![]() If you come across any military ammunition with the jacketed bullet you need to pay attention to the recoil of each shot - it was not unknown for bullets to stick in the barrel and a second bullet behind it will probably give you a ring bulge. When it was decided to change to a jacketed bullet (Mark II ammunition) because of concerns about the Hague Convention and expanding bullets the weight was dropped to 178 grains. 38/200, because the original bullet was 200 grains and unjacketed (Mark I ammunition). The cases will interchange, but they are shorter and fatter than the. War Finish was a Webley marking to show that it wasn't made to their commercial standard - during World War II the priority was speed of production and functionality not external cosmetics. NP stands for Nitro Proof, to confirm that it has been tested for use with smokeless powder rather than black powder. The proof marks are quite straight forward., but represent a post war commercial proof rather than the military acceptance that the gun would have been subject to during World War II
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