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Springfield stripper clip

dano1917

dano1917

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Hi all. Last weekend, while at my favorite militaria shop, in the WW1 section they had a 5 cartridge stripper clip. Now I know very little to nothing about small arms shells but thought it would look good in the trench. 4 of the shells are embossed on bottom 30-06 SPRG R-P and the 5th shell is embossed 30-06 SPRG F-G. I assume these are for the m1903 US Springfield rifle. Any way of guessing on date of shells. Any information is appreciated. Dano
 

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Dano, GI ammo even from the WWI period will have a 2 digit year of manufacture in the head stamp like FA 18 or such. your cases are comercial Remington and Federal production.
 
springfield

Thank you Gijunkman, That was the info I was looking for. I guess they're not wartime production but will still display good in trench. Now I know what to look for as they had a box full of cartridges on stripper clips and it gives me something to look for. Thanks again....Dano
 
Dano, went looking through some old gi .30-06 carts. that I have and found these headstamps FA 12 08, FA 5 16, U.S.C.Co. 18, and RA H 18. So I guess I only gave you part of the info on 06 headstamps from that time period. For id of cartridge cases you might try the cartridge collectors site. http://www.cartridgecollectors.org/ :tinysmile_fatgrin_t
 
Charger

I think it looks like that because the left hand case is too far in.

It would make no difference if it was a 7.62mm charger as the head diameter of 7.62 and 30-06 is exactly the same.

Regards
TonyE
 
US mauser style stripper clips had a tab on either end to keep the cartridges from falling off and to keep them centered as they overhung a little on each end. I believe the brass ones like this were eliminated early in or before WW2. All the ammo I have in '03 clips from WW2 the clips are the same design but made of steel.
P.S. All the 7.62mm clips I've seen are made of steel. http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~kevin_a/index.html
 
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.3006 Drill Rounds

This is one of the .3006 Chargers that I have.

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30-06 Drill

The fluted cases with the green paint are Remington made for British military contract, probably for the RAF.

Regards
TonyE
 
TonyE said:
The fluted cases with the green paint are Remington made for British military contract, probably for the RAF.

Regards
TonyE
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Yep :tinysmile_fatgrin_t Thanks TonyE

Most of the cases that I have seen were '40's dated. I did find the one 39 dated one and the 30-06 marked ones.... Do you or does anyone know when the contract to the British was made for them? I wonder why the different headstamps?
 
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