.303 brass value?

Yup! ok, I just dug out the brass and bullets in question (I saved two of the bullets after digging them out of the breech, and I figured which brass the two bullets came from because they fit very snug, the rest of the brass is a bit stretched, I guess from actually firing). So yup, the head stamps are "DC16" and "VII" So, I did a little research on the inter-web, and they were made by Dominion Cartridge Co., Canada, (no broad arrow). There is no discernible color in the annulus. The bullets are definitely round nose not spitzers, and jacketed below the lead nose; no boat tail shape, and one is about an inch long, the other is about an inch and a half. Oh, and I must have been hallucinating, there is only one groove about 1/2" from the base of the bullet, sorry.

So, I've got a few more of these...and won't be trying to fire them! Anybody know why there would be different lengths to the bullets? Its this uneven bullet length (which I initially mistook as uneven pressing of home rolled rounds). Was that maybe the quality control at the time, or was it a situation maybe of different manufacturers?
 
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Here's some pics (I hope!)...if it works this time, THANK YOU!!! to Wally and (((Echo)))!...


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I've purchased 303B 1f brass off EE and have gotten maybe 30% usable to reload

the rest had deep "Separation" ring formed. I'll not fire those.

I quit buying 303B brass due to that.

also have some 7x65R in the same situation... got REALLY took on that stuff!

I'll only buy now, if I can trust the seller, and I can find out what rifle it was fired in.
 
Well - The two rounds on the right are very strange, look how large the neck is... Bear in mind that a lot of military ammo was commercially reloaded and sold for hunting rounds. Also, I think you need to treat some of that stuff as corrosive, particularly the ones with the larger primers.
 
Two on rhs look like 30-40 Krag.
Ctgs with GP-B hs are gallery practice ball a Dominion Arsenal factory loaded short range training ctg.
 
cosmic said:
Well - The two rounds on the right are very strange, look how large the neck is... Bear in mind that a lot of military ammo was commercially reloaded and sold for hunting rounds. Also, I think you need to treat some of that stuff as corrosive, particularly the ones with the larger primers.
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Yeah, I hadn't noticed the difference in length when I was sorting through a number of ctgs - I see now that even the shoulders are formed differently; I was focusing more on sorting them by projectile type. In that context, I'll have to remind myself to just slow down and inspect each one carefully to ensure I'm actually chambering what I think I'm chambering. I'm learning quickly here that when dealing with milsurp stuff, there are a lot of unusual and old-timey rounds that are very similar at a glance, but may be just different enough, to be dangerous to me, my smle, or both.

Thanks to all for your observations, experience and advice. :)
 
antiqueguy said:
yes dont shoot any of these GP-B rounds rare as rocking horse s*** some where loaded with BP
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Thanks fellas! Advice taken and those rounds are left to the "museum" part of my collection. :D I'll have to go through the bandoleer and examine those a LOT more closely; I'll post some more pics later of that stuff, maybe there will be something else that looks interesting. Like these:

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Sea Monkey said:
Thanks fellas! Advice taken and those rounds are left to the "museum" part of my collection. :D I'll have to go through the bandoleer and examine those a LOT more closely; I'll post some more pics later of that stuff, maybe there will be something else that looks interesting. Like these:

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dont shoot them either the white tips are something intresting you also got some eraly mk7 ball and late mk7 ball
 
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