Stripper clips

[BudT]

Does anyone still use these or did they go the way of the dinosaurs?

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[nf1e]

This dinosaur still used clips.

http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x413/nf1e/IMG_0772_zpsgcramgrl.jpg (http://s1180.photobucket.com/user/nf1e/media/IMG_0772_zpsgcramgrl.jpg.html)

http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x413/nf1e/IMG_0773_zpsdsvjptl6.jpg (http://s1180.photobucket.com/user/nf1e/media/IMG_0773_zpsdsvjptl6.jpg.html)

Semper Fi
Art

[IditarodJoe]

I use stripper clips all the time for loading our M1903s and M1917. The older ones, especially brass with the tabs in place, have become historic accessory pieces so I don't use them. Instead, I use these:
https://www.creedmoorsports.com/category/s?keyword=stripper+clips
I have about a dozen of them that my wife and I have used for over ten years - many hundreds of rounds -and they show no sign of wearing out.

HTH

[p246]

Use the Lee Enfield and the metal ones for 30 -06. The Lee Enfields inside has to be polished to work

[BudT]

LOL

[BudT]

I am keeping a few for my 03A3 and the rest need to find a new home where they are needed. I was thinking about asking .50 cents a piece for them, is that to much to ask? am I shorting myself a lot? I don't want to over charge for them. :icon_scratch:

Here's some more of them to look at and maybe someone can tell a bit more about them. Thanks

39655

[BudT]

Little better picture.




39656

[p246]

Bud I see them on sale around here for .50 cents to as much as a dollar so your in them all park on the good deal side.

[RCS]

here are three early clips - 39657

[Rick the Librarian]

I think the upper right one is a .303 stripper.

[Parashooter]

U.S. M1903 (.30-03 ball)
Lee Enfield (Mk.II charger, Mk.II ball?)
Mosin-Nagant 1891 (early 3-line RN ball?)

More quiz -

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[RCS]

correct answer on the clips

[BudT]

I guess i'll put them out in a yard sale for a quarter each to get rid of them, thanks for all the info.

[Sunray]

"...Lee Enfields inside has to be polished to work..." Lee-Enfield charges need to be loaded in a specific way to work. Thusly.
http://www.2ndbtnlancfus.com/correctly-fill-the-5-round-charger-clip.html
Standard .30-06/.308 stripper clips are really handy for carrying other '06/08 based cartridges while hunting. Makes my .243 90 grain FMJ ammo look all 'tactical' and operative. Makes ground hogs quiver in fear too. snicker.

[Darreld Walton]

I think I'm down to around a thousand rounds or so of LC 52 M2 Ball, in bandoleers, cardboard pouches and separators, that are loaded onto GI 5 round clips. IIRC, the Creedmoor's run about the slickest, they just seem to disappear the fastest, especially if there's someone else at the range that knows what they are......

[milboltnut]

They work great... the spring inside needs to be bent to hold the cartridges in place from time to time.