Greek 1903 Ammo

[zwerge]

A clip of ammo for the Greek Mannlicher army rifle.The clip has quite a distinctive shape.The cartridges are 6.5x54 MS.

[Johnnie]

Nice. Those clips are indeed distinctive.

Johnnie

[Bill Grist]

A clip of ammo for the Greek Mannlicher army rifle.The clip has quite a distinctive shape.The cartridges are 6.5x54 MS.

Very Nice clip of Greek MS ammo...BILL

[COLT 1911A1]

Excellent condition 6.5 MS Greek ammo. These stuff are pretty scarce even in the country that used them for nearly 40 years. Hadn't ever seen a stripper clip for Greek MS. Thanks zwerge.

[herrzark]

thanks for sharing

[COLT 1911A1]

Zwerge, can you also post photo of the headstamps of the cartridges ?
It seems that the tips of the projectiles are made of other material than the gilding metal. Correct me if i'm wrong.
Regards, Thanos.

[zwerge]

Hi Thanos,the cartridges are soft points made by DWM,only the clip is original.I will be cruising around Greece in the middle of September,I will wave as I go by.

[COLT 1911A1]

Interesting ....Do the cartridges have a date ? Try to find some original greek ammo to match. The original greek-made ammo show Ε Π Κ (Epsilon Pi Kappa), on top, that's the Greek State Arsenal, E Σ (Epsilon Sigma), left & right, that is for Greek Army and dates ranging probably from 1905 until 1939-1940, at the bottom of the case head.
Probably when you come here, i can show you a few examples.
Thanks for the reply,
regards,
Thanos.

[zwerge]

Here`s the only original round that I have,dated 1907. I believe this was made by Hirtenberger.

[COLT 1911A1]

Nice find ...Yes it's Hirtenberger allright; the Greeks bought large quantities of austrian ammo for the Steyr-made MSs, before they could tool-up for large-scale ammo production. Thank you for the photo, nice talking to you,
Best Regards,
Thanos