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Posted By: martini1215
Subject: Information Please
Date Posted: January 22 2024 at 12:16pm
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https://postimg.cc/HcwwG0PJ" rel="nofollow">  Hi guys hope you are all well, these little chaps came my way for the collection. They are .23 short and .23 long brass case with lead bullet centrefire with no headstamp as shown. I am told they are for the Morris aiming tube and I wondered if thats connected with the .22 morris tube some of you mention fitted to your lee enfields. As an aside quite a few villages inEngland have a tunnel range still left over from around 120 years ago, there are 2 within 7 miles of me one in Keelby and one in Stallingborough, the Army used to be responsible for licensing ranges and if you study the old licences they were issued for calibres up to .23, I am guessing this was to make the ranges suitable for volunteer detachments to practice when Lords Roberts and Baden Powell started to try improving marksmanship after the Boer War.
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Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: January 22 2024 at 1:22pm
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"Morris" was a generic name for a sub caliber, full length barrel. Scroll down  https://www.rifleman.org.uk/Morris_Aiming_Tube.html" rel="nofollow - https://www.rifleman.org.uk/Morris_Aiming_Tube.html ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: January 22 2024 at 1:22pm
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"Morris" was a generic name for a sub caliber, full length barrel. Scroll down https://www.rifleman.org.uk/Morris_Aiming_Tube.html" rel="nofollow - https://www.rifleman.org.uk/Morris_Aiming_Tube.html ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: martini1215
Date Posted: January 22 2024 at 3:14pm
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Cheers Shamu. Thats a very interesting read many thanks. Martini
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Posted By: Mayhem
Date Posted: January 22 2024 at 3:21pm
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The ones that you show are .297/230 short and long. ------------- .303 - Helping Englishmen express their feelings since 1889 |
Posted By: martini1215
Date Posted: January 22 2024 at 11:52pm
| Cheers Mayhem, we recieved some more in a box of mixed old ammo from a guy I was asked to sort through, more day and night tracer a few pinfire and 1 with a lip on its head, about 32 cal at a guess. Its like christmas delving into aladins cave all at once . |
Posted By: Mayhem
Date Posted: January 23 2024 at 5:45pm
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Nothing beats sorting through a mixed tub. You never know what you will find. ------------- .303 - Helping Englishmen express their feelings since 1889 |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: January 23 2024 at 7:40pm
| just like a box of chocolate's |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: January 24 2024 at 9:05am
Alright Forrest. ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
A square 10 wrote:Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: January 24 2024 at 9:23am
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Run, run. ------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |
Posted By: martini1215
Date Posted: January 24 2024 at 10:38am
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Yep life is like a box of chocolates lol. I sort through and rescue whats useable or interesting and strip the rest for disposal. Keeps me out of mischief.
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Posted By: Stanforth
Date Posted: March 18 2024 at 3:56am
I have A _Peiper rifle in these calibres and used to load for them. and used .22 Hornet cases cut to length and sized in a Morris die. The bullets were .22 air rifle pellets ( the ones for high power air rifles) For indoor practice I used a Magnum primer and no powder. For more power I used a charge recommended in Nontes guide and for fun I I used Black Powder. ------------- Life.. a sexually transmitted condition that is invariably fatal. |