.303 is king

[waterford103]

I think I already knew this , Hague Convention or not --- Perfidious Albion !!


http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/bot37.htm

[zzr1100]

Didn't realise they used wood inside the bullets .. You learn something new every day eh !

[waterford103]

My dad,Who used them in anger, said there was kapok in the tip so they would go sideways on entry ,he reckoned there'd be less prisoners as a result !He used a bren and said two shots were more than enough and used a double tap all the time .I said at the time "yeah yeah " and it wasn't until I had a bren(semi-auto of course ) that he showed me how -- he was absolutely deadly with it !

[zzr1100]

My Dad used a Bren during the Rhodesian war ..

[Campbell Muir]

That was interesting reading, thanks for finding the link...

[Tower75]

Thanks for sharing, a cool read.

Weren't certain .303 bullets hollow in their tip, too? Or have I made that up?

[Jockyboy]

Excellent read, thanks for sharing....Years ago in NZ a retired deer culler gave me quite a few ex military 303 cartridges; all had the bullet tips sheared off to expose the lead core. This i was told was common practise amongst the cullers.....i tried a few at the range and accuracy was no different to the commercial loads i were using and the two deer i shot fell over in spectacular fashion. I often wonder how many soldiers over the years did the same....

[saddler]

Thanks for sharing, a cool read.

Weren't certain .303 bullets hollow in their tip, too? Or have I made that up?

Yes - the arsenal that made that particular bullet was in India, a little place called DumDum - hence the colloquial name for hollow point bullets, like how every vacuum cleaner is a Hoover!

I think the official designation was 303, Mk.III - though it's a while since I studied up on all the 303 ammunition Mk's

[waterford103]

The DumDum .455's were spectacular ,I had a box and shot a couple in my .455 Colt revolver at 1 gallon plastic tub full of water .(mm,.38,.357 and .45acp just went though ,these thing destroyed them !There was very little of the bullets' hollow front left and the plastice container was "rent asunder ".
I suspect the result would be similar on a whirling dervish.

[Jenks]

On the subject of 'Dum Dum' bullets. In the book 'Shot in the Tower' by Leonard Sellers. there is reference to 'modified bullets', cutting of the tips of the bullet etc.And using them for executions.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shot-Tower-Exec ... +the+tower

very interesting read.

My brother in law Mick Casson, before he retired, was a Yeoman Warder at the Tower. My wife and I had the privilege of staying at his flat in the Casemates (including the eve of the new millenium) just along from where the condemned spies spent their last hours before being shot in the indoor range opposite. The range is no longer there.

Nice picture of Mick, the old rascal.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/83839873@N00/7672674532/


Jenks