Thread: GC .303 ammo

Greetings All.
Getting back to the Greek ammo. A month or so back a young chap turned up at our club with a pretty decent P14, probably a BSA Model B and some of the Greek ammo. He wasn't troubling the centre of the target much and some misfires and one pill going through the target sideways suggested it was not all him. We helped him out a bit with the rock hard recoil pad and the joys of handloading for a .303. Even the cases that misfired were pretty uniform for weight and shot well when reloaded so with a softer recoil pad he was good to go. A week or so back he was back with some better looking Greek ammo and some hand loads. Both shot well. I suspect that the grubbier ammo may have been cleaned up in some type of vibrating or tumbling cleaner. This should never be done with live ammo for a number of reasons. Still at least the brass was still good.
Regards Grandpamac.