Thread: Identify old 303B Military Rounds

Ive shot wallabies with them LOL.... penertration was NOT an issue.

Originally Posted by muzza

You have Gracias book too , huh? A great referance.

As a completely unrelated aside - this cartridge used to be the recommended cartridge for use when euthanising stranded whales , by the Dept of Conservation. Gave adequate penetration through several feet of whale blubber to reach vitals/.

Muzza's correct, and the lower of these 2 rounds is the current whale euthanasing round! (.303 above).

Originally Posted by Jhon

Boxer primed?

No they are berdan primed

Originally Posted by zimmer

Shhh, copyright infringement ha ha.
Yeah, I have all the books you can on CAC. Cost me a small fortune.
Barry is still alive I presume? I visited his workshop long long time ago back in my black powder days.

I have all of his books also as well as Lynn’s. I’m not sure if Barry is still around

Originally Posted by omark

I have all of his books also as well as Lynn’s. I’m not sure if Barry is still around

@omark I missed Lynn's A Little Further A Little Faster over the course of it appearing in a couple of NZ auctions. I eventually scored a copy in Oz, cheaper than my failed postal bids at the auctions. I was wrapped.

Originally Posted by omark

No they are berdan primed

Did you reprime them? If so with what primers?.

Originally Posted by Jhon

Did you reprime them? If so with what primers?.

I use the.250 kynochs. 1960s but we’ll stored. You have to
Use a ram prime with a larger stem to seat them.
Lots of work bur well worth the reward.

I cringe when I hear of guys scrapping good cac brass.

Originally Posted by zimmer

@omark I missed Lynn's A Little Further A Little Faster over the course of it appearing in a couple of NZ auctions. I eventually scored a copy in Oz, cheaper than my failed postal bids at the auctions. I was wrapped.

It’s a great book and one of my most favourite reads.

Originally Posted by omark

I use the.250 kynochs. 1960s but we’ll stored. You have to
Use a ram prime with a larger stem to seat them.
Lots of work bur well worth the reward.

I cringe when I hear of guys scrapping good cac brass.

Yeah I'm sitting on a heap of them I've collected over the years. Also have a tin of primers I bought a few years back, from Gunworks I think. Never got around to trying them.. don't know if they are the right ones or not..also not sure if they are corrosive..so kind of a last ditch thing to have on hand. With what components are going for the last ditch might be closer than expected lol..

Good info on the ram prime..I have one. Did you acquire or make the larger cup?

Originally Posted by Jhon

Yeah I'm sitting on a heap of them I've collected over the years. Also have a tin of primers I bought a few years back, from Gunworks I think. Never got around to trying them.. don't know if they are the right ones or not..also not sure if they are corrosive..so kind of a last ditch thing to have on hand. With what components are going for the last ditch might be closer than expected lol..

Good info on the ram prime..I have one. Did you acquire or make the larger cup?

Treat all .250 primers as corrosive (no big deal if you clean correctly). I got someone to spin me up a larger stem for the ram prime .