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The .303 British (designated as the 303 British by the C.I.P. [2] and SAAMI [3]) or 7.7×56mmR, is a .303-inch (7.7 mm) calibre rimmed tapered bottleneck centerfire rifle cartridge. The .303-inch bore diameter is measured between rifling lands as is the common practice in Europe which follows the traditional black powder convention.
The Vickers machine gun or Vickers gun is a water-cooled.303 British (7.7 mm) machine gun produced by Vickers Limited, originally for the British Army. The gun was operated by a three-man crew but typically required more men to move and operate it: one fired, one fed the ammunition, the others helped to carry the weapon, its ammunition, and ...
Cordite was used initially in the .303 British, Mark I and II, standard rifle cartridge between 1891 and 1915. [not verified in body] Shortages of cordite in World War I led to the creation of the "Devil's Porridge" munitions factory (HM Factory, Gretna) on the English–Scottish border, which produced around 800 tonnes of cordite per week. The ...
The Rifle Factory Ishapore at Ishapore in India produced the Mk III* in .303 British, and then the model 2A, with strength increased by heat treatment of the receiver and bolt to fire 7.62×51mm NATO ammunition, retaining the 2,000-yard rear sight as the metric conversion of distance was very close to the flatter trajectory of the new ...
The .303 British Mark VII round introduced in 1910 to which the British eventually modernized, for instance, has a projectile weight of 174 gr (11.28 g) and a muzzle velocity of 2,441 ft/s (744 m/s), while the .276 has a projectile weight of 165 gr (10.69 g) and a muzzle velocity of 2,785 ft/s (849 m/s) and a trajectory vertex at 800 yd (732 m ...
The Taden gun was a post-war development of the Bren to use with the .280 British (7 mm) intermediate round proposed to replace the .303 in British service. The Taden was belt-fed with either spade grips for MMG use or a buttstock and pistol grip for LMG use and would have replaced both the Bren and the Vickers machine gun.
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.303 Mk IIC SAA Ball: Calibre.303 British: Action: Martini Falling Block: Rate of fire: 10 rounds per minute: Muzzle velocity: 2,200 feet per second (670 m/s) Effective firing range: 1,000 yards (910 m) Maximum firing range: 2,000 yards (1,800 m) Feed system: Single shot: Sights: Sliding ramp rear sights, fixed-post front sights