On Surplus 303 British Surplus Ammo

[Just Duke]

Is there surplus in bulk still available and is it any good? Linky?
What is the traditional bullet weight?
TIA,
Duke

[Dead Dog Jack]

Surplus 303 British (if you can find it anymore!) will normally be the MkVII round which is a 174 grain spitzer bullet at about 2440 fps.

[Just Duke]

Surplus 303 British (if you can find it anymore!) will normally be the MkVII round which is a 174 grain spritzer bullet at about 2440 fps.

Thanks DDJ. How about surplus brass then?

[daengmei]

The brass is almost always berdan primed for 303 surplus. I purchase PPU 303 from AIM surplus, it is boxer reloadable and shoots nicely. http://www.aimsurplus.com/catalog.as...e=.303+British It is very often out of stock but always gets replenished.

[JeffinNZ]

I would stay clear of any surplus .303 ammo. Bad reports all round.

As far as brass goes, if you can get hold of Canuck Dominion DIZ brass it is great. I have hundreds dating 1942, all boxer primed and it is indestructable. The quality is better than new brass and it was war time manufacture.

[Lance Boyle]

If you found some Greek .303 with the HXP headstamp you'd have some nice surplus. Not much around anymore.

I roll my own in winchester brass with Sierra prohunter 180's. I haven't gotten to casting for .303 yet. Hell i haven't even slugged the barrel, I've only mic'd the muzzle at .315ish. (Mines a 2 groove No4mk1)

ETA- I finally throat slugged my Enfield - pretty nigh unto 0.316"

[MtGun44]

I have a case of Pakistani .303 that has about 25% normal firing, about 40% hangfires
of a fraction of a second and the rest misfire. Not a lot of fun. I have bought a few small
lots of real British WW2 vintage and had some lots work fine and some 100% misfire.
Kinda frustrating, I like .303s and wish there was cheap ammo available. I wonder
how much is inherent in the primer chemistry and how much is bad storage
conditions.

I have heard that the HPX Greek is really good ammo if you can find it.

Bill

[bruce drake]

HXP 303 Brit made after the 50's is like the holy grail for Enfield shooters. I had a couple of Bandoliers of some 71 HXP that I hold all my other 303 Brit reloads to in regards to accuracy. Awesome brass (boxer primers with a very light stab crimp) and accurate to boot. I got nearly 10 reloads out of that brass as well.

Bruce