You'll need good luck for .303, it's long gone. Buy yourself a good single stage press and learn to reload. It's neither difficult nor expensive, and you can tune a load specifically for your rifle. A bit of care and patience and you can be making match ammo.
Where's surplus ammo?
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You'll need good luck for .303, it's long gone. Buy yourself a good single stage press and learn to reload. It's neither difficult nor expensive, and you can tune a load specifically for your rifle. A bit of care and patience and you can be making match ammo.
No, just looking for it. Sorry to get your hopes up
There's some displayed on Badger Arms Supply. Good luck!
ostrof, there's only one realistic hope these days: handload the stuff.
Primers and powder are the same as for any military .30-calibre, also slugs. Brass is being made by Partizan and imported at a reasonable price (hardly any more than US brass). Tradex has it in stock, possibly some others.
Nice thing is that you can roll your own for the same price as buying factory soft-points, then reload the brass for half-price. AND it's a lot of fun, making your own.
BONUS is that you can tailot the load to YOUR rifle. When it starts shooting better than all the others, you have the knowledge that it was ammo that you made by YOURSELF that gave this result.
Have fun!
Primers and powder are the same as for any military .30-calibre, also slugs. Brass is being made by Partizan and imported at a reasonable price (hardly any more than US brass). Tradex has it in stock, possibly some others.
Nice thing is that you can roll your own for the same price as buying factory soft-points, then reload the brass for half-price. AND it's a lot of fun, making your own.
BONUS is that you can tailot the load to YOUR rifle. When it starts shooting better than all the others, you have the knowledge that it was ammo that you made by YOURSELF that gave this result.
Have fun!
Gun auctions are good places to look for old mil ball. The previous owner was invariably a collector who would pick up milsurp when he could for his rifles. The last auction I attended in Red Deer had loads of 1943 DI Mk VII Ball (Dominion Industries, Montreal). 1943 DI is boxer primed, so I get to fire 1943 ball out of my 1943 Long Branch. I keep the casings for reloading.
Auctions and Gun Shows may also have a lot of old Dominion/Imperial/IVI commercial ammo in 150 grn, 180 grn and even 215 grn. Even if you have no use for the bullets, pull them (do NOT throw them away, especially the 215 grainers), dump the powder, deprime and and reload with whatever you want to do Service Rifle with.
The Canadian Rangers is a growth industry. They get a lot of 303 made by IVI, both in 215 grn (normal issue) and 174 grn for local and CFSAC type matches. Once the remaining Long Branch and Fazakerly rifles are no more (though they may well run out of magazines first) new bolt action rifles will be acquired - and it won't be in .303.
Auctions and Gun Shows may also have a lot of old Dominion/Imperial/IVI commercial ammo in 150 grn, 180 grn and even 215 grn. Even if you have no use for the bullets, pull them (do NOT throw them away, especially the 215 grainers), dump the powder, deprime and and reload with whatever you want to do Service Rifle with.
The Canadian Rangers is a growth industry. They get a lot of 303 made by IVI, both in 215 grn (normal issue) and 174 grn for local and CFSAC type matches. Once the remaining Long Branch and Fazakerly rifles are no more (though they may well run out of magazines first) new bolt action rifles will be acquired - and it won't be in .303.
Ranger ammo is 180 gr. SP and 174 gr. FMJBT.
