How do i know what type of bullet this is?

Question

i have 5 shells, on a clip... like the type you would put in the mi garand... except this holds 5 not 8... anyway.. the markings dont say much... is there like a chart of all ifle bullets somewhere?.. how can i find out what type of bullets they are?

Answer 1

There were many WWI and WWII era rifles that used clips like you've described. At a glance, many of us could probably tell what it was from a picture, but right now, you just don't have enough information. For instance, most military rounds don't have the caliber clearly stamped on them. There will normally be a date, manufacturer, or lot number stamp, but that's it. From what you said, it could be an Italian Carcano clip, a French Lebel, an Austro-Hungarian M95, on and on and on, ... sorry, we need more info. I know of nowhere you can link to that will show just the clips, ...  

Answer 2

it will say it on the back of the shell casing

Answer 3

Look at the back of the casing, the caliber is usually marked there, sometimes it isn't though.

Answer 4

Pretty much every bolt action rifle in early military history used a stripper clip to rapidly reload a rifle instead of putting one round in at a time.  There is a type of clip for an M1 Garand that only have 5 rounds but I don't think that they had those back during the wars.  But like the other person said most military ammunition doesn't have the caliber on it it just has the manufacturers mark and so on.  Rifles that used 5 round stripper clips were the Mauser 98k, Mosin Nagant 91/30 and M44, the Enfield rifles, and so on.  If its a 7.92 round its for a Mauser 98k, .303 its for an enfield, 30-06 probably from the early US Enfields from WWI or the Springfield 1903's,  if its 7.62x54 its the Mosin Rifles and so on.  With the Mosin stripper clips there's usually a manufacturers mark on them.  I have some Tula Arsenal stripper clips for mine with the Tula Marks on them.  I've never happened across Arisaka stripper clips so I couldn't help you there.  But most likely if it resembles an M1 Clip its either from a Mosin or a British Enfield or something similar.  Good luck with it.

Answer 5

It sounds as though the rounds are on a stripper clip. If a gun store can't identify them by inspecting them, I would get a micromiter, and measure the bullet width at its greatest point, then measure the case top to bottom. This will give you the metric dimensions, and the caliber. IE a .308 is 7.62mm bullet with a 51 mm case. Hence the 7.62x51.

Once you get the dimensions you Google it, and find the gun that shoots it. Without a stamp on the case, this is the best way to find out.

Have fun.

And I assume you mean bullets, because a shell is for a shotgun.

Answer 6

They are 7.62x54R Mosin Nagant ammunition on stripper clips. Like these in the link.

the ones on the right.

http://www.cheesepatrol.com/images/mosin...

the ones on the left are sks stripper clips.

The Mosin nagant stripper clip closest resembles the garand clip, while only being a 5 round clip.

Answer 7

The shell itself will tell you what type it is.

Many after-market clips for the garand are limited to 5 rounds, since this is the most you can LEGALLY carry in a single clip in most places for a center fire hunting rifle.

The original 8 round clip would be illegal for hunting use.  

Answer 8

is it a 303 british? what does the stamp on the bottom of the cartridge say?