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Offline aldar

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need help identifing
« on: December 27, 2010, 04:25:59 AM »
going through some of my late Dad's stuff and found these. I'm thinking there from the 50's when he was in Korea. the bullet mic's to .310in and the cartridge is 3.06in. I dont have a mm mic. It has a crude double crimp and I think the bullet is a FMJ.

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Re: need help identifing
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2010, 04:57:29 AM »
It appears to be .303 British ball.  without dimensions not 100% certain.  The head stamp i'd have to look up to determine what and where it's from.  The stab crimp is typically British. berdan primed and possibly cordite.  The head stamp will tell more.  Perhaps someone will know off the top of their head.  I will look up later when I finish cleaning up the 10" of global warming out of my driveway.

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Re: need help identifing
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2010, 01:36:45 PM »
It appears to be .303 British ball.  without dimensions not 100% certain.  The head stamp i'd have to look up to determine what and where it's from.  The stab crimp is typically British. berdan primed and possibly cordite.  The head stamp will tell more.  Perhaps someone will know off the top of their head.  I will look up later when I finish cleaning up the 10" of global warming out of my driveway.


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Re: need help identifing
« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2012, 10:15:42 PM »
I would suggest it's a Greek 303 British cartridge of the MkV11 designation. Not looked up the head stamp but the Greeks did use 303 and load it. Of course it could also be Indian as they also produced amunition in .303. the symbols are not English which is why I suggest Greek or Indian.