collection of British Military cartridges

[RCS]

I put together a collection of British Military cartridges over the years, I think that I
have most of them.

Can you identify them all ?dscn0604.jpg

[free1954]

no I can not, but I always wanted one of those coiled martini henry rounds.

[Tuna]

450, 303, 8mm, 303. 5.56, 7.62x51 and maybe the .284????

[RCS]

missed two of them


third cartridge was for a well known bolt action

number five is a semi auto

number seven is 223/5,56mm

[free1954]

number three 30-06?

[RCS]

third cartridge is the 276 Enfield for the Pattern 13 rifle which later became the Pattern 14 in 303 cal then the Enfield 1917
in 30-06 cal

Number 5 is the British 4,85x49mm for the SA 80 bull pup

[free1954]

thanks for the reply. how about a .577 Snyder and a .402 martini? maybe a .303 rimless? while looking around the net I found this site https://sites.google.com/site/britmilammo/home

[Tuna]

What? You forgot the 8mm for the machine guns in their tanks? lol. Wasn't the 4.85 an FN development possibly with the Brits?

[RCS]

British BESA 7,92mm tank m/g

Your are right, I did not include the 7,92mm BESA tank m/g modified from the ZB 37


4,85x49mm developed from ourP1010012_0010.jpg 5,56mm, the British wanted a longer case neck

[free1954]

did they ever adopt the .276 enfield and put it in production?

[RCS]

Your are right but Winchester 276 cartridges with 1916 headstamps are around, They were used during early days of WW1
to shoot at the German sniper shields. Although very limited, it did get to the battlefield