Shooting No4 Mk1*

[Acadianss]

If I were you I would NOT just blow that all away at the range. I would be saving that for special occasions. I know that this is what the rifle is sight in with, but, if you shoot all of the surplus ammo, there will come a time that you will wish that you had saved it.

I would be using modern commercial stuff for plinking until I had a good supply of brass, then make up a handload for it.

Beware, you might enjoy it so much, you'll drop 200$ on a workable intro Lee loading kit for 303 Brit... which would be okay...

Advantages: absolutely perfect ammunition, as good as you want to make, guaranteed noncorrosive;

'Dis'advantages: costs time and money.

Ha ya i'm not going to blow it away plinking, have 100 rounds of the 180gr Prvi first up, 250 rounds of the 8z are still in the sealed tin on a vickers machine gun belt which i'm going to leave sealed and the other 250 is on a belt in the tin but someone opened the tin so like you said i'l take a few here and there and eventually get into reloading.....i've talked to a few stores about reloading and ive been told its pretty much 500-1000$ to get stated reloading and ive heard the Prvi cases the best for reloading also the 8z cases are supposed to be good too, i'm thinking when i have a couple hundred brass i'l start reloading, almost half way there, i'm new to the milsurp world and trying to learn as much as possible so correct me if i'm wrong

 

[Kayser Sose]

Nah nah nah, this I don't see;

"500 to 1000$ to get started in reloading equipment."

Shop around, you can find better prices out there than that.

I perhaps was lucky to get set up (including stuff I dont really use) for around 300$. Some used, some new, some gunshop, some gunshow. Not counting consumables of course, there'll always be that expense...

The Lee starter kits are well priced, and you can always get complicated/spend more money later.

 

[Acadianss]

500 -1000$ was for decent stuff with consumables, basically everything except brass, anyways thx for the info i havn't got too serious about it yet, one thing at a time already getting carried away buying every gun i see haa

Nah nah nah, this I don't see;

"500 to 1000$ to get started in reloading equipment."

Shop around, you can find better prices out there than that.

I perhaps was lucky to get set up (including stuff I dont really use) for around 300$. Some used, some new, some gunshop, some gunshow. Not counting consumables of course, there'll always be that expense...

The Lee starter kits are well priced, and you can always get complicated/spend more money later.

 

[antiqueguy]

id not shoot mk8 ball out of a lee enfield this was a no no for soldiers for more then the reason of the boat tail it was higher pressure and wore out the guns faster (thats the reason it only came on mg belts).surplus is worth more as is plus if its brit made well the primers suck canadian primers where non corrosive in ww2 but most was still cordite and on that note if cordite go's through high temps the nitro mix likes to move down the strand thats not goo when your shooting it.

shoot prvi or S&B then buy a lee classic loader(the kind you use the hammer with) and load with it it neck sizes only and should save on brass plus its cheap

 

[jfred]

I'll buy it off of you for $100 if you don't want it

 

[Acadianss]

Here's some info i found on another site, milsurps i think

"
Mark VIIz and VIIIz
A degree or two of confusion here.

Mark VIIz is simply a Mark VII round loaded with nitro-cellulose propellant instead of cordite (the "z" sufix indicates NC on all British ammunition). Introduced in 1917 using American DuPont No.16, Mark VIIz was made intermitently right through the life of the .303, the last being made by ROF Radway Green in 1973.

Mark VIIIz was introduced for Vickers guns in 1938 to give better ballistics for long range barrage fire. It has a 175 grain boat-tailed bullet and is loaded to slightly higher velocity (2.550 fps nstead of 2,450) and pressure (20-21 tons instead of 19.5) than the Mark VII. Due to the different erosion properties the two should not be mixed in machine guns, but it is not a concern in rifles. It also has a more pointed profile than Mark VII. The official line was that Mark VIIIz could be used in rifles in an emergency or when a lower flash was desirable, e.g. night patrols.

jfred i think you should edit your post and add a zero, but its still not for sale!

id not shoot mk8 ball out of a lee enfield this was a no no for soldiers for more then the reason of the boat tail it was higher pressure and wore out the guns faster (thats the reason it only came on mg belts).surplus is worth more as is plus if its brit made well the primers suck canadian primers where non corrosive in ww2 but most was still cordite and on that note if cordite go's through high temps the nitro mix likes to move down the strand thats not goo when your shooting it.

shoot prvi or S&B then buy a lee classic loader(the kind you use the hammer with) and load with it it neck sizes only and should save on brass plus its cheap

I'll buy it off of you for $100 if you don't want it

 

[bang_on_sk]

thanks for all the info, I've been picking up reloading stuff cheap and I've got about 150 pieces of brass to reload now.

I think i will save the surplus stuff, it arrived from my dad (2 .50 cal cans full) in original cardboard and I'd rather not open them, also the range I'm part of doesn't allow FMJ so it's not the issue I thought it was.

Thanks again folks.