Factory .303"

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Factory .303"

#1 Post by Tower75 »

Hi, all.

Right, I think I'm going to have to admit that my reloading gear is lost to me for a while. All of it is buried behind miles and miles of "garage-junk" and it's not coming out anytime soon. It's been a looong time since I've seen it, or done any shooting.

This leads me to ask, where can I buy factory .303" from? I've never bought the stuff, only ever reloaded, or bought surplus ammo by the hand full: I still feel like a novice after almost ten years shooting*

*Granted if you add up the time spent shooting in that period it will equate to about 5 weeks.
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#2 Post by meles meles »

Privi Parisan and Kynoch both make .303

We use Kynoch.

http://www.kynochammunition.co.uk/
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#3 Post by duff eyed doyle »

I have always found the sellier and bellot .303 to shoot very well and choose that in preference to the privi. I think they still sell it at the nra range office.
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#4 Post by ukrifleman »

Henry Krank sells Privi ammo, including .303.

If you are thinking of reloading the brass, boxer primed Privi is good quality.
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#5 Post by dave_303 »

I've used both Prvi and S&B, both shoot well, prices vary, I've seen Prvi as high as £70something per 100, sometimes as low £60

The last lot of S&B I bought was £44 per 75 rounds, it worked out around £60 per 100 if I recall.
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#6 Post by David TS »

meles meles wrote:Privi Parisan and Kynoch both make .303

We use Kynoch.

http://www.kynochammunition.co.uk/
David at Kynamco hasn't loaded any .303 target for about two years now, as he can't get components at a sensible price. I'm there tomorrow, I will ask him if the position has changed.

HPS Targetmaster also do .303, good stuff, and is my current supplier.
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#7 Post by meles meles »

We got ours a while ago, and it may have been old stock then...
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#8 Post by bnz41 »

If your looking to reload the brass at some point later I would stick to PPU much better brass than S&B for reloading.

I found some S&B ammo varies some what...

Try C&G for PPU or Ian at ITL shooting supplies (cheaper £60 per 100 on his web site) near Bisley

+1 for HPS at Bisley as well
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#9 Post by IainWR »

NRA Armoury sells S&B 180 gr and PPU 174 gr .303". We have six-figure stocks of both.
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#10 Post by Gaz »

S&B isn't bad stuff at all in 303, but I believe it's either loaded fairly hot or has soft primers.

That said, I haven't had any pierced primers in quite a while, so maybe I had a dodgy batch.
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