.303 British

I'm sure the rest of the Torontonians here would love to know where to get some "cheap" .303 if you do find it too, it usually runs about $20/box at most stores, and milsurp is almost nonexistent.
 
The last box of .303 I bought was damn near 3 months ago, and it was $20. That being said, it was FMJ.

If I had a LeBarons local to me, I'd go buy 3 boxes of the Winchester SPs just to keep on hand. The best I've seen it for was $21.99, and that was 2 years ago. Same store, same box is $24-25 now.

I did see Remington Core-Lokts at TSC in Goderich for $31/box on Sunday.
 
303 surplus is getting VERY scarce and to be honest, isn't the most accurate. Most of it is corrosive too.
Factory new 303 is closing in on $1.50 per shot. Scary if you want to shoot any sort of volume.
303 British is one cartridge definitely worth reloading your own ammo! Great cost savings & you can tailor it to the rifle till you find something it likes. You'll wind up with much more accurate ammo much more economically.
 
boltonscouter said:
303 surplus is getting VERY scarce and to be honest, isn't the most accurate. Most of it is corrosive too.
Factory new 303 is closing in on $1.50 per shot. Scary if you want to shoot any sort of volume.
303 British is one cartridge definitely worth reloading your own ammo! Great cost savings & you can tailor it to the rifle till you find something it likes. You'll wind up with much more accurate ammo much more economically.
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$18 for Winchester 180gr soft points at lebaron. Thats not too bad.
 
Two words, Shoot Cast! Even at Canadian prices ( gas checks and primers ) with a little of your own time , you can load and shoot 100 for under $$10-$12.00 . I am getting 1.5-2" groups out of mine @ 100 yds and love shooting it! I have a gas check mould that has one cavity out of four hollow pointed and it will be going deer hunting with me this fall!!!
 
My Dad has some Pakistani or Indian, I don't remember, .303 British surplus he bought in the early 90's or something that is basically mine because he hates shooting it, about 400 rounds of it left IIRC.

I've shot about 200 rounds of it over the years, but none for quite some time now: Corrosive as hell, accuracy is alright at best and horrendous at worst (very inconsistent ammo despite being from the same crate), hangfires once every ten rounds and is generally crap. If it was 7.62x39, there'd probably five or more threads about it in this section about how you should avoid buying it at all costs, but since it's .303 British I could probably sell it for some stupid expensive price despite the fact that it basically sucks.

I'm keeping it, despite the performance it's fun to take the old Enfield out - the rifle is an absolute joy to shoot. I did buy a box of 20 180 grain Federal .303 British from Crappy tire a few months ago. After tax it came to 32 frigging bucks for the box, shot well, but still. Not the best round to shoot if you're looking for something thrifty and don't reload, which I don't. I remember seeing the footage of the Brits dumping spam can after spam can of .303 British into the ocean after WW2 and it still makes my blood boil! There probably wouldn't be much of it left even today if they had kept it and sold it all off as surplus considering the popularity of the Lee Enfield, and therefore the .303 British cartridge, in the commonwealth, but maybe it'd still be possible to find for a price that doesn't leave you feeling abused. Who knows.
 
blaser.306 said:
Two words, Shoot Cast! Even at Canadian prices ( gas checks and primers ) with a little of your own time , you can load and shoot 100 for under $$10-$12.00 . I am getting 1.5-2" groups out of mine @ 100 yds and love shooting it! I have a gas check mould that has one cavity out of four hollow pointed and it will be going deer hunting with me this fall!!!
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Paying $44 for 1000 CCI lg rifle primers, $23/lb for red dot at 13gr per round, and $35 for 1000 30 cal gas checks, I'm loading .303 at about $6.25/50 rounds if you make a bit of allowance for a dropped primer, improperly seated gas check, etc (actual cost abotu 6.08 or somethign like that). It doesn't get much better.

At that cost (about 2.50 per 20 round box), you can pay for $200 worth of reloading stuff before you're even halfway through your first pound of powder (about 180 rounds). I mitigate time usage by doing reloading stuff while I'm doing other stuff. Tumbling while I sleep, chamfering and deburring and seatign primers while watching tv, sizing bullets and seatign gas checks while in the tub.... :)
 
Things Military in Calgary has some .303 left...

