303 British ammo
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What you have looks to me to be Military ball (FMJ) ammo (In your case manufactured by Kynoch (Spelling?) in England in 1967) that was modified to sporting, soft point ammo. This was usually done by simply trimming the nose from the copper jacket and reshaping the tip.
As for worth, not worth all that much, Berden primed means reloading is a no go, more then likely corrosive, and these reshaped projectiles tended to have a problem. Which is, the FMJ projectiles tend to have an exposed lead base, so by cutting the tip off of the jacket you basically have a lead filled copper tube. Some people have reported that the lead sometimes can melt out leaving quite a bit of lead and copper in the bore, which is bad.
You probably could shoot it off without incident, as The issue i described above is rare, but don't expect it to group very well, or perform well as a hunting round. Although better to just hang onto it for interest purposes, at least thats what I would do.
As for worth, not worth all that much, Berden primed means reloading is a no go, more then likely corrosive, and these reshaped projectiles tended to have a problem. Which is, the FMJ projectiles tend to have an exposed lead base, so by cutting the tip off of the jacket you basically have a lead filled copper tube. Some people have reported that the lead sometimes can melt out leaving quite a bit of lead and copper in the bore, which is bad.
You probably could shoot it off without incident, as The issue i described above is rare, but don't expect it to group very well, or perform well as a hunting round. Although better to just hang onto it for interest purposes, at least thats what I would do.
Back in the 1960s it was common practice to modify military ball ammo by replacing the FMJ projectile with a SP type. Millions of rounds were so altered by such firms as Interarms of Virginia, most of their work was done by FN.
BTW it is NOT a safe practice to simply file down the tip of a bullet to obtain a SP round.... It a good way to leave the jacket behind in the bore, that makes for an interesting encounter fopr the next round fired....
John
BTW it is NOT a safe practice to simply file down the tip of a bullet to obtain a SP round.... It a good way to leave the jacket behind in the bore, that makes for an interesting encounter fopr the next round fired....
John
Do you really think that a London gunmaker of Churchill's quality would put their name to filed down military ammo? With a Churchill sporting rifle costing perhaps £10,000+ they are going to sell something that will inevitably leave a jacket in the barrel?
These are proper sporting 174 grain soft nosed bullets loaded as original rounds by Kynoch. By 1967 Kynoch were feeling the pinch and so used the cases they had on hand, which in this instance were military contract cases left over from an export order. You can tell that these are not for British military use by the absence of the "7" in the headstamp for Mark 7 ball.
TonyE
These are proper sporting 174 grain soft nosed bullets loaded as original rounds by Kynoch. By 1967 Kynoch were feeling the pinch and so used the cases they had on hand, which in this instance were military contract cases left over from an export order. You can tell that these are not for British military use by the absence of the "7" in the headstamp for Mark 7 ball.
TonyE
brain fart. memory going. What Tony E says.
Back in the day, re loaded 303 was available. This may be where the confusion came in. It was packaged in similar boxes but in 10-20-32 round units.
Back in the day, re loaded 303 was available. This may be where the confusion came in. It was packaged in similar boxes but in 10-20-32 round units.
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