Author: britrifles
Subject: Time to Get a New Batch of Cases
Posted: December 25 2018 at 2:14pm
About at the end of life of anothother batch of 300 or so cases for my .303. These have lasted me about 3 years, and I’m really not sure how many reloads, perhaps 30 or more on some of them. The case heads are cracking, I had one separate last weekend. Fortunately, not during a match.
Subject: Time to Get a New Batch of Cases
Posted: December 25 2018 at 2:14pm
About at the end of life of anothother batch of 300 or so cases for my .303. These have lasted me about 3 years, and I’m really not sure how many reloads, perhaps 30 or more on some of them. The case heads are cracking, I had one separate last weekend. Fortunately, not during a match.
My supply of cases has been Canadian military surplus, DI 1943, 1944 and DAC 1956 that my Dad had acquired over his years of .303 shooting. I’ve never had a neck split and I don’t anneal them either.
Ive got a fair bit of Mk VIIz left, a few thousand rounds, but I don’t really want to blast it all away just to get a supply of cases. I’m thinking of trying commercial cases.
I’ve got 200 RP cases, I’ve reloaded perhaps 60 of them a few times. But, these are no longer available.
What is the opinion of the forum members on which commercial cases are best? I really wish Lapua made .303 Brit cases! Hornady is readily available, but I have read some have had problems. I shoot typically 40 to 80 rounds a rounds a week, I want these cases to last at least 30 reloads.