Brit ammo going the way of the Dodo

Bonded core! nice!

Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)

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.

http://www.corbins.com/kit-224.htm

Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)

That is pretty cool!

Bullet Smith wrote:

I cast gas checked bullets for my 303s, as well as paper patched bullets. Most recently, I started swaging soft point hunting bullets for myself and my friends.

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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shiloh wrote:

I hope the prices come down, but I doubt they will. Artificial shortages blamed on covid and other nonsense to drive prices up on good across the board and then inflation on top of that is setting prices where the greedy want them.

As long as there are sales the prices will remain.

I have what I have now as far as reloading is concerned and when its all used up that`l be be it for me.

I no longer have the means nor the funds to replace it. All our house hold funds go to home, food and gas for the car. The rest gets gobbled up in taxes, more than half of our income goes to one form of tax or the other, leaves zero for leisure.

You can add to that the millions (maybe billions?) of rounds going into the Ukraine. I’d 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.

scottz63 wrote:

Just noticed this morning there is a lot of Winchester 180gn hunting 303 everywhere. Around $50 a box average though.

Gunbroker has a bunch of unfired Winchester ammunition dated 1941 for $26.99 a box. Do not buy it unless you are willing to spend an additional $35.00 in shipping costs. I made that mistake. Saw the 26.99 price tag for the cartridges but did not see the 35 dollar shipping cost and blindly made the purchase. No jodidamente bueno!

Just noticed this morning there is a lot of Winchester 180gn hunting 303 everywhere. Around $50 a box average though.

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Herters used to be highly regarded.

Isn't it rebranded PRVI or something now?

I stand corrected its S&B.

"For hunters and shooters looking for traditional ammunition, Herter’s Select Grade Brass Case loads offer full metal jacket and jacketed cup-and-core soft-point bullets for target and big-game use. These Boxer-primed, non-corrosive cartridges are loaded by the Czech firm Sellier & Bellot in several common rifle and handgun chamberings."

Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)