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A short history of British Military cartridges

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Topic: A short history of British Military cartridges
Posted By: RCS
Subject: A short history of British Military cartridges
Date Posted: May 16 2014 at 11:27pm
A short history of British military cartridges

Can you name them all ?



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Posted By: SW28fan
Date Posted: May 17 2014 at 11:36am
577-450 Martini,  Mark VI  303, 280 Enfield for the P-13,  MK VII 303, 4.85 mm, 7mm/280 for the EM-1 and lastly the 5.56x45 a round I became farmiliar with in my youth.   I may be wrong about the EM-1 round I thought it was shorter

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Posted By: ArcherSix
Date Posted: May 17 2014 at 1:41pm
I think the one you listed as the 7mm/280 is a 7.62 NATO.


Posted By: SW28fan
Date Posted: May 17 2014 at 1:49pm
Yes of course Duh! I miss the the obvious.  Especially lame since I qualified with the M-14 in my youth.

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Posted By: RCS
Date Posted: May 17 2014 at 11:28pm
cartridge identification - A short history of British Military cartridges:

left early coiled 577/450, 303 Mark II K C,   276 Enfield R^L,

303 Mark VII B 16, 4,85x49mm 7,62mm CAC 60 L2A2 N (New Zealand)

and 5,56mm GB 89 B (not British).

The 280 Ross case is about 1/4 inch longer than the 276


You guys know your cartridges



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