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Article about: Hello folks. I thought I’d put this question up on the forum, as research has turned up varying opinions with no clear answers either way. I’m currently in the process of putting togethe

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    Asking the seller if they've had any shipping/confiscation issues with the destination country the item is to be shipped to will get answers. Other wise it's just a "guess" as to what the outcome would be. You don't ask to discover, you'll never know.

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    Rich, I really don’t think it is worth it.

    Even a false customs declaration to get past anything can lead to a lot of trouble in the states

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    I've decided it's simply not worth the risk to try importing anything ordnance-related from the States. It was an idea, but as with many ideas it's best left on the drawing board. I thank everyone for their help and insight. I'm currently on the hunt for a belt of modern .30-06, which will look just fine once it's loaded into the cloth belt I have ready for it, though that is proving difficult to find for whatever reason. Thanks again everyone, but I think we can officially declare this question of mine answered.

    B.B.

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    Malvern....this weekend?

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    Hi B.B

    Have a look at jaybe-militaria (UK based).

    Description -

    50 linked inert .30-06 machine gun cartridges

    This is a machine gun belt comprising 50 inert and totally safe .30 caliber rifle rounds, of the type used in the 30 cal. heavy machine gun. This belt measures 26 1/8 inches or 665mm in length. The cases are nickel with a headstamp of F N with year dates from the 1950s, with dummy unstruck primers.

    Our price: £75.00 per 50 round length, only 2 lengths available..

    Kind regards,

    Will.

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    Quote by Composite View Post
    Malvern....this weekend?
    I'll be working, unfortunately, and even if I wasn't it'd be quite a journey as I don't drive! Next show for me will probably be W&P next year, assuming it doesn't get canned again!

    B.B.

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    Quote by Willmore View Post
    Hi B.B

    Have a look at jaybe-militaria (UK based).

    Description -

    50 linked inert .30-06 machine gun cartridges

    This is a machine gun belt comprising 50 inert and totally safe .30 caliber rifle rounds, of the type used in the 30 cal. heavy machine gun. This belt measures 26 1/8 inches or 665mm in length. The cases are nickel with a headstamp of F N with year dates from the 1950s, with dummy unstruck primers.

    Our price: £75.00 per 50 round length, only 2 lengths available..

    Kind regards,

    Will.
    Thanks, Will. I spotted those, and have bought from Jaybe before, but as they're steel-cased rounds I'm not sure they'd look quite right on my setup! The US Army didn't use steel-cased .30-06 as far as I know.

    B.B.

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    Here's a sickener for you Brodie... When I came out of the army I ended up working for a company called Thomas French & Sons. They used to weave rufflett tape for the tops of curtains, but during the war they made ammunition belts for the Browning and the Vickers gun. One day I was wandering around one of the old store rooms and came across boxes of uncut (to length) .30-06 belts. At the other side of the store room were wooden crates full of solid brass .30-06 rounds which were used in the weaving process to form the pockets for the bullets. I'm surprised they never got weighed in for scrap! The foreman said I could take as many as I wanted.

    Cheers,
    Steve

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    Quote by HARRY THE MOLE View Post
    Here's a sickener for you Brodie... When I came out of the army I ended up working for a company called Thomas French & Sons. They used to weave rufflett tape for the tops of curtains, but during the war they made ammunition belts for the Browning and the Vickers gun. One day I was wandering around one of the old store rooms and came across boxes of uncut (to length) .30-06 belts. At the other side of the store room were wooden crates full of solid brass .30-06 rounds which were used in the weaving process to form the pockets for the bullets. I'm surprised they never got weighed in for scrap! The foreman said I could take as many as I wanted.

    Cheers,
    Steve
    Hopefully you filled your pockets, then! Those would probably be highly collectible these days, and not just for the scrap value. The belts would have been a good pickup too. Wartime ones are hard to find now. Somebody could make a fortune with those uncut rolls if they're still lurking about in a warehouse somewhere. Unfortunately, as is often the case, the collectibility of these things isn't truly appreciated until long after they've already been tossed.

    B.B.

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    Quote by HARRY THE MOLE View Post
    Here's a sickener for you Brodie... When I came out of the army I ended up working for a company called Thomas French & Sons. They used to weave rufflett tape for the tops of curtains, but during the war they made ammunition belts for the Browning and the Vickers gun. One day I was wandering around one of the old store rooms and came across boxes of uncut (to length) .30-06 belts. At the other side of the store room were wooden crates full of solid brass .30-06 rounds which were used in the weaving process to form the pockets for the bullets. I'm surprised they never got weighed in for scrap! The foreman said I could take as many as I wanted.

    Cheers,
    Steve
    Steve,

    I will see that and raise the 200 Rd belt I disposed of last year that was found on a training area. Surprisingly it was imaculate even though it must have had 30+ years outside, (the time since Ferret and Saracen went out).

    R

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