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Reloading .303 British : 1950 mk7 DA
Author: britriflesSubject: 1950 mk7 DAPosted: March 17 2022 at 3:30amI still have a fair bit of DA 50 and DA 51, both are Berdan primed and loaded with NC Powder. Accuracy is quite good, the ‘51...
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Author: OlddustSubject: 1950 mk7 DAPosted: March 17 2022 at 3:35amYes that’s the stuff. It is quite consistent in powder charge and bullet weight. Do know if the priming is corrosive?
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Author: britriflesSubject: 1950 mk7 DAPosted: March 17 2022 at 3:58amI don’t believe it is. I’ve shot hundreds of rounds of this, I always clean the bore and chamber right after every shoot with...
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Author: britriflesSubject: 1950 mk7 DAPosted: March 17 2022 at 6:31amI chrono’ed some DA 51 Mk 7z a few years back. Temp 50 deg F. Velocity data at 18 feet from muzzle. MV = 2412 fps, ES = 78 fps,...
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Reloading .303 British : Hornady 303B cases available!!!
Author: GoosicSubject: Hornady 303B cases available!!!Posted: March 17 2022 at 9:12amI was in www.brunoshooters.com this morning picking up some IMR4895 and noticed that they had a bunch of H4350 and...
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Author: ZedSubject: Hornady 303B cases available!!!Posted: March 17 2022 at 9:22amAre the Hornady cases made by Remington?
View ArticleReloading .303 British : Hornady 303B cases available!!!
Author: GoosicSubject: Hornady 303B cases available!!!Posted: March 17 2022 at 9:43amI do not know. What I do know is that I picked up a box of 303 British Unprimed rifle case that has Hornady printed...
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Author: OlddustSubject: 1950 mk7 DAPosted: March 17 2022 at 12:09pmThat is interesting data. Trying to tune up a load for my Faz mk2. I had great success in trying a few reloads of the 1965 7.62...
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Author: britriflesSubject: 1950 mk7 DAPosted: March 17 2022 at 4:34pmSub-MOA groups is pretty tough to do with iron sights. You are an exceptional shooter! You are no novice Olddust!
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Author: OlddustSubject: 1950 mk7 DAPosted: March 18 2022 at 11:52amThank you for the kind words but I think it was some luck and the mostly rifle. Its an early dcra conversion. I loaded 39-42g in half...
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Author: britriflesSubject: 1950 mk7 DAPosted: March 18 2022 at 12:55pmYou will find that crimping the case mouth on the bullet gives no improvement in accuracy. And unless the cases are all trimmed to...
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Author: ShamuSubject: 1950 mk7 DAPosted: March 18 2022 at 1:27pm^^^This.I'll share a trick. take your expander ball & chuck it in a power drill. now spin it with some verry very fine carborundum...
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Author: britriflesSubject: 1950 mk7 DAPosted: March 18 2022 at 1:48pmYup, I did the same thing to my F/L sizing die. I also bought a -0.001 inch undersize .303 mandrel from Lee for use in the collet...
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Author: OlddustSubject: 1950 mk7 DAPosted: March 18 2022 at 4:05pmIf “crimping is detrimental to accuracy”, not crimping the 7.62 loads I made up would make them shoot even better? The 39.5 grain load...
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Author: GoosicSubject: 1950 mk7 DAPosted: March 18 2022 at 5:04pmUsing the crimp puts more tension on the bullet reducing accuracy especially with the 7.62mm. The accuracy load for the 7.62mm/.308 from...
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Reloading .303 British : 1950 mk7 DA
Author: britriflesSubject: 1950 mk7 DAPosted: March 19 2022 at 2:02am Olddust wrote:If “crimping is detrimental to accuracy”, not crimping the 7.62 loads I made up would make them shoot even better?...
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Author: bubba ho tepSubject: 1950 mk7 DAPosted: March 19 2022 at 7:33amI crimp all my cartridges , especially the 7,62 nato as I utilize them in L1A1's , HK and now an M1A. As well I always use a size...
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Author: bubba ho tepSubject: 1950 mk7 DAPosted: March 19 2022 at 7:35amI don't have accuracy issues crimping...but I am also not shooting for 1 MOA or less. When I have sought super duper accuracy I...
View ArticleReloading .303 British : 174 grain PPU
Author: 303 HunterSubject: 174 grain PPUPosted: April 07 2022 at 1:39pmI am looking at getting some of PPU’s 174 grain fmjbt bullets. What is their accuracy like?I know it does depend on the individual...
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Author: StumpkillerSubject: 174 grain PPUPosted: April 07 2022 at 5:26pmI shoot the 174 gr in my .303 No. 4 Mk 1/2* and the reloads are on par with Greek HXP surplus (which, to me, is the good stuff).I...
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