Most Canadian cartridge?

billbmcleod said:
Got my first moose with one of them out of a .303 Br.
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On the box of ammo in the picture you posted, there's another item of note that takes me back. The price,:) $5.10. A ;) little while back, when I started, I recall paying $3.50 a box for my Dominion/C.I.L. 303Br ammo . A couple of years later I opted to upgrade my rifle and picked up a Parker Hale Super Safari in 308 Norma Magnum. Shortly after, cultural shock set in when I now had to fork :eek::eek: out $8.10 a box for Norma factory ammo!!! That was a wake up call!
 
Elwood Epps was a visionary who had some great ideas and put them into practical use.
The 303 Epps Improved is a great way to fix some of the issues with the standard 303.

However, the muzzle velocity figures are far from the reality in his Epps Improved 303
I have owned 3 of them over the years, and at preset, I have one built on a Quality P14
action. In it, I am able to reach a maximum of 2745 fps with a 180 grain bullet before
pressure signs become evident. I can only imagine loading a 180 in the Epps to 2920 in
an old Lee-Enfield action.

I'm thinking that the figures in table 2 were "guesstimations" optimistic ones, too.
No mistake, the 303 Epps is an improvement over the standard 303, but lacks the case
capacity to equal, let alone exceed the 30-06. Regards, Dave.
 
Eagleye said:
Elwood Epps was a visionary who had some great ideas and put them into practical use.
The 303 Epps Improved is a great way to fix some of the issues with the standard 303.

However, the muzzle velocity figures are far from the reality in his Epps Improved 303
I have owned 3 of them over the years, and at preset, I have one built on a Quality P14
action. In it, I am able to reach a maximum of 2745 fps with a 180 grain bullet before
pressure signs become evident. I can only imagine loading a 180 in the Epps to 2920 in
an old Lee-Enfield action.

I'm thinking that the figures in table 2 were "guesstimations" optimistic ones, too.
No mistake, the 303 Epps is an improvement over the standard 303, but lacks the case
capacity to equal, let alone exceed the 30-06. Regards, Dave.
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I may be wrong but have read in the past that Elwood Epps consulted P.O.Ackley a good deal during the development of his Epps Improved line. Ackley himself stated that not all AI loads were chronographed but worked up on a Powley Computer. I assume Epps used the same method.
 
303EppsFan said:
I may be wrong but have read in the past that Elwood Epps consulted P.O.Ackley a good deal during the development of his Epps Improved line. Ackley himself stated that not all AI loads were chronographed but worked up on a Powley Computer. I assume Epps used the same method.
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Actually, Epps seemed to have shared his findings with Ackley who, in his writings, does not elaborate much more than he know his work... You can find quite a bit of info in P.O. Ackley's Handbook for Shooters and Relaoders, Vol 1 and 2
 
wasrupzuk said:
Where can a guy get info on the Imperial magnums?
I’ve never heard of them…or the Epps wildcats.
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Try messaging Banished on here about the imperial magnums, think he might be the person to talk too if you’re really interested in more info on these cartridges.
 
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Some of the 303 I have on hand.
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Johnn Peterson said:
On the box of ammo in the picture you posted, there's another item of note that takes me back. The price,:) $5.10. A ;) little while back, when I started, I recall paying $3.50 a box for my Dominion/C.I.L. 303Br ammo . A couple of years later I opted to upgrade my rifle and picked up a Parker Hale Super Safari in 308 Norma Magnum. Shortly after, cultural shock set in when I now had to fork :eek::eek: out $8.10 a box for Norma factory ammo!!! That was a wake up call!
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ah Johnn if you knew in those days you will have a stash and being millionaire lol ...

when i was not able to reload i bought some 300 savage factory ammo for $20 now they re $80 and it is maybe only 15 years ago ...
 
JIMMY 808 said:
7×61 Sharpe & Hart

Maybe not from here, but made famous in the Yukon.
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One of my favorites and part of my only collection. ;)A three gun collection of Schultz & Larsens and as/the three cartridges shown on the red cover of the old Norma reloading manual. The 7x61 S&H, 308 Norma Magnum and the 358 Norma Magnum which were apparently the result of a collaborative effort between Schultz & Larsen and Norma. Bit of history, about ten years after the 7x61 S&H was brought to market, Remington brought out the 7mm Remington Magnum. To basically equal the 7mm RM, the 7x61 S&H case inner profile and metallurgy were changed. This updated case is head stamped Super 7x61 Norma. The only field use where I've used mine was a 2014 Antelope hunt on draw in Alberta with my Daughter and Son In Law. Didn't mean to get a little carried away and hijack the thread. :redface:Sorry.
 
I would say the Imperial Magnum cartridges.

But for what is commonly available I think I might say 7.62x39 because SKS rifles are so prolific in Canada-unlike the USA. Of course it's not a Canadian designed cartridge but neither is the 303 British.
 
Back when Canada was still a free country, so let's say before 1970, I would have said the .303 and the .30-30, one being British and the other American in origin and by far the most common centrefire rounds here. Smash them together in a nuclear accelerator type of setup and you have the rifle ammunition of the real Canada, the type of nation that should have remained everyone's birthright.
 
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