British military cartridge for the Lewis machine gun. It is based on the 303 British cartridge, from which it differs primarily in the rimless and rifled cartridge case. It was produced only between 1918 and 1919. The bullet is a full shell weighing 11.10 g.
Source. Ammunition for small arms. Prague: Naše vojsko, 2002. ISBN 80-206-0641-6
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303 Lewis Gun
The hub not only does not have an edge, but against the 303 Brit. has about 5 mm longer cartridge and a longer transition cone to the neck. I believe that these charges have in common was the caliber. The charge on the photo produced by the English firm Royal Ordnance Factory, Woolvich, London. Signature is hard to read, because I was not photographing. To the right is the bullet 7,92 x 75, photo by author..
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