Sellier and Bellot CZ 303 british

[ssj]

Hi,

Has anybody shot and reloaded this? ie whats the quality of the brass like?

regards

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[Buntlineguy]

I tried it when I first got my Enfield. First reload had several case separations. Brass is the worst I ever used. My advice is to pitch them. No trouble with any other common brand.
Good Luck
B

[WarPig1976]

I have to agree whole hearty, SB brass doesn't hold up well. Prvi partisan is good stuff.

[ssj]

bummer, oh well I only bought 20. I'll pull the sp and powder tomorrow and load a FMJ and 39gr adi2208 and see how they do, I cant use sp on the range Im at FMJs and target projectiles only.

Im going to use privi for one gun, but I have 3 so far so dedicating one manufacturers brass to one gun would have been neat....

[ssj]

Fired these, no issues at all, except reloading needed 2 secs with my rcbs crimp remover. Possibly if they failed on the first shot it was a bad batch? They seem to weigh more than my 1943 brass and the necks are a bit thicker...2 thou or so. Anyway I'll fire them til they start to look ropey or start to fail.

regards

[villiers]

... and the base of the cases varies in size. But the ARE cheaper here than most other brands.

[Curator]

Absolute crap! I won't even pick up once fired S&B .303 British cases at the public gun range. The ammo is good for those who don't reload, actually pretty good, just don't bother to try to reload it. I have had several friends bring their various Lee Enfields for me to remove broken cases from their chambers. Some part of this is due to the S&B rim thickness of .056 rather than the SAMI spec of .064 and their use of very brittle brass alloy to make their cases. Shoot once and throw away!

[CINDERS]

Agreed the S&B is just that an S of a B if you attempt more than a couple of reloads sometimes not even that if your 303 has a large chamber