roundyuk Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 So I've just purchased a Savage No.4 from a buddy of mine, and was really interested to find some milspec .303 - but can't seem to find it anywhere. Would appear all supplies have dried up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurie Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 Ah ... like around 30 years ago .... if not 40! PPU is close to Mk 7z specification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCetrizine Posted July 26, 2017 Report Share Posted July 26, 2017 Move to Canada they get it free from the RCMP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marty Posted July 27, 2017 Report Share Posted July 27, 2017 I bought some South African surplus a few years ago , some went bang , some went pop , the rest went click. I pulled all the bullets , mk7s , and burned the rest in my incinerator in the back yard . I still have some of the excellent bullets , about 200 now remaining out of 500 bought . Ho hum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris-NZ Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 Just flicked my remaining No.4 and have yet to sell these: There's 735 of them in there, pretty heavy. Dunno about UK prices but I expect to get maybe 25 quid per hundred. Some enthusiast will no doubt want them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roundyuk Posted July 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 Ahh, a *few years behind the boat then! :-) I doubt I'll get into reloading the 303 as I won't shoot it that often, will just stick to the PPU stuff. Annoying that there isn't another option out there, but for £70 per 100 its not so bad? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbal Posted July 28, 2017 Report Share Posted July 28, 2017 Welcome to classic vintage cartridges,roundy. Some just have to be reloads,but in addition to PPU,Sellier &Bellot did 303 British -150 and 180,from memory-around the same price band (£75+) and may still be available.HPS do modern match ammo (£115). Remember the once fired brass has some value-either to others who reload,or maybe to you in the future! :-) gbal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangely Brown Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 I use nothing but 174gn .311 Sierra Match Kings these days; just a word on the brass though, Sellier & Bellot wont always take a primer as the primer pockets can be too small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoltHead Posted July 31, 2017 Report Share Posted July 31, 2017 The bottom of the primer pocket in S&B .303 brass is concave, the depth at the flash hole is OK, but it's too shallow at the edges. Even S&B primers won't seat flush. The pockets can be cut square with a primer pocket uniformer in an electric drill and then primers will seat flush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roundyuk Posted August 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 Found a recent (ish) link to a place that was selling some, http://www.highwoodclassicarms.co.uk/Spares/spares2.htm 150 quid for 288 rounds, not so bad. Shame you're in Scotland, I would have defo purchased that off you if you were selling! Shame we're not in the US, they just post the stuff :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roundyuk Posted August 1, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 Found a recent (ish) link to a place that was selling some, http://www.highwoodclassicarms.co.uk/Spares/spares2.htm 150 quid for 288 rounds, not so bad. Shame you're in Scotland, I would have defo purchased that off you if you were selling! Shame we're not in the US, they just post the stuff :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradders Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 I have some WW1 .303, So as it's the anniversary of Passchendaele, I thought I'd share this.It's a drum magazine from a Lewis Gun (1 of 4).They were dug up somewhere and this one is of interest.The ammo is .303 Mk VII, dated 1916 I think and surprisingly clean underneath the crud. If you examine it you will see a ruptured case and a bullet still retained where the case is supposed to sit.Examining the side of it and there is a hole going inwards that appears to be a bullet hole.We surmise that it was this bullet striking the magazine that burst the case.Further inspection shows the strike travelling in an upward direction, which suggests to us that this was fitted to a Lewis Gun on a Airplane, which may tally up with the fact that there were 4 drums recovered. Who knows what happened to the plane, but it might be fair to say that it met its end on that day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardiffplinker Posted August 1, 2017 Report Share Posted August 1, 2017 Amazing piece of history you have there Mr. Bradders! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roundyuk Posted August 2, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2017 Wow, very interesting item!! Don't think that's going to go through my No4 all that well though?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangely Brown Posted August 11, 2017 Report Share Posted August 11, 2017 The bottom of the primer pocket in S&B .303 brass is concave, the depth at the flash hole is OK, but it's too shallow at the edges. Even S&B primers won't seat flush. The pockets can be cut square with a primer pocket uniformer in an electric drill and then primers will seat flush. Agreed Chris! All my problems with S&B were before I bought a Dillon Super Swage 600; I used it yesterday on a friends batch of S&B and they now accept a primer with no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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