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.303 aluminum case

Slick

Slick

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Yesterday, I was going through an assortment of dummy rounds and ran across this assumed dummy .303. I say dummy due to its missing primer, and appears to have never had one installed. Another oddity, to me, is the aluminum case (assumed as it's not magnetic).

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Before I go and glue it to a display board, is this particular round of any significance?
 
Slick,

Yes! It is probably an Australian made inspection round since " MG "= Small Arms Ammunition Factory No. 2 Footscray, Australia. Not overly common here in the States.

Most likely it is a tin plated brass cartridge case.

I will PM some additional info latter.

See: https://sites.google.com/site/britmilammo/-303-inch


Brian
 
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