POF .303 surplus ammo.. shoot or save?

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Originally Posted by Bruce McAskill

Hoppes #9 will not remove the salts left over from corrosive primers. The only thing that will remove it is water in one form or another. USGI WW2 bore cleaner works very well and yes it contains water.

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Sorry Bruce, we have to agree to disagree on this.

Boiling water and dish soap for me. I'm still looking for a metal funnel though ! I have quite a few .303 on strippers in Bandoleers . They are disconcerting to shoot though. Just when good ammo became available for Enfields the ammo crunch hit.

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Originally Posted by kosmolinekid

I'm still looking for a metal funnel though !

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Try here, it's for machine guns but it's close. WWI Water Cooled Machine Gun Cleaning Accessories: 2 Piece Set ima-usa.com I've seen the repros around, just can't find them right now...

I have two metal funnels. Got them as a present from my son a couple years ago. I would love to trade you one for a bandoleer of .303 but alas you can't ship ammo to me.

Just so there's no misunderstanding by anyone who may be hesitate to shoot corrosive ammo and doesn't want to pore water down their bore.Attachment 43926

why does water scare people?

Water=rust. Even though we know you can use it and then safely mitigate the negatives we still have that thought of rust burned in our minds.

I used it years ago when cleaning my No4 after target shoot but seeing as I don't shoot corrosive in my .303's now it is not something I consider doing.

Now even though I shoot my SKS a lot I still don't do it, just use many other products, guess I still fear that water=rust scenario.

That is why I use Boiling water it evaporates the water. I use WD40 to displace any water on the receiver or front sight. I then usually hang my Enfield barrel down from a tree in my back yard to drain. I was in my garage last week and found an OLD .303 bandoleer ( w/o ammo ) dated 13-4-18. My garage is neat to dig around in sometimes. Last time I dug around I found a WWII ammo can full of Garand clips last count was 90+. That is not counting the other cans with the bandos !

Check this ammunition out... 2,204 rounds of British .303 military Mk VII ammo : Rifle Ammunition at GunBroker.com

I bought a case from SPG years ago that came with that wooden case. All hang fire ammo still have have some in loose and in bandoleers. I did not fire it all up because my Lithgow stock split . It is here where I learned about the infamous Coach Wood stock. Bummer I loved that rifle too.