.303British 174gr. FMJ ammo by Privi Partizan. Boxer primed reloadable brass case, non-corrosive.

Apparently not much is left...price is around $1 a round, although you might get a bulk deal...and then there would be shipping. That's all I got...
 
SFRC just had a special on PPU .303, 14.95 a box, regular price 18.95. Too bad there all sold out now, but even there regular price isn't bad. Like the previous posts said, if you shoot lots it's time to start reloading. I read one of the businesses on the site is offering a special on the RCBS rockucker supreme reloading kit for around $250 once the mfg rebate is included, that's 100 bucks or so less than the regular price, such a good deal I'm thinking of buying another one. :)
 
mwjones said:
Paying $44 for 1000 CCI lg rifle primers, $23/lb for red dot at 13gr per round, and $35 for 1000 30 cal gas checks, I'm loading .303 at about $6.25/50 rounds if you make a bit of allowance for a dropped primer, improperly seated gas check, etc (actual cost abotu 6.08 or somethign like that). It doesn't get much better.

At that cost (about 2.50 per 20 round box), you can pay for $200 worth of reloading stuff before you're even halfway through your first pound of powder (about 180 rounds). I mitigate time usage by doing reloading stuff while I'm doing other stuff. Tumbling while I sleep, chamfering and deburring and seatign primers while watching tv, sizing bullets and seatign gas checks while in the tub.... :)
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Where did/do you get your brass? Is it accumulated over the years, or did you find a source for reasonably priced new?

I love the Enfield, but I missed the boat on the cheap ammo days, so I haven't added one to the collection yet.
 
Andurp said:
My Dad has some Pakistani or Indian, I don't remember, .303 British surplus he bought in the early 90's or something that is basically mine because he hates shooting it, about 400 rounds of it left IIRC.

I've shot about 200 rounds of it over the years, but none for quite some time now: Corrosive as hell, accuracy is alright at best and horrendous at worst (very inconsistent ammo despite being from the same crate), hangfires once every ten rounds and is generally crap. If it was 7.62x39, there'd probably five or more threads about it in this section about how you should avoid buying it at all costs, but since it's .303 British I could probably sell it for some stupid expensive price despite the fact that it basically sucks.

I'm keeping it, despite the performance it's fun to take the old Enfield out - the rifle is an absolute joy to shoot. I did buy a box of 20 180 grain Federal .303 British from Crappy tire a few months ago. After tax it came to 32 frigging bucks for the box, shot well, but still. Not the best round to shoot if you're looking for something thrifty and don't reload, which I don't. I remember seeing the footage of the Brits dumping spam can after spam can of .303 British into the ocean after WW2 and it still makes my blood boil! There probably wouldn't be much of it left even today if they had kept it and sold it all off as surplus considering the popularity of the Lee Enfield, and therefore the .303 British cartridge, in the commonwealth, but maybe it'd still be possible to find for a price that doesn't leave you feeling abused. Who knows.
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Do you reload? I remember reading that the projectiles and brass form the Pakistani stuff was alright, and if you can pull the bullets, replace the powder with a consistent, known weight and re-seat they tend to shoot alright. Would still be corrosive though as the salts are in the primers.

I could be wrong or confusing it with another milsurp ammo, its been a while since I have seen any thing on this ammo at all. And the hangfire issue would be a primer issue so no way around that.
 
BAAC said:
Where did/do you get your brass? Is it accumulated over the years, or did you find a source for reasonably priced new?

I love the Enfield, but I missed the boat on the cheap ammo days, so I haven't added one to the collection yet.
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im gonna start picking the stuff up when im hunting ..people just drop it in the pits , siteing them lol
 
LeeEnfieldNo.4_mk1 said:
Do you reload? I remember reading that the projectiles and brass form the Pakistani stuff was alright, and if you can pull the bullets, replace the powder with a consistent, known weight and re-seat they tend to shoot alright. Would still be corrosive though as the salts are in the primers.

I could be wrong or confusing it with another milsurp ammo, its been a while since I have seen any thing on this ammo at all. And the hangfire issue would be a primer issue so no way around that.
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I don't reload yet, but will soon. I'll certainly look into that when I get set up for it.
 
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