.303 Greek Surplus... for those who said it was all gone.

We would probabley all be surprised if we knew what was sitting around in bunkers and military warehouses around the world.......probabley all kinds of good stuff that has not been seen for many years....
 
Bah. You can turn cheap 7.62x54r surplus ammo into plinking rounds for the 303. You can make 500 rounds for $120 or less if you've already got some cases. Even if you dont have reloading equipment, $60 on a bullet puller and lee classic loader and you are rockin'.

If I can get 303 rounds a cheaper way, Im in, but I'll gladly put in some elbow grease for ammo thats a quarter of the cost of factory ammo.
 
The Greek HXP .303 ammo is very good. same for their .30-06 M2 ball. The brass is ex quality and is the heaviest case weight that I've used. The Greek .30-06 is currently being sold by the CMP in the US.
 
Perhaps Canada Ammo can bring this in directly from Greece and cut out a few middle men.

I volunteer for the recce party to find the warehouse in Greece :)
 
Suther said:
Bah. You can turn cheap 7.62x54r surplus ammo into plinking rounds for the 303. You can make 500 rounds for $120 or less if you've already got some cases. Even if you dont have reloading equipment, $60 on a bullet puller and lee classic loader and you are rockin'.

If I can get 303 rounds a cheaper way, Im in, but I'll gladly put in some elbow grease for ammo thats a quarter of the cost of factory ammo.
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So can i dump a powder charge from a surplus 7.62x54r right into a .303 primed case without over pressure?
 
In the mid 90's, I bought ~1000 rounds of HXP .303 by mail order thru the Shotgun News classified paper.
Absolutely great ammo! I wish I bought a LOT more.
 
@ BOSS351CLEVELAND:

Absolutely NOT. There is considerable difference between the charge for a 7.62x54R and a .303. A straight-across swap from 7.62x54R TO .303 WOULD be disastrous.

OTOH, dumping a .303 charge straight into a 7.62x54R should give you a nice, accurate load which is a bit on the mild side.

PULL DOWN a few rounds of the Russki ammo and WEIGH THE CHARGES and bullets. The BULLETS you can use straight across. You know what the Charge is and you know what the performance is supposed to be, so you should be able to work out the RBR of the powder in the cartridges.

Remember, it will not be far from what we call 4895: that is your benchmark to work from. Why? Because DuPont built a string of powder mills across Russia for Glorious Comrade Stalin (Hero of the Workers, Peasants and Intelligentsia) and the powder-mills worked fine.... so the Russians just copied them when they needed more.

So you work out what the powder IS, dump it into a clearly-marked can and RE-MEASURE it when loading into your .303 brass. You will have some powder left over, so you can use it with commercial slugs. Remember, most .303s are at their best with FLAT-based slugs.

If you are REALLY looking for CHEAP and ACCURATE target loads, do try the C.E. Harris UNIVERSAL LOAD: a 180-grain CAST bullet ahead of 13 (thirteen) grains of Red Dot shotgun powder. With a 3-cent Gas Check on the slugs, you are looking at a nice, accurate 200-yard-plus load that doesn't kick and costs only $2.50 a box. If you really want to know what this Super El Cheapo load can do, ask TINMAN204 or BUFFDOG; they both get scary results from it.

COMPONENTS do interchange between .303 and 7.62x54R but you have to keep your wits about you.
 
My cousin gave me a box of a few hundred rounds of Canadian military .303 ammo he found this year. there is lots of the good stuff still out there I just keep my eye out at gun shows.
 
Hey time for a THREAD HIJACK....

If my wife was a dual American citizen, could she purchase and possess this ammo in the states... and then instantly transfer possession to me once we hit the Canadian border?

Not discussing unlawful activity (as per Forum Rules), just spit-balling here.
 
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