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M1911 and 303 british

riflemike
Does the 53 indicate the year manufactured. Also the other pic is 303 on stripper clips. I have several hundred rounds still in pouches on clips. any collectors value on this
thanks
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  • Horse Plains Drifter
    I would say yes, the "53" on the 45 ammo box is the year. As to the 303 ammo, I don't have the foggiest.
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  • givette
    Check headstamp on brass. If it is '53' (or later) you are good to go. WCC's lot numbers are four digit. Check inside flap, or sumsuch. The first non-corrosive lot is 6375 (produced 11/52).

    Pictured on the box is the packaging date. Placed in the wrong spot on the box. Best, Joe

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    Forgot to add..the 303 ball. What's the headstamp, and how many rounds? Thanks again, Joe
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  • riflemike
    Must not be the year headstamp is 71
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  • Spartacus
    the 303 is on enfield clipsst all milsurp 303 is corrosive, even the later lynoch british rounds.I don't recognize the headstamp on yours, but there were a dozen countries making the stuff. I CAN tell you it's not british. milsurp 303 is getting very hard to find in any kind of quantity, so you wont have any trouble selling it. the clips sell for 10-25 cents each and ammo runs 30-70cents/round (doubt you'll find any at 30 cents anymore).
    tom


    edited: joe is right, i wasn't aware of rg as a british manufacturer, sorry for any confusion. the above comment should say "it's not Lynoch" but i won't edit it.
    tom
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  • riflemike
    SO givette per his answer below is incorrect?
    Would like to know before I list it

    thanks
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    Posted - 01/11/2010 : 11:43:13 AM

    Oy Vey! Good Stuff! Made at the 'home office'!! (Radway-Green) Better quality control than the Hindustani, or Moslem countries' production!

    Now, corossiveness..the rounds may still be cordite, and have a corossive primer. Go with corossive, as the Brits were a few steps behind us in non-corossive production. I believe the corossiveness is somewhat less than the .303 produced by the British colonies in the third world. Best I could do! Joe

    Opinion: The only way to fire a British .303 is by using Cordite rounds! Nothing to do with anything, but nostalgia!

    PS..all the rounds are marked RG, am I correct in that assumption?
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  • dcs shooters
    You can take what givette says as gospel. The RG headstamp IS English made ammo as he says [;)]
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  • riflemike
    Thanks dont want to start a war but I dont want to mislead in my description when selling
    Thanks
    Will go with givette as I suspected was correct
    one more pic and THANKS givette
    The ammo can has some interesting initials carved on the bottom
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  • jonk
    RG means Radway Green and it is British made.
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  • machine gun moran
    Radway Green is right, and the '7' represents MK7 ball (formerly headstamped as 'VII' or 'MkVII'), which had a light nose filler of kapok, aluminum, and other materials, at different times. This promoted projectile tumbling in soft mediums. The headstamps will occasionally have a 'Z', as in '7Z' or 'Mk7Z', with the 'Z' representing a cooler-burning powder that was found to be better in automatic weapons.
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