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Old 07-06-13, 04:02
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Default 3.7" AA ammo box

Looking for a 3.7" Anti Aircraft steel ammo box. (The long ones, about 1.2m x 50cm x 15cm) Doesn't need a lid and any condition as long as it is straight.
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Old 07-06-13, 09:24
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Jack,

The Bren mag storage cases are the same box so probably more chance of finding one of those,there was one on Ausy e-bay a month ago !

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Old 07-06-13, 21:11
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Rob, sorry, but the Bren Mag chest is about a third of the length of a 3.7" ammo box!

Jack, Try Bill Toole in Wodonga. He has a stack of 3.7" boxes, many still with WW2 markings.
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Old 08-06-13, 15:13
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Rob, sorry, but the Bren Mag chest is about a third of the length of a 3.7" ammo box!

Jack, Try Bill Toole in Wodonga. He has a stack of 3.7" boxes, many still with WW2 markings.
Excuse the poor bren box photo but the 50 mag box is the same box as the 3.7" Box and great deal more common.

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Old 09-06-13, 03:51
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Default Never seen a 50 mag chest

I've come across quite a few 3.7 ammo cases over the years and I own three but had not heard of the 50 mag chest until reading your posts Rob.
Tony's experience must be similar to my own.

Any Aussies out there who have sighted the 50 mag chests here?

If you're stuck Jack you can have one of mine, I just have to transfer the contents into something else.

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Old 09-06-13, 11:51
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That's interesting David,quite a few of these boxes have Australian packing notes inside and I think most of them came across with the Lithgow Brens when they were sold off in great numbers 20 odd years ago which is why I assumed there would be plenty over there,you cant give them away over here !

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