I am very familiar with these items having received ammunition in them during the '70s in the ACF and also 7.62mm rounds for the SLR and GPMG during my regular Army service. I can explain why they are now rare which is because these were really just packaging and in most cases they were just burnt or binned along with the wooden boxes which unlike the steel ones were not accountable and returned through the stores accounting system.by Adrian Stevenson
As for the MG mark I believe this indicates one of the small arms factories in Melbourne, Australia. Number 2 maybe?
I also seem to recall as a matter of interest that the Mk VII round differed from ealier types in that it was "tail heavy" due to an aluminium piece in the nose which although it was stable in flight (effects of the rifling induced spin) it tended to tumble on impact increasing the wound balistics. Not very nice but not illegal due to the full metal jacket and the fact that it did not fall into the category of a frangible missile (expanding or dumdum)
I hope this helps
Regards
Mark
Edit; Oops should have read the whole thread! Seems I have repeated the comments of others, sorry!
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can i ask if the boer war bandoleers were of a similar pattern to the latter?
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