303 ammo identification

[poorpi]

Hi guys, I need your help, just got 200 rounds on stripper clips from the old barn in Sask. The question I have are stripper clips different from year to year? was the IV P marked ones used in 42 or 43 etc. Can anyone help with the ID of the ammo as well, here are how they are marked
ammo
1942 to 1944 D/Z
1940 to 1944 DA with a arrow in a half circle then VII
R then up arrow then L then 1939
VPT 41
DA circle with arrow then 1942 GI
MJ 1942 VII
BPD 9 51
F N 68
about half have silver looking bullets the rest are copper colored.

stripper clips
circle around a B then IV
IV P
up arrow in a circle then IV
IV S
up arrow in circle then II

If this is in the wrong area please let me know or move it to the right area.

Thanks for the help in advance

poorpi

 

[Silverback]

Here are some headstamp codes to check: http://cartridgecollectors.org/headstampcodes.htm

 

[sunray]

"...DA with a arrow in a half circle then VII..." Dominion Arsenals Mk VII ammo. The arrow and the 'C', not a half circle, is a Canadian acceptance mark. The best .303 I've ever used was 1944 vintage Mk VII. It shot circles around IVI ball. However, it had been stored properly. Ammo found in a barn has not. It may or may not work at all.
"D/Z" is Dominion too.
You have a mixture of Commonwealth W.W II and later manufactured ammo. Some of which may be of interest to collectors. Especially the RL 1939(ROF, Royal Ordnance Factory, Woolwich, London). It's pre-war British ammo.
The dates are the year the ammo was made. The letters are the factories where the ammo was made.
The colour of the bullet is just a different metal used in the jacket. Sometimes indicates a different bullet weight and/or propellant used. Cordite as opposed to the powders used now.
FN is Fabrique Fabrique Nationale d 'Armes de Guerre(same company that gave us the FAL rifle and the BHP pistol) in Belgium, made in 1968.
Go here for the rest of them. Add the W's. .303british.com/id24.html