WWII .303 military surplus ammo

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Hi, i am wondering what .303 surpluss ammo is worth. I have 1123 + rounds, stamps are between 1941 to 1950. I believe there looks to be a little 8mm surplus military rounds mixed in. All appears to be military fmj bullets.

Thanks, Archie.
 
Decent milsurp, and by decent, I mean stuff like the DIZ ammo, is running around $1.00/rnd. in these parts. There was some very nice South African ball ammo out there a while ago, but that seems to have dried up also. In my experience, the British ammo is poorer quality than our wartime manufactured ammo and tends to neck split after firing. The Indian and Pakistan old ammo is very poor and fail-to-fire problems are common. With most of the old ammo it's Berdan primed anyway, so the brass is really only good for scrap. I still have some DIZ Mk. VII that's great ammo for 70+ years old.
 
Would love to see some pictures. It is probably more valuable as a collector item, rather than something to shoot. I've read one particularly gruesome account of an enfield blowing up from really old ammo, although that may have been WW1 vintage ammo, Im not sure. There is a big long post about the whole event somewhere on here...
 
Suther said:
Would love to see some pictures. It is probably more valuable as a collector item, rather than something to shoot. I've read one particularly gruesome account of an enfield blowing up from really old ammo, although that may have been WW1 vintage ammo, Im not sure. There is a big long post about the whole event somewhere on here...
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I'd love to hear why the age of the ammo blew up the gun...???
 
Random thought.... If you can buy new manufacture reloadable non corrosive for $1.20/ round why would you shoot sketchy 70 year old corrosive for the sake of saving $.20 each?

I think it has more value as a collectable item than as food for your rifle
 
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