{"product_id":"original-british-303-mk-vii-inert-cartridge-k-1927-dated-kynoch-production","title":"Original British .303 Mk VII Inert Cartridge – K 1927 Dated – Kynoch Production","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"124\" data-end=\"255\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eAn original \u003cstrong data-start=\"136\" data-end=\"175\"\u003eBritish .303 Mk VII inert cartridge\u003c\/strong\u003e manufactured by \u003cstrong data-start=\"192\" data-end=\"207\"\u003eKynoch Ltd.\u003c\/strong\u003e and bearing the desirable \u003cstrong data-start=\"234\" data-end=\"244\"\u003eK 1927\u003c\/strong\u003e headstamp.\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"257\" data-end=\"769\"\u003eFounded in Birmingham in the nineteenth century, \u003cstrong data-start=\"306\" data-end=\"316\"\u003eKynoch\u003c\/strong\u003e became one of Britain's principal military ammunition manufacturers, supplying the British Armed Forces and numerous Commonwealth nations. During the inter-war years, Kynoch continued to produce high-quality .303 British service ammunition for military contracts and export, with the \u003cstrong data-start=\"601\" data-end=\"611\"\u003eK 1927\u003c\/strong\u003e headstamp representing production during the period of modernisation and standardisation following the First World War. \u003cspan class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"771\" data-end=\"1246\"\u003eThe \u003cstrong data-start=\"775\" data-end=\"798\"\u003e.303 British Mk VII\u003c\/strong\u003e cartridge had been the standard British service rifle round since 1910. Loaded with a 174-grain spitzer bullet, it was issued for the iconic \u003cstrong data-start=\"940\" data-end=\"977\"\u003eShort Magazine Lee-Enfield (SMLE)\u003c\/strong\u003e rifle, later No.4 Lee-Enfield rifles, as well as the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1031\" data-end=\"1061\"\u003eVickers Medium Machine Gun\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1066\" data-end=\"1092\"\u003eBren Light Machine Gun\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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