HXP 303 Now Available

[rondog]

Don't tell Son or Thunderbox but if you fire form your new cases with a rubber o-ring and don't say anything about headspace in our forum, then Son or Thunderbox can't chastize you about liking tight headspace. (just keep it quite and don't spread this around outside the U.S.)

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I'm sorry, but can you explain what you mean? Fire-form with an o-ring?

[Alan de Enfield]

Rondog - you had to 'bite' didnt you.

It'll be like opening Pandoras box all over again !!!

[Son]

The good old days.

It'll be quite a while until I can say that... don't tell Mr Horton, but I've got over a thousand HXP cases which I emptied through my rifles, for re-loading with ...
And I've still got another K + to go.... But I'm not gonna use any o rings... no point when there's only one round each for the restoration projects I got set aside for winter

[Bindi2]

Son i think that might fuse Ed. Looks like you might need a hand on that FTR job. I would help for a pick or two.

[Edward Horton]

Rondog - you had to 'bite' didnt you.

It'll be like opening Pandoras box all over again !!!

Alan "I" wont say a word about the rubber o-ring method of fire forming cases And at least Son understands my warped dry sense of humor

What someone else had to say after I posted the o-ring method at Gunboards and he put it to a destruction test.









Eds opened Pandoras box





100 grain pistol bullets, a rubber o-ring and perfectly formed cases with no stretching in the base web area of the case PLUS getting 30+ reloadings (all because I took a smart Canadians advice about rubber o-rings)

[chartreuse]

I wish I could drive there for some, Pennsylvania is more than a tank of petrol away! That's great stuff, wish we got more here.

It's even further away from TX. The irony is, I lived not too far from there a couple of years ago. Of course, I would have had no use for it, then.

That said, I was lucky enough to get a box and a half of HXP-69 thrown in with a 1943 Maltby that I bought last week (along with 2 bandos of 1944 Radway Green).

[rondog]

Rondog - you had to 'bite' didnt you.

It'll be like opening Pandoras box all over again !!!

Sorry. When it comes to the finer points of rifle shooting, I'm still pretty much a naive knuckledragger. Just wondering what this is all about, and if it's something I need to know and do. I've always been just a "stuff 'em in and shoot 'em" kinda guy, but if this is some trick that'll help me to actually HIT what I'm shooting at, it might be a good thing.

[Alan de Enfield]

Sorry. When it comes to the finer points of rifle shooting, I'm still pretty much a naive knuckledragger. Just wondering what this is all about, and if it's something I need to know and do. I've always been just a "stuff 'em in and shoot 'em" kinda guy, but if this is some trick that'll help me to actually HIT what I'm shooting at, it might be a good thing.

No problem - its just one of Ed Hortons specialities, basically you fire-form your case with a rubber o-ring between the rim and the breech, this holds the case centrally and helps to minimise stretch and improve case life if you are reloading. I'm sure Ed will post the pics and details in due course.

[Mk VII]

Don't start him off again. We've had more than enough of his so-called sense of humour.

[rondog]

Mr. Horton and I have been discussing this via PM's, so I don't think you have to worry. I appreciate any/all help and advice from whoever is willing to send it my way! I do reload, and am just starting with .303's, so this will help me. Not that I plan to try for 30+ loadings per case, but if I can get several that will be fine. I had no idea that there's a possibility of only geting 2-3 loadings before the head breaks off.

I suppose having the headspace checked on my lil' carbine might be a good idear. Might not even be an issue, it has a matching bolt and seems to be in very good shape overall, maybe it hasn't had the snot shot out of it.