Turkish 303 ammo
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Scooter22
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I don,t know but it sounds interesting. I have a batch of Pakistani I,ve been using for the small amount of .303 I use. With that you aim, pull trigger and look up and yell FORE! Then it goes off. Hope yours is better.
Riomouse911
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Sounds like the load, aim, click!……………………..BANG! 1943 surplus ammo I got from The Sportsman’s Guide so many years ago.
It really showed if you were flinching!
Stay safe.
Scooter22
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Yeah. Probably makes the Turk look like Match ammo.
That's what I've been reading.
jonnyc
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Turkish .303? Can you post a pic of the box and headstamp?
This is all I've been able to find online. If I had some I could get a headstamp photo for you but I don't have any.
Carl N. Brown
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Scotter22: "Pakistani ... .303 ... you aim, pull trigger and look up and yell FORE! Then it goes off. ...."
Yep. I bought a bandolier of that stuff.
Great for practicing follow-through for shooting a flintlock. Click sssss Boom!
No so great for practicing a classic "mad minute" drill with a Lee Enfield.
The Pakistani .303 ammo was nice and clean looking, reasonably accurate at 100 yards, and same POI as Remington 180 gr Corelokt.
I assumed it was corrosive and cleaned accordingly.
After reading these No.1 Mark III* and .303 surplus threads, Sunday I went to the range to test some .303 reloads with IMR4166. I decided I'd shoot my last five Pakistani rounds rather than risk someone inheriting them & my rifle. One fired normal, two hang fired, one took me doing a cook off count down/extract/rotate/try again, and the last took five try agains before cooperating. Way long past the "use by date".
The problem I suspect is that some surplus ammo made in wartime may have skipped some stabilization steps since it was not intended for long term storage, but ended up in inventory rather than getting used up.
Yep. I bought a bandolier of that stuff.Great for practicing follow-through for shooting a flintlock. Click sssss Boom!
No so great for practicing a classic "mad minute" drill with a Lee Enfield.
The Pakistani .303 ammo was nice and clean looking, reasonably accurate at 100 yards, and same POI as Remington 180 gr Corelokt.
I assumed it was corrosive and cleaned accordingly.
After reading these No.1 Mark III* and .303 surplus threads, Sunday I went to the range to test some .303 reloads with IMR4166. I decided I'd shoot my last five Pakistani rounds rather than risk someone inheriting them & my rifle. One fired normal, two hang fired, one took me doing a cook off count down/extract/rotate/try again, and the last took five try agains before cooperating. Way long past the "use by date".
The problem I suspect is that some surplus ammo made in wartime may have skipped some stabilization steps since it was not intended for long term storage, but ended up in inventory rather than getting used up.
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commygun
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Save it for summer. Gunny recommended letting the POF stuff warm in the sun before using it. Something to do with the primers though I don’t recall exactly what. Nevertheless, it worked. Last SMLE outing I shot 80 rounds of sun-warmed POF .303 without any hesitation in ignition.
You had better luck than I did then. Even letting POF sit on a concrete bench in direct sunlight on a hot summer day did not help with the hang fires for me.
Ironicaintit
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You lost me at Turkish
Grayrock
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kje54- where did you find it?
