174 SMKs?

I’ve yet to find anything that shoots better. Loaded to around 2400 fps, it follows the trajectory of Mk 7 ammunition very close out to 600 yds. Beyond that, the higher BC gives a flatter trajectory. 

I'll be on the look out for some.

britrifles wrote: Irish Blonde wrote: I thought they were discontinued, but I guess they came out of retirement! LOL Not been discontinued, but are unavailable from time to time depending on priorities and backlog at Sierra.  The answer is to buy them and stock up when they are available. I try to keep about 5,000 on hand because it may be a few years until they become available again. Much like other reloading components.

Yup, same thing happens with PPU .303 brass.  Have to watch for it and then buy as many as you can when available. 

paddyofurniture wrote: I have a few thousand of the Indian 303 click bangs rounds. I salvage the bullets and powder. The brass I dump in the garage wood stove to pop the primers. Hear very few pops.

Fortunately for me brass won't be an issue for a very long time, if ever.  I've never counted all my cases but between unfired commercial, unfired surplus, previously fired but still reloadable and virgin brass I must be up around 3,000 cases.  I commenced a 5 Year Plan a la the Soviet Union before my retirement date to buy sufficient cases, powder, bullets, and primers for .303 British to carry me through my years of reduced income.  That, and I don't shoot as much as I used to so what I have on hand should last me a decade.  

britrifles wrote: Yup, same thing happens with PPU .303 brass.  Have to watch for it and then buy as many as you can when available.  I’m finding the PPU brass does not last as long as the WWII military brass.  I’ve been tracking the number of reloads on it. I get signs of web thinning after the second partial length (P/L) resize on about 5% of the cases. That’s after 8 to 10 neck sizings between P/L resizing.   I’m attempting to P/L size the case so that the bolt locks with very light finger pressure, but on firing the cartridge after the second P/L resize, the “white line of death” is beginning to show.  I doubt I’ll get much more than 20 reloads on these cases.  On the military brass, I would get 30 to 50 reloads.

Irish Blonde wrote: britrifles wrote: Yup, same thing happens with PPU .303 brass.  Have to watch for it and then buy as many as you can when available.  I’m finding the PPU brass does not last as long as the WWII military brass.  I’ve been tracking the number of reloads on it. I get signs of web thinning after the second partial length (P/L) resize on about 5% of the cases. That’s after 8 to 10 neck sizings between P/L resizing.   I’m attempting to P/L size the case so that the bolt locks with very light finger pressure, but on firing the cartridge after the second P/L resize, the “white line of death” is beginning to show.  I doubt I’ll get much more than 20 reloads on these cases.  On the military brass, I would get 30 to 50 reloads.  Oh boy, I would be happy with 10 loads each.