.303 british ammo
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Least expensive plinking ammo is the Prvi Partizan or Sellier & Bellot stuff. It's milspec ball ammo and you can get it from some of our site sponsors like Tradex. If you plan to do any serious shooting, reloading is your only hope. Once in a while you may find some military surplus at a gun show, but even that stuff runs in buck-a-shot range. There's lots of threads on this topic in the "ammo" forum that you may want to look at.
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The internet and books are your friend to get an Idea of what you could get yourself into and the EE on this site could assist with all the equipment and supplies that you may need. Remember the initial expense to set up is somewhat costly and might not be what you really want if you are only shooting on occasion.
What Winchester-1897 said! Be aware that depending which area you reside in, bullets suitable for .303 are not too easy to come by and neither is powder. I bought the Lyman Reloading Handbook and I love it. For the beginner, it takes you through every aspect of reloading from tools and equipment, to prep, to set-up, and finally to finished ammunition. There may be other manuals as good, but personally I don't know of one better. I also have a Nosler manual, but that only gives specs for their bullets, for example. All the bullet and powder manufacturers have spec sheets available on their sites so the internet is truly your friend. If you're local, we could meet and chat. If not, there may be some gunnutz in your neck of the woods who would be willing to sit down with a newbie and show you the ropes. Good luck to you, whichever route you choose to go.
maple_leaf_eh
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There are people who strip 7.62x54R bullets from the cheap Russian/Chinese/Romanian surplus stuff and use it to reload .303BR cases. The import business has to be pretty competitive when loaded rounds are cheaper than single components.
There are any number of tricks to preserve .303BR case life. One trick that I want to try is to roll a 1/4"diameter elastic band or O-ring onto the case to push the rim back against the bolt face. This (apparently) reduces the flow of brass as cases are fired in generously long chambers and then resized to the proper specification length during case preparations. I have a set of diagrams that describe this process on another computer.
There are any number of tricks to preserve .303BR case life. One trick that I want to try is to roll a 1/4"diameter elastic band or O-ring onto the case to push the rim back against the bolt face. This (apparently) reduces the flow of brass as cases are fired in generously long chambers and then resized to the proper specification length during case preparations. I have a set of diagrams that describe this process on another computer.
Remember if you are going to reload .303, first piece of kit to buy is a broken case extractor. Full length resizing of .303 is hard on the brass and you will be doing good to get 4-5 reloads out of 1 cartridge case.
Don't full length resize a 303 case. Neck size only and then just barely touch the shoulder.
Use the O ring trick when firing new (first firing) ammo and personally I only shoot my reloads from one gun so it doesn't change the case after the first use.
Use the O ring trick when firing new (first firing) ammo and personally I only shoot my reloads from one gun so it doesn't change the case after the first use.
boltonscouter
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Reloading is the only way to fly with 303 Brit. Better ammo, tailored to your rifle for less $$$!
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- Newmarket,Ontario
You get a bullet puller and break the bullet down for the projectile and use them to reload the .303.
