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Description: | K 14 // VII
Inscription: headstamped for a Mk VII ball load. Reference: War Office : 1915 : Treatise on Ammunition : HMSO : : pp 531-532, plate CX. Description: While the search for more satisfactory terminal ballistics than those achieved by the round nosed .303 Mark II had resulted in hollow point designs (Marks II Special, III, IV and V, of which the Mark V was satisfactory), growing concern over the risk of their contravening the St Petersburg Declaration or Hague Convention resulted in a return to the Mark II form in 1904, by which point consideration was already being given to a lighter spitzer bullet design that culminated in the Mark VII. The Mark VI is essentially the Mark II round, but the bullet has a slightly thinner jacket. The presence of 'C' for cordite in the headstamp indicates that this is an early example, as approval was given to omitting the cordite marking in April 1907. The incorrect Mark VII headstamp is most unusual. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Kynoch Ltd (GB & Witton, Birmingham) | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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