303 brit powder?
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303 brit powder?
My nephew bought himself a nice sporterized Lithgow No 1 mkIII and now he is thinking of taking up reloading. My sister and I are looking around for things that he will need for Christmas presents. I have never loaded for the 303 but I imagine a medium powder should be ok for it. What have you fellas found worked for you ?
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Re: 303 brit powder?
Lyman 314299 and 19-20 gr SR4759. I have never loaded jacketed bullets for any of my 5 Enfields.
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IMR 4895 and Hornady's 174 SP.
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Winchester 760 and a Sierra 180gr soft point has been one of my bestest loads for my 303s.
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Re: 303 brit powder?
I have used H4350, IMR 4350, IMR 4895, IMR 4064, IMR 4320 and WW760. I think you can duplicate ball ammo velocities with any of these powders. I now use IMR or H 4350. Charge varies...
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Re: 303 brit powder?
Thanks for the info. I think I'm going to put a little package together for him. I was thinking IMR 4895 but I'll look into others also. He will be on his first deer hunt with me next weekend so I can talk a bit with him to see if he really is interested in reloading. I think he said 150 gr bullets seem more accurate in his rifle but I don't know how many kinds of the 180s he has tried.
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I've had good luck with 3031. I've also tried Varget and I think that it might be a good one, just haven't used it enough yet to be sure.
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I hunted for several years with a British .303.My accurate load was a Speer 150 Gr. soft point over 40 grains of IMR4895.
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Re: 303 brit powder?
Word is that 3031 was made for the .303, i.e. 303 1. I've read that a couple of times but can't remember the source so I'm not so sure of it now. It does work.
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Not sure if this is 100% accurate, but here's is some background on the IMR powders and their intended purposes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improved_M ... ifle_(IMR)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improved_M ... ifle_(IMR)
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Re: 303 brit powder?
I use Reloder 15 (42 grains) under a Sierra Pro-hunter 180 to almost duplicate military Mk. VII velocity. Very accurate as well.
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Re: 303 brit powder?
I used IMR3031 in my 7.7 Arisaka which is basically a rimless 303 Brit.
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Re: 303 brit powder?
Over here Varget is considered a good powder for the three-oh-three. Its the only one I used.
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Again thanks to everyone. I was basically right in that a medium powder should work. I am probably going to put a package of various powders I have on hand that he can try and we will go from there ie imr 4895 rl 15 and i think I have imr 3031 if not my 30-30 needs to be fed.
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Re: 303 brit powder?
My No.5MkI ('Jungle Carbine') likes the Hornady 150-gr Spire Point and Win 760.
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Re: 303 brit powder?
I'm using IMR 3031. Still developing the load, but right now it is a tame 32 grains of IMR 3031 under a 174 grain Hornady RN. Might boost it up to 33 grains. Then I want to develop a load for my RCBS 180 GC sized to .312.
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Re: 303 brit powder?
Make sure you buy a set of Lee Collet Dies and only use the brass that was shot in that 303 and you will be satisfied with case life.
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Re: 303 brit powder?
Lee C312-160-2R w/37 grains of H4895 work well for me.
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Good advice, those dies do work and I keep the brass separated for each of my three No4s.Bob Hatfield wrote:Make sure you buy a set of Lee Collet Dies and only use the brass that was shot in that 303 and you will be satisfied with case life.
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