Price and Availiability of Mk.VII Ammo

[HeadDamage]

How much are you paying?

 

[desporterizer]

Orangeville Gun Show has lots of cheap ammo, as well as higher priced. I will be there in a couple weeks too. I picked up boxes of 20 for $5 each, 3006, 8mm and more. 303 will be there next show.

What time do you get there? All I ever see is way overpriced stuff.

 

[BUSHMAN79]

Mk VII ball was a 174 grain FMJ used in W.W. I. Hasn't been made since before W.W. II.

Mk. VII was THE standard .303 round from about 1912 until the 7.62 Nato was adopted. I have a few Mk.7 cordite rounds left, RL 1954. Also several Mk.7 DA 1950 vintage, also cordite. VIIz and VIIIz were mostly for machineguns. All of the bullets I've taken apart had aluminum tips, never seen a plastic one. Some of the Canadian ones had rather lopsided jackets. I have quite a bit of .303 Mk.VII MH 1941 (Footscray, Australia) but it all hangfires. Smells nice when it goes off though! Recently several "experts" said the cartridge on the map in the "Paschendaele" movie should have been a round nose Mk. VI. Not so! DA was loading Mk.VII at least as early as 1915, if not before.

 

[Drachenblut]

I will pay a fair price if anyone is interested in parting with some. I only am looking for 50 rounds or so, not huge case lots. By the way, off topic, where did all the GP11 go!?

 

[desporterizer]

TSE has some.

 

[Drachenblut]

I'm sorry? TSE?

 

[Drachenblut]

The Shooting Edge I assume you mean then sir?

 

[glock_it26]

http://www.theshootingedge.com/productList/1038051/1000774

 

[The Queens Medalist 8687]

Orangeville Update: Lots of 8mm for .25 and .50 per rd. 7.62 x54 too same price. And Some .303WWII for .50 per rd. Today.
Also lots of other cals at simular prices to much higher prices.

 

[buckbrush]

Mk. VII was THE standard .303 round from about 1912 until the 7.62 Nato was adopted. I have a few Mk.7 cordite rounds left, RL 1954. Also several Mk.7 DA 1950 vintage, also cordite. VIIz and VIIIz were mostly for machineguns. All of the bullets I've taken apart had aluminum tips, never seen a plastic one. Some of the Canadian ones had rather lopsided jackets. I have quite a bit of .303 Mk.VII MH 1941 (Footscray, Australia) but it all hangfires. Smells nice when it goes off though! Recently several "experts" said the cartridge on the map in the "Paschendaele" movie should have been a round nose Mk. VI. Not so! DA was loading Mk.VII at least as early as 1915, if not before.

yes I have some DA Mk. VII 15

 

[BUSHMAN79]

yes I have some DA Mk. VII 15

I have a D.A. bandolier from 1915, I wish I had 50 rounds to put in it!