Thread: Greek .303

Originally Posted by johnd

So, so far no one else has had any catastrophic issues ( see post in for sale section by @Manchester) . Apart from fail to fires, thats good to know. I think I might save the deep brown stuff (looks like a steel case 7.62 x 39 round) and pull it down for components.

Apart from failure to fires I have seen one go off as a squib round and lodge a projectile half way down the bore. Luckily the guy concerned realised what had happened.

Apart from the badly corroded stuff (about 10%) the rest is ok and Is good brass. The more recently available stuff is however getting worse and I suspect they are scraping the bottom of the barrel

I agree with Beca is in that some of the highly corroded stuff is probably dangerous. I suspect also that gun city wet tumbled it in a concrete mixer to clean it up and some of the neck and primer sealant has leaked.

You must shake each round to make sure the powder is good. I’ve pulled some that I couldn’t feel the powder in and it had been wet and was like tar.

I see that gun city are gradually putting the price up but even at $130 a round it’s still cheap.