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Old 04-10-2017, 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Grizzly Adams View Post
I'm betting this stuff isn't nearly as old or rare as one might think. 174 grains is the weight of the British service projectile and we're looking at repurposed surplus military ammo. A whole industry developed in the 50's and 60's where well known British gun makers got into the business of civilizing military assets.

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The Vintage soft point .303 ammo in my cabinet is head stamped with manufacture dates, as is the .303 soft point ammo by the OP in this thread

Having fired some if my vintage .303 soft point ammo dated 19(41) , 19(43) the cases do NOT have military primer crimps,,, and are not Berdan primed ( corrosive military)
so not likely " repurposed military ammo ,,,
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