Milsurp After Hours

Was perusing the rounds of .303 and empty cases that came with the 1915 Enfield I bought recently.

Most are readily identifiable being aussie (MF, MW, MH, MJ), brit (RG), Indian (K^F, ), Iraqi ? (AL, upside down triangle & squiggle, 2 backward L's), RP (Remington Peters) or SB (Sellier & Belliot).

But three have me puzzled.

K 57 7 - is this Kynoch or Kirkee ? (unfired)

^F VII 2 26 - early Footscray ? Indian ? Indian brass is the only one I've seen with the month and year rather than just the year. (unfired)

RBA 303- ?

Any ideas ?

Also some of the MF rounds (unfired) are marked MF 40 G1. What does the G1 designate ? Tracer ? Grenade ?

Hello there:

The G1 is a tracer, it should have a red ring around the primer. Trace to 500 yds.

The ^ F is missing a letter to the front of the ^ ,as you may know so it very well could be Indian.

Hope I helped a little.

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welcome to the forum.

Thanks for the confirmation on the tracer -I won't be sending any of that downrange in the bushfire season then.

The RBA (yes I typoed in the original post) is still yet to be ID.

Your welcome

Ammunition is my other collecting field. Cheaper and lesss space needed to store.

Bye for now

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Should have mentioned the outcome of ID'ing the headstamps.

The ^FVII was an early Footscray stamp, the K was Kynoch and the RBA was River Brand Ammunition - an aussie manufacturer in the '60s.