mark VII 303 ammo,any toughts about these?

[Lee Enfield]

On second thought, I wonder if the paper wrapped packages might actually be match ammo. They're dated from Sept. 1938, a full year before the war began, so I don't think they'd be war stocks...unless of course, the the D.R.A./P.R.A use only stamps were stamped afterwards.

"war stock" means a war reserve.

Ammunition has a shelf life, once it is reached, it is removed from standard usage.

Emergency use and practice ammo does not have the same critieria as for instance "air service" ammo.

Boxes are commonly found with something along the lines of " remove from air service after 29-2-1940" or similar, for this reason.

Ammunition was inspected on a schedule and reboxed if necessary. I've seen British ammo in CIA Canadian boxes, and Canadian .303 in British inspected boxes, this is why.

 

[chopper 1]

Indian .303

Last time I fired Indian .303 the smelly would go click then about 5 seconds later it would go boom - on every round. Thought I had something great for bench shooting as the rifle wasnt moving from trigger squeeze - I could let go of the rifle before it fired - perfectly steady !
Unfortunately the stuff printed in a 3 foot group -

 

[cantom]

Last time I fired Indian .303 the smelly would go click then about 5 seconds later it would go boom - on every round. Thought I had something great for bench shooting as the rifle wasnt moving from trigger squeeze - I could let go of the rifle before it fired - perfectly steady !
Unfortunately the stuff printed in a 3 foot group -

Wow! Nice ammo... I saw some Pakistani ammo at a recent gun show and left it where it sat for the aforementioned reason...it has that click...bang reputation. Plus it's not good enough for my Enfields...