5 rounds 303 WW2 in a striper clip

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I got lucky the other day, a woman who works in a sote that I go to, said her hisban has some army bullets that his grand father had and wanted to know if I wanted them. i said sure, but she said I had to come to her house to get them as she was afraid she would get arrested if she brought them to the store and was afraid of them. So i rode my bikecycle to the other side of town to pick them up.

I got 5 rounds 303,with steel jacket, in a stripper clip. Three are made in Canada, two made in the UK, olderst round is made 1940, other four all 42. Three rounds have large primers. Two have small primers. One is Canadian and the other UK. All have various neck lenght and the rounds in most have been set deeper or not as deep into the casing, guess thats speedy war time manufacture. Polished them up good to get rid of the green corrosion. Yep I feel lucky.
 
There was a lot of tolerance and not much quality assurance at the time. If the bullet went more-or-less forwards, it was acceptable.
 
They are not steel jackets, they are cupro-nickel if they are ball rounds. They might be cupro-nickel clad steel if they are AP rounds (Will have "WI" in the headstamp). Also, can we use the correct term of "charger" and not stripper clip please?

Someone has been messing with those rounds, as no way would rounds of differing overall length be allowed out of the factory. Atom is quite wrong, quality control was good during WW2. I have a set of example rejected faulty rounds for use by Inspectors and most of them you could not tell had anything wrong with them.

I would also be very interested to see a picture of the UK round that has a small primer and to know the headstamp.

Regards
TonyE
 
I picked up a whole bandoleer full of loaded stripper clips at an auction for cheap. They were fun and shot well, but they were also all uniform, ie-same length, primers ect.
 
crashcollins said:
Stripper clip is the proper term here, charger is used in the UK. Kinda like trunk/boot hood/bonnet ect
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Fair enough. Can you give me the reference for a Canadian military manual that uses the term "stripper clip"?

Regards
TonyE
 
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TonyE said:
Someone has been messing with those rounds, as no way would rounds of differing overall length be allowed out of the factory. Atom is quite wrong, quality control was good during WW2. I have a set of example rejected faulty rounds for use by Inspectors and most of them you could not tell had anything wrong with them.
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I note that the OP did not say how different the lengths were. I have some 1942 DAC Mk VII rounds in my closet with a fair bit of variation in length, both overall and casing. That doesn't mean that WW2 ammo was bad, unreliable, inaccurate. What it means is that peacetime standards were relaxed somewhat. Given the same less-than-precise chamber dimensions in the Lee-Enfield rifles, it made little difference and allowed better factory output, the key thing at that time.
 
crashcollins said:
No! I made no reference to the Canadian Military! I'll leave that to CGN'ers that have experience on that particular subject.
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But they are Canadian military rounds in a Canadian charger so that's why we should use Canadian military terminology. What you call your non military stuff is entirely up to you.

All the best,
Tonye
 
Boy oh boy. We dare not post anything here using the incorrect terminology - or else. Remind me to not post anything about the interesting ammo and chargers/stripper clips/doohinkeys here!!!
 
hey, whoever has ocd, is excessively anal/controlling, always needs to be 100% correct, and/or has too much time on their hand to quibble way too much over silly issues, please raise your hand.

such pettiness is detracting from the op's post.:confused::confused:
 
Stripper clips are little metal doohickeys which Ecdysiasts use to keep their costumes more-or-less together as they bump and grind their way around the stage. When they und one or more 'stripper clips', a piece of the costume is removed.

CHARGERS are what .303" rounds are packed in in order to facilitate quick reloading of the Lee-Enfield rifle and its cousin, the Pattern 1914 rifle.

Clear?
 
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