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Heard the HXP uses Olin Ball or a Greek made clone ball powder, could be excessive pressure due to degraded propellant.
I have some HXP .303 that still looks fresh, no bad odor from the powder from...

I said nothing about Hunting bears, if you had read my post you'd have seen that I said.


Bear attacks are extremely rare, too rare around here to warrant packing a hand cannon everywhere you go...

I've read that the record for a long range one shot kill before Hathcock was by an aged ex Confederate sniper early in the twentieth century.
The record is un official only because his lawyer...

And your cases are about thirty years apart in date of manufacture, one being from recent commercial manufacture, the other from WW2 era surplus machinery once used for military contracts.

I have...

Not much call for .303 in British service about that time, though I did see some photos of British troops carrying both the 7.62 BREN Guns and unaltered .303 BREN guns during the 80's, both gunners...

The HXP I have, has a flat base solid lead core bullet and is loaded with Olin Ball type powder, its boxer primed not berdan primed.
Near as I can tell its identical to Winchester "Whitebox" generic...

There seem to have been ammunition issued more for its ability to defeat armor than due to any increased accuracy.
In looking over headstamp pages there was one small company mentioned that produced...

Well if theres an increasing tendency for collectors to encourage people to ignore safety warnings then someone should at least take a few minutes to look up the sources of these warnings.
Just...

Why would I waste their time trying to confirm an internet rumour, based solely on the fact that they haven't bothered to answer other peoples questions.

Found that in their Winter 2001 journal,...

Perhaps this will explain the NRA warning



http://www.triplej.com.au/pdfpages/pressure_factors.pdf

The NRA probably figures that if you can send an email you can find the info for yourself....

If a Bolt action rifle malfunctions in the described manner, Bolt binding too much to operate and the rifle losing its zero, and that rifle is a freshly issued rifle in the hands of a trained sniper,...

Internet Archive: Free Download: Farrow's manual of military training

Theres some good useful information on the M1917 rifle, among a great many other things, but the part you might find most...

The Germans looted or destroyed the entire Greek munitions industry.
In 1946 Britian anounced that it intended to cut off all assistance to Greece, they could no longer afford it anyway. In 1947...

If the machinery came from Britain why would the ammo be loaded with a 174 grain flat base solid lead core bullet, rather than the MkVII bullet or the Boatail MkVIII bullets. Also if the machinery...

Then what other explanation is there for an Enfield rifle bolt binding so badly the sniper had to discard the rifle and continue the battle with a captured enemy weapon?
There is the possibility...

Greek HXP is made on Winchester supplied drawing machinery, using Olin cartridge brass same as any Winchester ammunition, and loaded with Olin powder produced by the same methods used for the Oilin...

Any action can be overamped if the cartridge its chambered for is subject to being loaded at higher pressures than the loads it is intended for.
The Winchester Model 95 is a good example. In .30/06...

I go by the original confession of faith , only authoritative and infalable in original manuscript form in the original lanuage the inspired writer. I think this goes back to 1689. All else is...

Unfortunately much of the misinformation originates not on the net but rather in the reference books collectors rely on to begin with.
A case in point would be the confusion over the "C" marked...

Since the British had disabled the windage adjustment feature of many No.1 MkIII rifles to conform to the non adjustable MkIII* type I wouldn't put it past them to have done the same to a windage...

What would be the Ordnance Board understanding you speak of?

I don't see a windage adjustment on that sight, so would that mean that the fine adjustment was to elevation only?
Or is that sight missing the adjustment knob at the pivot. There seems to be a...

Pattern 1914 (T) Sniper Rifle

Doesn't say who manufactured it.

Rifles of the world page 110
Rifles of the world - Google Books
Lists both remington and Winchester manufacture Fine adjustment...

Thats what it said on the site I found.
Could have been a confusion with MkVIIz though.
I know that other sources give a date in the 1930's for adoption of the Mk8 ammunition, but boat tail bullets...

I just tracked down a thread on another forum where WW1 Sniping was being discussed. According to one poster there bandoleers of Mk8Z ammunition chosen for accuracy were marked with a Green paint...