Bindi2
I was just pulling your leg because you said “Cordite”, all early powders burned hotter than the powders we have today. Even today many of the powders used by the U.S. military are double base powders like “Cordite” which some people still think are barrel burners and cause excessive erosion.
Your Australian ADI powders have a very good reputation for temperature stability and have replaced the original DuPont IMR line of powders which speaks volumes in itself.
My main point in this posting deals with the Globalization of firearms companies, and company profits having priority over making a quality .303 British cartridge cases. My main point being why does American made .303 cartridge cases stretch and thin in the web area when Greek HXP .303 cases do not stretch and thin.
Bindi2, I bought 500 once fired Greek HXP cases from Brian Dick that were fired in many different rifles and machine guns and NOT ONE HXP case had ANY measurable thinning in the web area.
This is why I asked “who” made the posting at the old Jouster forum and “if” he actually did rechamber his .303 Enfield’s to accept stronger and higher pressure rated .308 cases. This just might be a mute point if the flow of Prvi Partizan .303 cases stay readily available. It just seems strange that Serbia a country that was part of the old Yugoslavia and an ex-communist country can make better cartridge cases than we make here in the U.S.
Below a commercial American made SAAMI .303 British case next to surplus South African military .303 case.
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https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...thicker3-1.jpg
