.303 British Ammo

It's Mk. VII ammo, with a 174 grain steel cored boat tailed bullet. I believe the cases are copper plated steel. Berdan primed.

Does what it's meant to do, fires every time - and a hell of a lot cheaper than anything else out there. But, being boat tailed means if you've got a two grooved barrel on your Mk. I* she'll keyhole.
 
It's Mk. VII ammo, with a 174 grain steel cored boat tailed bullet. I believe the cases are copper plated steel. Berdan primed.

Does what it's meant to do, fires every time - and a hell of a lot cheaper than anything else out there. But, being boat tailed means if you've got a two grooved barrel on your Mk. I* she'll keyhole.
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Are you sure on the steel core? I think this might be the same as the WPA .303 on luckygunner.com and various other websites and they list it as lead core, bi-metal jacket.
 
Everywhere I have seen it listed has it listed as non corrosive, so I’m guessing it is, nothing a good bore cleaning can’t solve right? CanadAAmmo has some. I want to order a large quantity like 300-400 rounds but I am Leery of accuracy issues and key holes. My Enfield is still on the way and I forgot to ask shipper if it was 2 or 5 groove.

Anyone here shot it before?

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Well, bit the bullet and ordered a good quantity hopefully it likes my rifle, if not I figure I can return or sell it to someone who may have better luck. Most reviews indicated it was good for plinking but not super accurate. Time will tell.
 
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Moodie said:
If it’s boat tail bullets it ain’t Mk VII ammo.
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Well, I'm fairly sure it isn't stuffed with nitrocellulose either... Then again, it isn't stuffed with cordite. SO, what the hell is it???

Mk. II - Mk. VI were 215 grain round nosed bullets (with various jacketing/expansive, etc) - removed from service by 1904 due to the 1899 Hague Convention...

Mk. VII are 174 grain FMJ bullets (originally lead antimony cored with a tail heavy flat based design - idea being to tumble as they hit/penetrated to inflict damage).

Mk. VIII, designed for use in the Vickers MG. 175 gain FMJ, nitrocellulose charge. Long range design. Considered prohibited for use (except in emergencies) with rifles due to concerns about the nitrocellulose eroding bores that had been exposed to cordite charges. Of course, soldiers told something is prohibited immediately get their hands on it so...

Obviously being boat tailed means these are not bog standard Mk. VIIs, but that's what they are in spirit.
 
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Whatever it is I just hope it doesn’t keyhole and that my Enfield likes it. I was excited to see buck a round .303

The complaints on this ammo seem far and few between. Additionally most of them are from 2015ish and complain about sticky lacquer being a pain to clean but these look copper wash, so maybe they have adjusted them.
 
Well - I think I'd be more concerned about steel core being hard on the bore than potential keyholing. As a reloader, I buy various amounts of factory ammo with the knowledge that the brass has residual value (~ 50 cents a piece for boxer primed brass). Even if you don't reload at the current moment, stockpiling brass is prudent. Ultimately, reloading the best way to wring out performance out of the 303...
 
Can’t ship ammo through Canada post unfortunately. Could try courier it’s free shipping for orders over $200.

I figure for a 33% decrease in price over other .303 it’s probably worth the gamble for just having some fun at the range
 
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