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Reloading .303 British : IMR 4064 & cci primers

March 13, 2015, 4:57 am
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Author: SW28fan
Subject: IMR 4064 & cci primers
Posted: March 13 2015 at 11:57am

I have generally had poor results with 4064.  It may be just because I generally load to moderte pressures and it could like hoter loads. When I use it, my benched groups  increase by a couple of inches and my scores when I shoot prone my scores go down by ten points. 
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Reloading .303 British : Lovex/Ramshot

March 15, 2015, 8:52 am
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Author: The Bongo
Subject: Lovex/Ramshot
Posted: March 15 2015 at 3:52pm

Is anyone using Lovex or Ramshot powders in their .303s?  These powders are readily available to me and I am thinking about a hunting load with them.
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Reloading .303 British : Winchester 748

March 21, 2015, 1:41 am
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Author: Bert621
Subject: Winchester 748
Posted: March 21 2015 at 8:41am

I like it. I used it in R-P brass with R-P 9 1/2 primers to good effect with the 174gr Sierra HP.
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Reloading .303 British : no1 mk3 chambers

March 21, 2015, 12:48 pm
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Author: daneko
Subject: no1 mk3 chambers
Posted: March 21 2015 at 7:48pm

I have noticed, that my no1mk3 chambers seem to be much more consistant, then my no4 chambers. I have 5 no1[all bubba sporters, that I have decided I need to make better.]a neck sized round from one will chamber in all of them and visa versa,[without any undue bolt resistance.] on inspection the are really close. now I don't make a habit of interchanging them, but don't see why they would not work. now my no4s not so much.I have come to appreciate the smooth actions of the enfields [over my custom mauser]. especially the no 1s. wondered if anyone else has noticed this in their collection. Dane..
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Reloading .303 British : Hornady Bullets are Back

March 23, 2015, 5:47 am
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Author: pmyers
Subject: Hornady Bullets are Back
Posted: March 23 2015 at 12:47pm

I have 2 boxes of the .312 Hornady Spire points and can grab the last one they have at my local gun store. Shamu, what does your #5 like to eat?
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Reloading .303 British : S. African cartridge

March 29, 2015, 8:54 am
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Author: LilysDad
Subject: S. African cartridge
Posted: March 29 2015 at 3:54pm

A funny thing; there were three little dimples peened around each primer.
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Reloading .303 British : S. African cartridge

March 29, 2015, 11:28 am
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Author: White Rhino
Subject: S. African cartridge
Posted: March 29 2015 at 6:28pm

Peened primers are normal for Military ammo !! I had a bunch of 7.61x51 NATO that I got when I was in the Army ..and it was peened also !!!

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Reloading .303 British : S. African cartridge

March 29, 2015, 11:37 am
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Author: ikesdad
Subject: S. African cartridge
Posted: March 29 2015 at 6:37pm

I hear that's some good stuff, probably made by PMP.
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Reloading .303 British : S. African cartridge

March 29, 2015, 12:56 pm
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Author: DairyFarmer
Subject: S. African cartridge
Posted: March 29 2015 at 7:56pm

PMP make good cases. Some say the brass is too thick and causes pressure. Check case volume against your regular cases.

Peened or crimped primers normally mean the cartridge was designed to be used in a self loading action. In my experience any PMP (South African) ammo that doesn't have PMP on the head stamp is almost certainly Berdan primed.
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Reloading .303 British : S. African cartridge

March 29, 2015, 10:21 pm
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Author: Shamu
Subject: S. African cartridge
Posted: March 30 2015 at 5:21am

Originally posted by paddyofurniture paddyofurniture wrote:

Boxer primed, I hope?

I wish!
Unfortunately not.Cry
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Reloading .303 British : S. African cartridge

March 29, 2015, 10:30 pm
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Author: LilysDad
Subject: S. African cartridge
Posted: March 30 2015 at 5:30am

Ssssshoot! And I was hoping to reload.
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Reloading .303 British : S. African cartridge

March 30, 2015, 12:38 am
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Reloading .303 British : S. African cartridge

March 30, 2015, 2:47 am
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Author: Shamu
Subject: S. African cartridge
Posted: March 30 2015 at 9:47am

Even worse they're that odd small Berdan sized primer that no-one seems to be able to find.
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Reloading .303 British : S. African cartridge

March 30, 2015, 5:43 am
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Author: paddyofurniture
Subject: S. African cartridge
Posted: March 30 2015 at 12:43pm

Time to get out a drill press and try to convert them to boxer primes, maybe?
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Reloading .303 British : S. African cartridge

March 30, 2015, 6:12 am
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Author: terrylee
Subject: S. African cartridge
Posted: March 30 2015 at 1:12pm

I recently conducted an experiment using the best .303 marksman amongst my friends. The object was to establish the relative merits of early 1970s cordite loaded South African military ammunition and its nitro loaded equivalent dating from the late 1970s. (probably used in machine guns) 

The marksman concerned was kept in the dark concerning what cartridges he was shooting until after the experiment had been completed.

