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Goosic
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Bullet Smith
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Back in the 90s, I was working 3 jobs trying to make ends meet. I ended up selling my customized Long Branch sporter and all my reloading supplies to help support the family. I was working 7 days a week and sleeping around 5 hours each night. I eventually moved west and found better opportunities. I had to retrain my thinking so that I could relax and not work all the time.
I hope things turn around for you.
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britrifles
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You can add to that the millions (maybe billions?) of rounds going into the Ukraine. Iād imagine that many ammo factories are concentrating production for government contracts. I did read that the US military has depleted much of their stockpiles and will need to build them back up. We can hope that someday, the demand will go back down down, the supply will catch up, and we will see new .303 on the market again. But, yes, this sucks. |
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Goosic
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For those who reload. I have noticed that a couple of online stores have PPU FMJ-BT 174grn bullets for sale with a $39.00 dollar price per 100 pieces.
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Zed
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Very Interesting! what is your process for swagging your own bullets? Are you starting with an empty cartridge case ? I heard a few years ago that fired .22 cases could be swagged into bullet ogives and filled with lead. although I would expect a .22 case to be very thin for a .311 bullet.
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Bullet Smith
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I make the jackets from 223 Rem - 5.56 NATO and 300 Blackout brass. It takes 4 anneals and draws to get them sized down to .312ā
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Honkytonk
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That is pretty cool!
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scottz63
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It is pretty cool!
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Shamu
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The .22RF cases were swaged into bullet jackets for 5.56 or 6mm. there was a lead "wire" that you cut & slipped inside the case first IIRC. |
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Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)
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Bullet Smith
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Because I want to make a better hunting bullet, I melt the cores in using an acid flux. That is why they look copper, rather than like brass. The acid leaches out the zinc from the surface brass. The expanded bullet was recovered from 8ā of dry newsprint.
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Shamu
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Bonded core! nice!
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Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)
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Sapper740
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SGAmmo in Oklahoma has tons of PPU .303 British for as low as $22.95 box of 20.
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Honkytonk
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That is a fine performing projectile! Well done!
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Dragunov
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The brother-in-law in Georgia looks for .303 brass/bullets for me (as I look for .45 LC & .45-70 for him). He recently procured 3 sealed bags of 50 O.F. brass for me from a gun show in Jonesboro. The vendor, Georgia Arms, is a big player in selling components and reloaded ammo. While I didn't "need" the brass, it is always good to have back-up. Whilst not cheap @ $25/50 per bag, when calculated in Biden-bucks, it is what it is. Interestingly, they are generous counters, as one bag had 52, and both the others had 53. Sadly, when I checked online, they are currently out of stock.
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