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.303 Ammo Box - What Lies Beneath......

Article about: Proudly presenting my one and only purchase from Military Odyssey '21. Well, I had to buy something..... I have a reasonably decent collection of .303 stuff but somehow never got around to a

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    Lightbulb .303 Ammo Box - What Lies Beneath......

    Proudly presenting my one and only purchase from Military Odyssey '21. Well, I had to buy something.....

    I have a reasonably decent collection of .303 stuff but somehow never got around to acquiring a .303 ammo box. Suddenly they're not quite as cheap or plentiful as they used to be - many on the MO stalls were from the 1950s. But I found this one, 1945-dated ( OK, it just scrapes in to my collection ). Very heavily overpainted in O/D ( presumably for later use with NATO ammo ? ). Paid £25.

    Back at home, there seemed to be a full set of original markings under the green paint. Turps/thinners didn't work - so tried good old T-Cut. The yellow paint is very tough so a little elbow grease brought it up reasonably well. It'll pass muster until I can find a nice 1944-dated one....

    So, BEFORE.....

    .303 Ammo Box - What Lies Beneath......

    ...and AFTER.....

    .303 Ammo Box - What Lies Beneath......

    .303 Ammo Box - What Lies Beneath......

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    Painted out as they are required to be when empty. The H51 stayed in service into the 1980's until the last .303in, (cadet use only) was made obsolete.

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