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

MusicianShooter said:
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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Um... no because your wife is not a registered exporter and cannot export firearms or ammunition from the US under any circumstances.
 
boss351cleveland said:
So can i dump a powder charge from a surplus 7.62x54r right into a .303 primed case without over pressure?
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Be careful about this. There are no universal rules about switching propellants and/or bullets from one case to another. In some cases it can be done. For example, I once got a pee-pot full of Brit RG 7.62 ball ammo. I think it was probably loaded with a Nobel stick powder similar to IMR4895, but I wasn't certain. I decided to convert this into "Mexican match" ammo for my M14 by pulling the bullets and replacing them with 150 gr Sierra match and 150gr Hornady FMJ bullets. This worked out well, but I was being conservative and just changed bullets with a small weight differential into the same cases over the same charge.

If someone ever does get into doing something like this, be advised that all military ball ammo uses a crimp and some of it even uses an asphalt based sealant around the bullets to waterproof the rounds. Before pulling bullets like this it helps to seat them just a tad further to break the seal and then pull them out as for any other bullet pulling exercise. The replacement bullets can then be re-seated to the appropriate OAL and re-crimped using the Lee factory Crimp Die for that particular caliber.

It is totally treacherous to try to ID one type of propellant from another just by looking at it. Yes, you can tell a flake powder from an extruded powder from a ball powder, but that's about where it ends. Could anyone really tell the difference between IMR4064 and IMR4350 by looking at them in a scale pan? Make a mistake or a wrong guess or assumption, and you might just be in for a kaboom. Old reloaders are like pilots; there are bold ones and there are old ones, but there are few old and bold ones.
 
tootall said:
Please continue.
Perhaps you can touch on the subtle differences between IMPORTING into Canada, and EXPORTING out of the USA.
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Yes, people need to be careful about the distinctions here. Just because you can bring something into Canada doesn't necessarily mean that you can possess that same article in the US or export it from the US. Things on the US side are very different in the aftermath of 9/11 and it's kind of a moving feast on regulations about just what "aliens", incl their Canadian friends, can possess in the US under US law, especially in the area of firearms, ammo and related items.

I go back and forth quite a lot and it's interesting to hear the good folks from "Homeland security" asking about guns and ammo nowadays. It was always the reverse. Also, be advised that US Customs and Border Patrol agents can and do perform spot checks of vehicles and contents before exiting the US. Somehow some of the bargains that we see down there are suddenly less enticing.
 
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