Oz .303" & 9mm drill rounds

[smle2009]

Hi to all,
looking for the Mark numbers of these two Austrailian drill rounds,9mm & .303"

Cheers
Tony

 

[TonyE]

Oz drill rounds

The 9mm drill with the white metal case seems only to have been made in 1963, and is a variant of the D Mark I. A similar round but with a brass insted of a white metal case was made afterwards and then they switched to the chromed fluted type which was the Drill F.2. This is identical to the British D Mark 2.

Australian D Mark Is come in a variety of types, some with holes and wood distance pieces, early WW2 ones were tinned, etc.

The .303 is an Inspectors Mark V. Again, there were a number of different Australian variations, but like the British used ball cases towards the end of the war as an economy measure.

Regards
TonyE

 

[smle2009]

Thanks TonyE,
I must admit I thought the .303" was a drill round....so what is this one?

Cheers
Tony

 

[TonyE]

Oz Inspectors

That is a variation of the Aussie Inspectors U Mark V also. I have the packet labels for both the unheadstamped and the ball headstamped types and will scan them later.

Regards
TonyE

 

[smle2009]

Thanks TonyE,
I got that one right in my catalogue! just got to amend the'drill' round,photographing it all at the moment which is no mean feat with a 3 month old pup trying to help!

All the best
Tony

 

[303Gunner]

The 9mm drill with the white metal case seems only to have been made in 1963, and is a variant of the D Mark I.

Australian D Mark Is come in a variety of types, some with holes and wood distance pieces, early WW2 ones were tinned, etc.

Regards
TonyE

A couple of pics of the packaging of the D MkI

 

[TonyE]

D Mark I

Any chance of a copy of that label please?

Regards
TonyE

 

[303Gunner]

Very good chance. Photo, scan or crude sketch?

 

[TonyE]

Label

A colour scan would be very much appreciated, thank you.

I will PM you with my e-mail address.

Thanks again,
TonyE

 

[303Gunner]

The 9mm drill with the white metal case seems only to have been made in 1963, and is a variant of the D Mark I. A similar round but with a brass insted of a white metal case was made afterwards and then they switched to the chromed fluted type which was the Drill F.2. This is identical to the British D Mark 2.

Australian D Mark Is come in a variety of types, some with holes and wood distance pieces, early WW2 ones were tinned, etc.

Regards
TonyE

Here's a pic of two variations of the D Mk1, one chromed case and one brass case. Both are dated 1963.

Australian production of 9mm Ammn didn't commence until 1942 and was the major reason for the delay in adopting the Owen Machine Carbine. Production of 9mm has been sporadic between 42 and around 1992, and certainly wasn't continous, with large gaps between production runs. All Australian 9mm was Berdan primed, with 2 sizes of primers used, changing around 1963.