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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:09:43 PM EDT
My boss gave me these knowing Im into guns. I think its 30-06 on strippers. No caliber mark just typical mil stamps on cases.
 Thanks in advance arf
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:10:39 PM EDT
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1903 strippers
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:11:45 PM EDT
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Looks like you have already figured it out - .30-06 on strippers in the cotton 'belts'. Probably for the '03 Springfield.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:12:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 1903 strippers That was my guess but I didnt know for sure. So I can also assume these are from WWI then too? |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:12:47 PM EDT
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Looks like you have already figured it out - .30-06 on strippers in the cotton 'belts'. Probably for the '03 Springfield. Cotton bandoleer. Belts go in a machinegun.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:12:58 PM EDT
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Your boss is damn cool. Any job openings?
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:13:35 PM EDT
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DO THE PROJECTILES HAVE BLACK PAINT ON THEM? IF THEY DO THEY ARE ARMOR PIERCING
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:14:07 PM EDT
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Do any of the card board boxes have markings?
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:14:13 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: 1903 strippers That was my guess but I didnt know for sure. So I can also assume these are from WWI then too? |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:14:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Your boss is damn cool. Any job openings? Actually, yes. Can you weld?  Another neat thing he gave me was some NATO 9MM. Turned out to be subgun ammo from the MOD. Crazy hot made for adverse conditions in arctic operations.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:17:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Do any of the card board boxes have markings? |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:19:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Do any of the card board boxes have markings? Didnt even think to look.  Have a little card reading: Powder Lot No..................... (no info) Packed (has purple stamps of numbers in sequences of four thats faded. Last no's are 1918) US CARTRIDGE CO. LOWELL, MASS.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:25:05 PM EDT
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Didnt even think to look.
Have a little card reading: Powder Lot No..................... (no info) Packed (has purple stamps of numbers in sequences of four thats faded. Last no's are 1918) US CARTRIDGE CO. LOWELL, MASS. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Do any of the card board boxes have markings? Didnt even think to look.
Have a little card reading: Powder Lot No..................... (no info) Packed (has purple stamps of numbers in sequences of four thats faded. Last no's are 1918) US CARTRIDGE CO. LOWELL, MASS. My most useful post of the day Any of the numbers match the lot numbers on the bandoleers?
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:25:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: DO THE PROJECTILES HAVE BLACK PAINT ON THEM? IF THEY DO THEY ARE ARMOR PIERCING They do not.
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:29:26 PM EDT
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What is the lot stenciled on the bandolier?
I don't know how it was done in the past but these days it reads as the manu facturer and then the date code. For instance LC-10D...... LC= lake city 10 is the year of manufacture
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:33:06 PM EDT
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That was my guess but I didnt know for sure. So I can also assume these are from WWI then too? The 1903 was in service till '74. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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1903 strippers So I can also assume these are from WWI then too? The 1903 was in service till '74. What was the 1903 doing in 1974? |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:35:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What was the 1903 doing in 1974? Quote HistoryQuoted: What was the 1903 doing in 1974? After the Korean War, active service (as opposed to drill) use of the M1903 was rare. Still, some M1903A4s remained in sniper use as late as the Vietnam War; and technical manuals for them were printed as late as 1970.[5] The U.S. Navy also continued to carry some stocks of M1903A3s on board ships, for use as anti-mine rifles. From wiki. I know the Marine shooting team still uses some. |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:39:31 PM EDT
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1903 strippers So I can also assume these are from WWI then too? The 1903 was in service till '74. What was the 1903 doing in 1974? Killing VC? |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:40:57 PM EDT
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From wiki. I know the Marine shooting team still uses some. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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What was the 1903 doing in 1974? After the Korean War, active service (as opposed to drill) use of the M1903 was rare. Still, some M1903A4s remained in sniper use as late as the Vietnam War; and technical manuals for them were printed as late as 1970.[5] The U.S. Navy also continued to carry some stocks of M1903A3s on board ships, for use as anti-mine rifles. From wiki. I know the Marine shooting team still uses some. You sure about th shooting team? |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:43:14 PM EDT
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1903 strippers So I can also assume these are from WWI then too? The 1903 was in service till '74. What was the 1903 doing in 1974? I'd imagine it saw service as a sniper rifle. |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 5:44:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What was the 1903 doing in 1974? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: 1903 strippers So I can also assume these are from WWI then too? The 1903 was in service till '74. What was the 1903 doing in 1974? |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 6:36:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: DO THE PROJECTILES HAVE BLACK PAINT ON THEM? IF THEY DO THEY ARE ARMOR PIERCING |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 8:34:31 PM EDT
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Pre-WW2 stripper clips for the 03. Later ones are parkerized. Any pics of the headstamp?
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Posted: 1/18/2015 9:35:25 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: You sure about th shooting team? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: What was the 1903 doing in 1974? After the Korean War, active service (as opposed to drill) use of the M1903 was rare. Still, some M1903A4s remained in sniper use as late as the Vietnam War; and technical manuals for them were printed as late as 1970.[5] The U.S. Navy also continued to carry some stocks of M1903A3s on board ships, for use as anti-mine rifles. From wiki. I know the Marine shooting team still uses some. You sure about th shooting team? |
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Posted: 1/18/2015 9:36:26 PM EDT
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Take the loaded clips out of the bandolier, take a pic and post it.
USC Co loaded ammo during WWI. Are the bullets guilding metal or silver colored? Are the headstamps and bullets all the same? |
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