Missing the old Greek HXP ball ammo? More seems to have been found.

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Originally Posted by Rick

You suspect (or know) that this Greek HXP has the old style corrosive primers? I thought they were well gone by then?

The nice thing about when you're shooting muzzle stuffers like my .54 caliber Hawken replica, it's so easy to take the barrel out of the stock, remove the nipple, and then stick that end in a pail of your favorite solution of boiling water, and use a mop on the end of a cleaning rod to pump that boiling hot water back and forth through the barrel, rinse and repeat.

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Will also be shooting some '41 Winchester.

The HXP primers aren't corrosive.

Range report has the HXP grouping about the same as the '41 Winchester. Some Prvi that was downloaded about 1 grain and a 180gr FB soft point shot slightly better. We are shooting a minute of pie plate out of a good condition Maltby '42 with flip sight and war expedient 2 groove barrel.

The ammo seems to function properly and next time I will try it out of the No. 4 Mk. 1 (T).

HXP .303 has never been corrosive. Never.

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Originally Posted by limpetmine

HXP .303 has never been corrosive. Never.

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ALL ammunition is both corrosive and erosive to some extent, but certain types are far worse than others.
HXP is way down the scale.

I think someone skimmed my earlier post and thought I was using the hot water for the HXP when it was always for the '41 Winchester.

The Win .303 also gave off a nice smoke cloud, which the HXP and Prvi .303 did not.

Although on the adjacent bench my son was shooting a CMP M1 rifle and THAT HXP BALL M2 ALSO PRODUCED A NICE CLOUD.