5 round stripper clip 45ACP?

[IPSC_DRL]

I'm going through a bunch of stuff the I inherited from Machine gun Bill and came across these vintage 45 rounds on a clip. What gun were these made to charge?

 

[MisterHappy]

Google says:

1911 Stripper Clips?

www.1911forum.com

Does it look like a "real" thing, or a field-engineered solution?

 

[Nick Leduc]

I know this one!!!!
Chinese 45 ACP Broomhandle!
Around the 6:40 mark.



View: https://youtu.be/Vd0q8EMhqRY

 

[FisherTech]

The base of the 45 ACP is the same as the base of a 30-06 or 308, .473 in. So those could have been left over from some one just sticking them in the clip.

 

[tuna]

I know this one!!!!
Chinese 45 ACP Broomhandle!
Around the 6:40 mark.



View: https://youtu.be/Vd0q8EMhqRY

Would have been my guess

 

[MisterHappy]

Doing the Occam's Razor thing, I'd say that a field expedient for storing loose .45 rounds is more likely than stripper clips for the .45 Broomhandle, as those were "locally produced" in China, I believe, as opposed to being a "real" model.

Just my opinion.

ETA: also, the cartridges themselves seem to vary, as opposed to this being a factory-filled clip.

 

[Arto]

.45ACP uses the same shellholder as 30-06 & 308 (RCBS #3) {0.480" dia rim vs 0.473" dia}

That looks kinda like an 8mm Mauser stripper clip (also 0.473" dia per the Lyman book)

 

[PatMcD]

Probably a 1903 stripper clip that somebody put 45 acp in.

 

[Dennis in MA]

1917 pistol??? I forget if both or one or hte other (Colt/Smith) indexed on the case mouth and could be loaded sans moon clips.

 

[moojpg2]

Bianchi speed strip, ww2 style.

 

[Uzi2]

There is nothing that loads .45acp from a stripper clip.

That is a rifle ammo stripper, either 8mm or 308 that someone just stuck some .45acp in.

 

[tuna]

1917 pistol??? I forget if both or one or hte other (Colt/Smith) indexed on the case mouth and could be loaded sans moon clips.

I believe they both can be loaded and fired without moon clips, they just won't eject without a separate tool like a pencil.