COLLECTOR 1 wrote:Bertram Brass do a formed 303/25 case. Simplex make both 5/8 and 7/8 dies. Funny enough Lyman made dies years ago in 25/303 Australian...true story.
Easy round to make from virgin 303 brass. The trick is to use a Simplex vice die to form the case, trim to length and then fls/neck after fire forming.
Great old classic calibre
Collector 1
bentaz wrote:I went out the back and had a look, the brass i bought was from "balistic products inc." in qld.
Jeff303 wrote:Really easy to make & load & a useful & fun piece of history. Go for it
Title_II wrote:If you carry a fun in Australia you will go to jail.
duncan61 wrote:Blt83 Take on everyones opinion but if I was you I would be grabbing and loving that sporterized military rifle.I am not increasing my firearm collection because I have everything I need and am working on trail boss loads at the moment or I would be interested in having one myself.According to ADI loading data it falls in the middle of the .25 chamberings and is more than enough to deal with most ferals.what does it matter the cost of cases and time needed to reload its all part of the sport we are involved in.
Heckler303 wrote:I'm a little late to the party but I'll add to the party.
Here in taswegia, there's more than one 303-25 to play around with. Got one based on a No.4 and one based on a M1917, the latter still a WIP. The No.4 is a great rifle still, and using 90grn .257 Hollowpoints as I discovered from a New Zealand deer hunter, it puts the smack down. Unfortunately I have yet to take a deer here with it yet (that and Tasmanian fallows are considered unicorns), but on the range, ragged hole groups at 100 yards have been achieved from simple Lee Enfield accurizing techniques. I would highly recommend searching for Roger Wadham's book for getting the best of your enfield variant. It is strange how just a smaller bullet and a wildcatted military cartridge can gain such amazing results, just from a little TLC.
303-25 reloading dies are available via simplex who are still running here in Australia, and will gladly sell you any part you need barring the extremely technical bibbity bops. One thing I'd do first is check out how the cases are fireformed, some tend to have much sharper necks and tapers than others, while some seem to have very botched rechambering jobs, everything being soft. Also, try to use newer cases, as ex milsurp ammo tends to be a lot more brittle after continued use, and especially when wildcatted, this is general knowledge.
Bonus: The No.4 Mk.1, made in England, 1943, converted mid 60s with sportco 303-25 barrel, sporter stock, and bridgemount:
marksman wrote:was my uncles favorite cartridge for head shooting fallow out to 200
before he passed away l gave his rifle a birthday fitting a huber concept trigger, bedding and giving it a new coat of danish oil
l reckon he just about slept with it after, he was very pleased with it especially the trigger although he did like it a lot heavier than l would
he shook pretty badly but he could shoot that rifle, l used to laugh sometimes when we went for a hunt and l'd look to him and he had nodded off for a bit
after the shot even at 84 years young he would push you out of the way to dress out the deer, they were very good times
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