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Post by hurridale on Mar 26, 2006 3:18:07 GMT 1
A weird coincidence has put me in touch with someone building display ammo for the San Diego Aerospace Museum's Sopwith Pup's Vickers. I have some WWI headstamp ammo to send him, but it all has cupro-nickel bullets. The late WWII ammo I have all has copper jacketed. My question is was .303 copper-jacketed ammo used in WWI? When was the change made?
This is my first post to this forum. Thanks for your input to make as authentic a display as possible.
Regards,
DC
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Post by woodsy on Mar 26, 2006 8:48:58 GMT 1
The change-over to Gilding Metal (copper jacket) from Cupro-Nickel was made during WW2. The actual date of change varied from factory to factory and from country to country, but the change was carried out between 1942-44, with all production on Gilding Metal by the end of the war. Gilding Metal was not only slightly cheaper, but more importantly, produced less barrel fouling and consequently improved accuracy during periods of extended fire.
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Post by tonye on Mar 26, 2006 11:41:57 GMT 1
See my more detailed answer to this on the L-E forum where you posted your question.
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TonyE
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Post by hurridale on Mar 26, 2006 16:02:43 GMT 1
Woodsy and TonyE,
Thanks for prompt and excllent responses! Yes, TonyE, I did get the info from the other forum. I will pass this information along for the Pup project.
The weird coincidence that prompted the question came from me posting some copper-jacketed .303 bullets on eBay. At the same time, I'm scratch-building a radio-controlled Sopwith Pup from foam. One evening I was building the jigs for bending the wings, but was stuck on the correct thickness for the wings. I had to cease work for the night and do more research.
The next morning, there was an email from the gentleman who had bought the bullets. He wrote that he was not using them to reload, but instead to make a dummy belt for the museum's SOPWITH PUP display! He was able to answer my thickness question and provided some pictures of a most beautiful Pup. Their Pup will remain without fabric to show the detail.
Ah, the Synchronicity of the Universe...
Thanks again for your replies!
Regards,
DC
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