i.d. this cartridge please

[GATimberdoodle]

What info can y'all offer on this cartridge?

Headstamp looks to read "V P T" and "4" - last character is either "0" or maybe a NATO stamp.

Thanks!

 

[whiskerz]

.303 British

 

[GATimberdoodle]

Thanks, whiskerz.

Your info lead me to

Pic of headstamp at link.

" VPT – Valtion Patruunatehdas, Lapua, FINLAND. Known to have produced Ilmavoimat Konekivaarin Patruuna Kal 7.70 machine gun cartridges, which are interchangeable with the .303 cartridge in:

Special Ball

Special Armour Piercing. "

https://www.classicglasspars.com/303/303.htm

 

[Freshly Minted Georgian!]

https://forum.cartridgecollectors.org/t/6-5x55-vpt-40/33679

 

[Freshly Minted Georgian!]

• VPT Valtion Patruunatehdas ("State Ammunition Factory") (1923 - 1949) - Lapua, Finland. The forerunner to Lapua. In 1949 it was absorbed by Valmet and renamed LAPUA.

 

[cmshoot]

VPT is the headstamp for Valtion Patruunatehdas, Lapua, Finland.

 

[GATimberdoodle]

Is the "40" mark at 6 o'clock a date code for 1940? Found pic of headstamp same as mine with "41" but no discussion of date.

 

[GATimberdoodle]

Read article on the Winter War beween the USSR and Finland, ending in March 1940.

 

[whiskerz]

Should be good ammo, corrosive and well made