Portuguese .303"

[smle2009]

Hi to all,
I have these two Portuguese .303",ball and blank, as they are dated,1934 and 1936,I feel sure they are military.
Can anyone confirm this.

Cheers
Tony

 

[Falcon]

Yes they are military.

There is a very good write-up on the history of Portuguese .303 production by the user "DocAV" in this the sencond post of this link.

http://www.iaaforum.org/forum3/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=9686

 

[smle2009]

Many thanks Falcon,
very intresting.
Tony