.303 rifle ammo bandoleers

[GasMasksUK]

Hi Jim, all sounds plausable to me.

Hi Danny, no this is actaully too good a collectable item for that kind of useage.

Cheers, Ade.

Well as soon as I get back to the camp I'll take it out of my bergan I never new that these things were valuable due to large numbers being produced, I've got about 25 on them in a box of equipment somewhere

Thanks

Danny

[HJ-Collector]

hi john you have one of those magic marry poppins bags aswell IMO

[phoenix]

Cheers for this post Ade, I'd forgotten the two early bandoleers that I was given by an old guy in the U.S.They are both of 1918 origin, but one has buttons?
Pete.

[ILH]

Hi Pete,
buttons are fine... seen plenty before- wish i'd grabbed some.

In case anyone is worried/diaspointed by these possibly being Australian:
Britain imported huge amounts of ammo from Australia, America, and Canada, particularly between 41 and 43. Only a 1/4 of the 303 cases I find in local fields were made in the British Isles (done around 2,000 acres now, so got a lot of em).

Jim.

[phoenix]

Thanks for the info Jim, are they Aussie? It's very interesting to know.I also have some 60's dated , which had war time dated ammo in them, given to me after they had been fired.I need to get some tips to go with them
Pete,

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Jim, no disappointment at all: original is all I care about

Cheers, Ade.

[ian]

i believe that the MG with a box with a line through means
NOT for machine gun use
any more thoughts on that? cheers all ian

[phoenix]

I found this link:
Pattern 1937 Web Equipment

if you scroll down it has quite a bit of info,Pete.

[zwerge]

This is my bandolier,can`t read the stamp on it.anybody know what it is?

[Soldierblu]

God, you guys it makes me feel really old when I see some of the bits of kit on here, I used loads of these as a cadet.