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To: Ish who wrote (43958)	5/12/2004 11:22:03 PM
From: unclewest	Respond to of 793862

These rounds are 5 to a clip and the clip only fits over the rear lip of the case so they weren't made for the Garands. Were these produced for some sort of Belgium Mauser? I didn't know of any Axis powers using '06s. Ish, I think you are right. These were not for axis weapons Nor the Garand. The original M-1 Garand started in production in the 1930s had an 8 round clip. Remington made about 175,000 special 30:06 rifles for France in 1917. I had one in near new condition.(but no clip). Sold it and a number of others just before my recent move...but can ask the buyer any questions you have. Mine was from France. I don't think it had ever been fired and I was told it had only been dropped twice, once in WWI and once in WWII. Belgium of course has and had very close ties to France. Would not be surprising that they had some of those rifles and ammo. Not certain, but would be surprised if Remington did not make more for France and Belgium in WWII. We shipped a helluva lot of weapons and ammo to France and Belgium before and after D-Day. You might call the curator of the Remington museum. They know everything about every weapon that was being used in Europe then. Have the rounds, a magnifying glass, and a ruler with you when you call him. But realize if you have reloads, the critical identifying markings may not be there. Have the ammo case handy too. Any markings on it may be an important clue. Finally, a word of advice. Never buy and absolutely never fire old ammo unless you are absolutely positive of the source and then still don't shoot it. There are many varieties of nasty explosive rounds in the world. Many were produced back then. You don't need one in your rifles. I reserve the right to be wrong. My specialty was demolitions and explosives not weapons. Though I cross trained in weapons and used a few here and there. Let me know what you find out. uw