have been linked at one time and de-linked a long time ago judging from the corrosion on the linking scars. Strangely I didn't think that the British still had any belt feds in the 60's firing the .303??? It was a letdown to see the poor shape of this stuff. I hoped the other boxes weren't as bad.
I opened the second box and to my delight found relatively bright and shiny ammo all dated 1952.
The third box I opened revealed even nicer looking 1941 dated ammo with silver bullets!
And the fourth revealed almost new looking ammo dated 1943 also with silver bullets.
200 rounds of real live WWII ammo!
My curiosity got the better of me and I had to open a couple of rounds as I had never seen Cordite before and was really curious as to what it looked like. First thing I noticed, the Brits crimp those rounds in there HARD!
Once the bullet was out I found a little cardboard wadding on top of the Cordite, I assume to keep it from shifting around and possibly breaking into smaller pieces?
The Cordite itself looked like uncooked angel hair pasta to me and was packed in there very tight, filling the case.
I dumped it out on the ground and lit it on fire. Finally I could smell "The stench of burned Cordite" as I had read in so many works of fiction. It was kind of a let down.
Anyway no real point to this post other than the fact that I am kind of excited to have some really cool WWII surplus ammo. Can't wait to load up the Enfield and see how she does with some honest to goodness British surplus. It will be a nice change from the $20.00 per box commercial stuff I had previously bought.
Get the Sellier & Bellot, or UMC if you want to try reloading the cases.
