303 ammo
- Thread starter catapult
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Well, I would guess its Canadian Made MK7 ball ammo made by Dominion Arsenals.
Kinda neat to see it packaged like that. Would like to know more about this packaging, does not seem too economical to issue ammo like this.
Kinda neat to see it packaged like that. Would like to know more about this packaging, does not seem too economical to issue ammo like this.
- Location
- Tucson, Arizona
I have a tin of that ammo packaged that way
Have you opened a can of Chinese surplus 762x39 - very similar wrapping. That's the way it's done.
In packs of 20 (almost exactly as the one shown), 22 packs to a spam can, 2 spam cans per crate, this is almost exactly how East Block surplus 7.62x54R comes packed. No one cheaper/more efficient, at storing vast bulks of ammo than the East Block was.
Not very familiar with NATO/British Empire surplus ammo (it's all long gone, or squirrelled away by collectors now), but I can imagine they might have done something quite similar. Effective for long term storage.
Erg... Enefgee beat me to it while I was trying to type while the wife was yipping at me over some indiscretion or another I may, or may not have committed.
(Ok, I did it... I will never again age raw wood and bring out the grain by rubbing old coffee grounds into it... At least not over the kitchen table and clean dishes...)
(Ok, I did it... I will never again age raw wood and bring out the grain by rubbing old coffee grounds into it... At least not over the kitchen table and clean dishes...)
- Location
- Ft. Mac. Alberta
Dominion had been packaging ammo like that forever!
This is just one from my personal collection
Cat
This is just one from my personal collection
Cat
It made SENSE: each packet protected exactly ONE magazine-load of ammunition until it was required.
Inside, the individual cartridges were separated by a long strip of the same paper, wound between the rounds to prevent as muxch close contact as possible, especially along the length of the case tapers.
FWIW, many nations did the same thing up until recent years. I have a full pack of 10 rounds of 10.35mm Rim Fire, done up in the same manner for the Swiss Vetterli rifles which were manufactured before the first Schmitts were built under the 1889 specification. If you have a spare hundred bucks or so, you can sometimes find Martini-Henry ammunition also done up in string-tied paper packs of 10...... just like this one, only bigger.
Inside, the individual cartridges were separated by a long strip of the same paper, wound between the rounds to prevent as muxch close contact as possible, especially along the length of the case tapers.
FWIW, many nations did the same thing up until recent years. I have a full pack of 10 rounds of 10.35mm Rim Fire, done up in the same manner for the Swiss Vetterli rifles which were manufactured before the first Schmitts were built under the 1889 specification. If you have a spare hundred bucks or so, you can sometimes find Martini-Henry ammunition also done up in string-tied paper packs of 10...... just like this one, only bigger.
boltonscouter
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That 303 appears to be 1932 production