The results indicated that the cordite loaded rounds were marginally superior to the nitro. However, both were markedly inferior to the current PMP commercial rounds. 
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Reloading .303 British : S. African cartridge

March 30, 2015, 10:43 pm
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Author: Shamu
Subject: S. African cartridge
Posted: March 31 2015 at 5:43am

That matches a similar test I did for different reasons.
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Reloading .303 British : S. African cartridge

March 31, 2015, 1:14 am
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Author: LilysDad
Subject: S. African cartridge
Posted: March 31 2015 at 8:14am

Two part question;
1   Why do you suppose so many military ammo manufacturers used Berdan priming?
 
2   Why don't sporting ammo manu. use Berdan priming since it would preclude us from reloading them?
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Reloading .303 British : Vectan Tubal 5000 v Tubal 3000

March 31, 2015, 5:00 am
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Author: Zed
Subject: Vectan Tubal 5000 v Tubal 3000
Posted: March 31 2015 at 12:00pm

I've been using Tubal 3000 for my No4 Mk1/2 rifle since I purchased the rifle. It gives good results in that rifle but is quite fast and gives quite a bit of recoil. When I started testing it in the No1MkIII*, it became evident that it needed something a bit softer. The accuracy was not great and the speed was too high even with a smaller load of powder. The accuracy was reasonable at 37,7 grains for the No1 at around 2400 ft/second, where as the No4 needs 39,3 grains and 2440 ft/sec to get the job done.
So I bought some Tubal 5000 for the No1 rifle; I'm still fine tuning the loads, but accuracy is coming good with 38,1 grains; also it is so much gentler to shoot than with the 3000. Feels almost like a .22; this stuff is so smooth I'm thinking I might work a load for the No4 as well.
Has anyone else tried this powder?
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Reloading .303 British : S. African cartridge

March 31, 2015, 1:45 pm
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Author: DairyFarmer
Subject: S. African cartridge
Posted: March 31 2015 at 8:45pm

It is easier to form the anvil in the case head than in the primer itself, hence berdan primers are used in mass produced military ammo. Because it is very unlikely that military ammo will find its way into civilian use, there is no need to use more expensive boxer primers.
 
If ammo companies had to change then they would all have to do it at the same time. Also reloading is a very small percentage of the market that it hardly affects them. Companies like S&B have a bit of a bad rep in the reloading community. Any case that has S&B on its head stamp, I scrap immediately. That is because of their use of Berdan primers in some cases. This leads to broken decapping pins and a lot of swearing.
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Reloading .303 British : S. African cartridge

April 1, 2015, 12:55 am
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Author: White Rhino
Subject: S. African cartridge
Posted: April 01 2015 at 7:55am

Originally posted by DairyFarmer DairyFarmer wrote:

It is easier to form the anvil in the case head than in the primer itself, hence berdan primers are used in mass produced military ammo. Because it is very unlikely that military ammo will find its way into civilian use, there is no need to use more expensive boxer primers.
 
If ammo companies had to change then they would all have to do it at the same time. Also reloading is a very small percentage of the market that it hardly affects them. Companies like S&B have a bit of a bad rep in the reloading community. Any case that has S&B on its head stamp, I scrap immediately. That is because of their use of Berdan primers in some cases. This leads to broken decapping pins and a lot of swearing.


Ran into that when I first started reloading...I had been saving brass for some time , even had some 9mm brass and some 7.62x51 NATO from when I was in the Army !!! 
Well I cleaned all my 9mm brass, then started decapping and resizing when I hear this metallic clink !!!
Well, thats when I found after looking that some how I had gotten 15 rounds of Berdan cases mixed into my boxer primed cases !!! I think it was the 5th or 6th case that I have put through !!! so then the search was on for new pins !!!! LOL!! this was back before the internet !!! so when I did find them I bought 2 packs ...that ended up being the wrong ones , at least I had a customer a few months ago that was looking for that type and gave them to him ...but I now keep the ones I need on hand !!
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