Originally Posted by
Der Gebirgsjager
Wow! No wonder you know your stripper clips!
First photo, the mystery cartridge, since it came home from the war I'm thinking about one of the Mauser anti-tank rifles that date clear back to
WW I. But I can't read the headstamp--so that's a guess. Sorry, no
The third photo, can't miss the Swiss M1911 stripper for 7.5mm Swiss Yup, over an 1890 Steyr-Mannlicher clip which preceded the 1895 version Yup. To the left of the Swiss clip might be two 7.63mm Broomhandle Mauser pistol clips Yup, but I'm uncertain, they might also be for a Steyr-Hahn. To the left of them, second from right, I'd say 98 Mauser strippers Sorry, no, and to the left of that, first in the top row, again Mauser but for a cartridge with a large rim--maybe a Siamese Mauser No. Below that, bottom row, the first ones again look a lot like Mauser clips No but exactly for what I do not know, and the last, lower right, I haven't a clue.
Photo no. 2, the loaded ammo, at the top a Hotchkiss strip, cartridges appear rimmed, so I'm guessing 8mm Lebel Yes. 5 rounds in a brass clip, probably 8x57mm Turk No, although I've seen much more of it with silver colored jackets--but some guilding metal. To its immediate left, the long straight stripper with .22 cal. bullets and steel cases, I'm thinking Russian 5.45x39mm? Yes! Below that, .303 British in the telltale stripper with the holes in it Of course. The black pistol-size cartridges with blue ring--I'm clueless. What are they retained in? it's a real military issue 36 round stripper clip, think Scandinavian, Below them an Gew '88 clip with cartridges yes,
lying on top of what is probably 5.56mm ammo yes. A loaded 6.5mm Carcano clip yes lying on top of and next to loaded 7.62x54mm clips yup. Next to that is a 5 rd. brass stripper clip of 6.5mm ammo (?), but I'm not sure of what persuasion. Maybe Swede, but unlike any I've seen, so a wild guess would be WW II Japanese YES!. Below that an 1895 Steyr-Mannlicher clip that appears to be loaded with cast boolits yes. Three M1 Garand en-bloc clips, two loaded with ball ammo and one with AP of course. In the center of the three M1 clips is an SKS clip of 7.62x39mm yes. Beneath the middle M1 clip and just to its left are what I believe to be wooden bulleted training ammo, probably 8.x57mm, but I've never seen it before no, hint- it's USGI but not '06, and not wooden bullets. To the left of that, two .45 ACP half-moon clips with vintage ammo, and another stripper clip of 5.56mm yes and yes. Whew! Well, I know I got most of them, am unsure of a couple of them, am probably wrong on at least two, and about the black tipped pistol ammo--I just flat don't know. Oh, almost overlooked the most obvious, the linked .50 Cal. MG ammo. Can't remember what the silver tip means. Black is AP, Red is tracer, Silver is......? I'm sure someone else, maybe Outpost75 will score 100% on this one.
Down to the 3rd photo, magazines. Right off, top left, I think I'm looking at a Glock mag yes. For which model I couldn't say. The next one, to the right, I'm almost ready to cry "foul" on, because there are just so many double stack mags of that pattern that look almost identical. I'll just hazard a guess at a CZ-75, but it could be any of at least a dozen models. I honestly don't remember, the photo is a couple years old. It was either a CZ75 or a BHP as I recall, but yeah they do all look alike
Looks like two 1911 mags, one a WW I vintage with a lanyard ring on the base no, one sitting on top of an AR-15/M16 mag yes. Below that appears to be an M1934 Beretta mag no. and a Browning Buckmark mag no. sitting on a submachine gun mag which is maybe for a Thompson no. Not really sure, as I once owned a Reising, and the mags were similar. Below that a Mini-14 mag yes. Two 15-rd. M1 Carbine mags, one with a dust cover, in pouch of course. Below that--you've got me again--a BAR mag.? YUP I'd never guess the little mag on top of it, might be .25 ACP for any of a hundred pistols yep, a very old one. Below that, bottom right, an HK G93 mag. with a 30 round M1 carbine mag yes and yes. The large one to the left of the M1 Carbine mag with the worn finish might be for an FN-FAL. almost but not quite The one on to of it with the groove and two holes looks a lot like an ARMSCORP .22 mag. (TP-22), but I'm probably wrong on that. close, kind of Below it is a 10 rd. AK mag. yup, to its left a Ruger 10/22 mag yes but possibly an aftermarket version by another maker than Ruger,l as is the banana clip above it nope, not 10/22 and lying beneath a 30 rd. AK mag yes. Now I'm getting really shaky, and I'm not sure what is beneath the AK mag., or what the pistol mag. lying on top of it is for. Saving the worst for the last, now having come full circle to the square rifle mag. beneath the 1911 mag. with the lanyard ring, you've got me. It can't be for a .303 Lee Enfield because the bottom doesn't angle up enough. Possibly for the Indian .303 version, but also looks a lot like the French M-56 type of mag., but they have a side catch. I'm going to guess Indian .308, but never have owned one and am probably wrong! fatelk--you need to have a yard sale!