Need help identifying ammo and possible value

[Jbsheepdog]

I saw this at a garage sale. Wondering value as well as what it goes to? Cool looking bandoliers. Approximately 350rds

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[MikeInOr]

I am pretty confident it is 7.62 x 54R.

I don't think it is 303 British but I have both and often forget which one has which profile. The edges of the base on 303 British is rounded over so I am confident it is the Russian round.



Nope, I was wrong. It looks like 303 British to me. It has a considerably higher shoulder than 7.62x54R and a more pronounced taper..

5 rounds in a stripper clip isn't going to be worth much. If you have a good quantity of it you might get a small prize for it.

 

[Lilhigbee]

Bring it to the Washougal gun show tomorrow and we'll have a look. First guess is 8x57 Mauser.
ETA Not Mauser. I didn't see the rim.

 

[Jbsheepdog]

I didn't buy them, didn't want to pay the asking price without knowing what it was or approximated value. When/where is the gun show?

 

[bpyycpyy]

Fairly quick Google search indicates it's likely .303 British. RG marking indicates Ministry of Supply Factory (later Royal Ordnance Factory), Radway Green, Cheshire manufacturer between 1942-1973. Purple primer varnish indicates the round to be ball and short range practice.

Edit: Probably from 1950 based on the 2 digit year code. Not sure what the "7" signifies but lots of the headstamps show VII...

Source: https://stephentaylorhistorian.com/...case-identification-headstamps-and-much-more/

 

[Lilhigbee]

Gun show at the Cape Horn American Legion Hall, 10221 Washougal River Road, about half a mile east of the Washougal River Mercantile. 8:00-2:00.

 

[Jbsheepdog]

Fairly quick Google search indicates it's likely .303 British. RG marking indicates Ministry of Supply Factory (later Royal Ordnance Factory), Radway Green, Cheshire manufacturer between 1942-1973. Purple primer varnish indicates the round to be ball and short range practice.

Edit: Probably from 1950 based on the 2 digit year code. Not sure what the "7" signifies but lots of the headstamps show VII...

Source: https://stephentaylorhistorian.com/...case-identification-headstamps-and-much-more/

Any idea on value?

 

[bpyycpyy]

Any idea on value?

I only know what I read on the page from my previous post so won't speculate but you may find some answers here in this forum thread: https://www.enfield-rifles.com/need-advice-on-303-ammo-value_topic12475.html