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British Mil. Soft Point Ammo.

wapo3030
I just had a few dozen rounds of British .303
soft point ammo givin to me. the head stamp is
K39 over VII, now I reckon its 1939 ammo.
My question is.....I thought soft point ammo
was a no no in the rules of war....anyone?
anyone?
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  • jonk
    I would bet someone reloaded some military cases with new components, possibly a new primer as Berdan primers are avaialble now and again. Some factories also did this with just surplus or pulled cases to make cheap hunting ammo. Unless someone knows differently.

    "...hit your enemy in the belly, and kick him when he is down, and boil his prisoners in oil- if you take any- and torture his women and children. Then people will keep clear of you..." -Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, speaking at the Hague Peace Conf
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  • captkirk3@dslextreme.com
    According to the Geneva Convention; You are correct...They must be reloads...

    Captain Kirk, Tech Staff
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  • wapo3030
    I pulled one and they are loaded with cordite
    strands with a paper over wad. Laquore on primer and a black
    sealant at the bullet. Will post a pic soon. thanks yall.
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  • rordog
    I think it was the Hague Convention of 1899 that banned the use of expanding bullets to make war "more humane"
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  • Hangfire
    Sounds to me like Sporting rounds produced by Kynoch for export.They were made for adverse conditions and differed from their domestic rounds. I don]t think domestic rounds were dated. Keep them as collectables since 303 is inexpensive, and yours is most definatley corrosive-Bob

    Gun control is a steady hand
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  • Iconoclast
    Someone, possibly an importer, simply pulled the original slugs and substituted SP bullets. My advice would be to pull the slugs (saving them if you reload), dump the powder on your lawn (great fertilizer) and bury the brass. The one thing for certain is that these are corrosive Berdan primers, making reloading not impossible but a huge waste of time. There is no guarantee that the person reloading them knew what they were doing; even if safe, the ballistic characteristics of military FMJ bullets and commercial SP slugs can vary enormously and you have no way of knowing how it has been stored over the years, how brittle the brass may be, how stable the powder may be, etc. As collector ammo, this is worth what you paid for it. I've been collecting ammo for thirty years and I've yet to see a factory remanufactured cartridge of this age (Hanson has done this on some later .303).
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