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.303 blank Mk V without headstamp

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mausernut

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6-fold rosette crimp and closed with a light coloured disc inside the neck. They do exist without the hs? -Even though Tony's spiral bible doesn't show it.
Soren
 
Did it come from a Mk V Blank carton or bundle? If not it could be Egyptian, these are plentyful at the moment, used on the battle re-enactment circuit.
Cheers
Hangarman
 
WW2 British MKV blanks without a headstamp are common and the Mk9 can also be found without a headstamp

Cheers
Tony
 
mausernut said:
6-fold rosette crimp and closed with a light coloured disc inside the neck. They do exist without the hs? -Even though Tony's spiral bible doesn't show it.
Soren
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It was in small collection I've just acquired. Don't think it is egyptian, as we did use it here back in the late forties before we went full .30 cal with the membership of NATO.
I will file it as a Mk5 blank. Thx all.
 
Have a look under Blank L Mark 9z (Page 103). Made by Radway Green in the early 1960s. They were very common at one time, we had boxes of them in the cadet armoury in those days.

Regards
TonyE
 
OK, it could of course be a Mk 9z, but the crimping looks longer than the very short one on the Mk 9. I'll see if I can make a decent photo tomorrow.
Soren
 
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