from..asiago italian front summer 2009
from..asiago italian front summer 2009
Hi GiGi, welcome to the forum. Looks like you found some Steyr Mannlicher M95, 8 X 56R ammo en bloch clips. Were you using a metal detector or how did you come about these? It would be fun to search for this stuff.
Jay
That looks like .303 British ammo to me.?
JEDEM DAS SEINE
Hi zwerge, I was going by the funky clip because it has that opening on the side, like the M95. I'm embarassed to say that my knowledge of WWI history is not good. I googled the Asiago Front, and found that it was a battle between Austria and Italy, so I think it's most likely 8 X 56 ammo in M95 clips.
Jay
Hi Jay,here is a .303 clip on the left and a 8x56R on the right.What do you think ?
JEDEM DAS SEINE
they're .303 clips, no doubt.
they are british WWI 303 clips...found on asiago WWI front british sector...
i found them with a metal detector...
I definitively stand corrected. I have never seen that 303 clip. I'll be darned. Once again, my lack of knowledge about WWI biased my opinion. I thought it was just Austrians fighting Italians on the Asiago front. Didn't know the fine Brits were fighting there too. Thanks for the photos Zwerge, helped me wrap my little brain around the right answer Thanks again for posting Gigi, I sure wish I had a place like that to go MDing.
Take care,
Jay
303's for sure.
The clips are in damn good condition. The ones I find are usually so rusted that they fall apart as soon as you look at them.
Steve T
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