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Unknown 303?

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Bullet Mick

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Can anyone help with the identification and purpose of this round i have aquired ive not seen one before. It is stamper C VI GB Cheers Mick.

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Looks like the very early 303 blank rounds that had a mock bullet to aid feeding from a magazine,, they were eventually withdrawn due to the mock bullet becoming detatched and lodging in the rifles bore or even exiting the barrel and causing injurys
 
As stated, it is a "Cartridge S.A. Blank .303 inch Cordite with Mock Bullet Mark VI", approved 24 December 1902 and shown in Lists of Changes Paragraph 11317. Following incidents of the mock bullet either becoming stuck in the barrel or actually firing, the Royal Navy removed the thin sheet brass "bullet" in September 1906 and the army in February 1907. It then became "Cartridge S.A. Blank .303 inch Cordite without Mock Bullet Mark VI". The case should be blackened.

Your example was made by Greenwood & Batley Ltd some time before 1907. When unfired it should look like this.

You need my books!

Regards
TonyE
 

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Thanks for the quick replies. Tony where are your books available from. Im getting more interested in the older 303s as i seem to have found several of late and would like to know more about them. Cheers Mick.
 
Hi falcon the primer has been struck and the end is ragged so i assume this is what they look like when fired. Its the first ive come across but im going to keep my eyes out for one intact. Cheers Mick.
 
Bullet Mick said:
Thanks for the quick replies. Tony where are your books available from. Im getting more interested in the older 303s as i seem to have found several of late and would like to know more about them. Cheers Mick.
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Email or PM Tony on this forum. He sells them or can direct you to his seller. They are well worth the money!!!!
 
Thanks for the plug, much appreciated.

I have PM'd our new friend with details of the books.

Cheers
TonyE
 
I didn't notice the struck primer, that explains it.

I have never actually seen a fired one of these before.
 
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