Bulk .303 british / 30-06
- Thread starter lt.hicks@rogers.com
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Megaclocker
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I would definately buy some 30-06 steel cased or not.
A lot of India's police are equipped with SMLE rifles, but probably most are 7.62NATO. Their Rifle Factory Ishapore (RFI) made them that way from the early 1960s to approx. mid 1970s. They have sold at least some of these rifles (their designation is 2A and 2A1) as surplus so that suggests any of the earlier .303British calibre would have been disposed of prior to that, and thus they wouldn't keep a stock of .303Br ammo. But you never know...
Pakistan Ordnance Factory (POF) continued to produce the No.4Mk2 in .303British for a long time after they acquired the design and tooling from ROF Faz when the U.K. stopped manufacturing, and these have showed up surplus here quite some time after the Indian .308 SMLEs, so maybe Pakistan also kept stocks of .303British ammo later than India, but Pakistani ammo that reached the civilian market had a patchy reputation.
And .312 bullet diameter.
Build your own.
Oh they still make it lol I've seen crates of it with 2010 lot productions of it.
Something like 800 rounds in a crate.......it's the only thing holding me back from buying an Enfield
As long as the CF issues .303British to the Rangers it will be in the procurement system, but I'm sure they have a pretty good idea of their consumption rate and it won't be surplus before they replace the No.4 rifles.
I acquired a thousand IVI cases* once-fired for reloading some years ago and am not even into them yet, so I don't think I'll buy steel-cased Norinco ammo. Yet.
* A thousand individual cartridge cases, not a thousand cases of cartridges, so no, I won't sell any.
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jasonk303
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Well if anyone does find some let me know
Chargerguy
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Nice!!! I'd buy several crates if 174gr FB .
lt.hicks@rogers.com
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- The Bush
Man when I started this thread, I was expecting to get flamed big time! Great to see there is actually a demand for the ammo, and not just me!
GUB
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- West Kelowna B.C.
The Sierra Pro hunter .303 cal .311 DIA is a flat base hunting bullett. #2310 The Sierra 5 th edition reloading manual has a good section on the .303. I found a old Speer #11 manual has a section on the .303 also. I use 40 grains of IMR 4895 with a 3.01 OAL. Mild load for a old gun. A good start until CA brings in some surp!!!!
enefgee
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- From here, it's all East
There is huge demand, especially for the 303. My local store brings in cases upon cases of Prvi, and even with most guys reloading (like madmen) it still never hangs around long. Not only would I buy steel case, if it were available I'd buy a drum of Prvi brass. I have shot IVI ball, the stuff I got was nice, shot to point of aim at short(ish) range (300) but I've heard it can be hit and miss for quality.
CanAm
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- Vancouver, BC
We sell that now. Made by prvi, cheapest brass cased 303 on the market
You guys need to realize, the cost of making new ammo is mostly materials, not labour. So making it in china does not save much.
The days of cheap 303, etc ammo are gone.
maxgz
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- S.W. Ontario
Interested in both 303@30-06 also 30-30 and 44mag. Seems you've hit some popular thinking to stock up.
MusicianShooter
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- SW Ontario
Doesn't this thread make you want to go buy a case of 7.62x39 while it's still relatively cheap?
Makes me think about that.
Makes me think about that.
Good call! I have an all-original Swiss Vetterli that I havent yet fired.
Dig a little deeper, Chris! I know that stuff is out there somewhere, tucked away in a foreign warehouse somewhere.
Morc
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- Saskatchewan
I sure could use some 8x50r Lebel for my Berthier. May have to resort to reloading a few just to try it out for the first time.
desporterizer
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- Toronto
The privi is good ammo but it could be 1000 times better with a flat, open base 174grn bullet. If you could get them to produce such a bullet separately at a price of less than $25 per 100, you would not be able to keep them in stock. I am sick of trying to get hunting bullets to work in my milsurps.
