Anyone replicate the old paper packs of .303?

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Was watching a video a while back of a guy loading some .303 for his old lee metford and one thing I thought was a nice touch was he packaged it in 10 round packs similar to what they would have done back in the late 19th and early 20th century.
like this:
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I figured it might be neat to package my re-loads once I get around to loading all the brass i have collected so I tried with some factory ammo and tried to make a few using Word and it came out alright. a little tricky to get the rounds lined up bit in the video he had a simple jig to help with that. The results were pretty good, and the packs are nice and handy. I changed the wording a little to match whatever ammo would be inside, for example in the spot that said "CORDITE" I put a spot for all the load details. I also used tape instead of twine, don't have that much patience.

Anyone else have enough time to waste to try this lol?
 
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Here are my first successful attempts using some Winchester Soft points. Still playing with the size and such. Going to see if I can find some brown printer paper. I know they are not exact but they were never intended to be. Just inspired by the original I would say.

Top left is the first, then bottom left is the latest. right is the packet I based them off. sorry for the foggy pic, camera lenses was out in the cold so kept fogging up.
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That's pretty neat! :cool: Thanks for posting pics of your paper packs. Once you get the formula fine tuned, would you share the directions? :)
 
When we were issued 303 for the Annual match in Ottawa, it had a unique set of stripes, so that it would be obvious if someone was using special ammo.

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Once upon a time, the issue 303 ammo was hollow point.

hp303.jpg
 
Very nice collection. I think it was the last time you posted those pics is what actually made me want to start collecting these old packs. Picked a few up from a gunshow a while back. I hope to find enough different packs to fill a decent size frame and hang them on a wall.



Ganderite said:
When we were issued 303 for the Annual match in Ottawa, it had a unique set of stripes, so that it would be obvious if someone was using special ammo.

banded303.jpg


Once upon a time, the issue 303 ammo was hollow point.

hp303.jpg
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