SAMCO ammo question

I see SAMCO has mixed lot .303 British manufacture ammo for sale. I know the POF ammo has issues but has anyone had any experience with their Brit ammo? Thanks

I have shot Brit ammo in the past.

Expect it to be corrosive primed. That isn't a huge issue to me, I just clean the rifle properly as soon as I get home but it is for a lot of folks.

I also expect you may have the same issues as with POF only more so. Brit ammunition tends to be very old, the Lee Enfield rifles being phased out of Brit service in the mid 1950's. The last couple of lots of Brit ammo I fired had too many hangfires I gave up on it.

I am sure there is some clean surefire Brit mil surp ammo out there but I would consider myself lucky if I got it.

Of course other folks experience may vary from mine.

I thought there may have been a problem with it since most every body else sold out a long time ago. I bought a bunch of surplus .303 from Century many years ago when it was cheap. That stuff was corrosive but it was sure fire. It was pretty accurate too. Should have bought a lot more.

i'm sure it will look like a great deal after a few years of obama

Welcome to Samco Global Arms, Inc.

.303 British Ball
Mixed UK Mfg. FMJ, C/BE
174 Gr. Lead Core. Packed loose 1000 rounds per case, Wt. #62 Lbs. per case.
21.9¢ per Round
500 ROUNDS
$109.50 Quantity:


1000 ROUND CASE
$219.00 Quantity:




.303 British Ball
Mfg. in the 60's by P.O.F. FMJ, C/BE
174 Gr. Lead Core. Packed loose 1000 rounds per case, Wt. #64 Lbs. per case.
21.9¢ per Round
500 ROUNDS
$109.50 Quantity:


1000 ROUND CASE
$219.00 Quantity:

Even the British ammo is almost old enough to collect social security;)

Now just a point, where in the commonwealth was that Brit ammo stored?

Old stuff is not necessarily bad if properly stored, since I have succesfuly shot mk6 ball dated 1918.

The answer is "yes" I've had experience with SAMCO's 303 military surplus ammunition.

I use it every weekend at the shooting range in whatever 303 I decide to shoot.

I am happy enough with the ammunition that I bought several thousands of rounds to keep me going when they were seling at 14 cents a round.

The ammunition they are selling now is the same stock, they simply upped the price as the component price for a 174gn bullet alone has now reached over 25 cents. So even if you bought it to pull the bullets, it would be cheaper than purchasing bulets for reloading.

The ammunition is truly mixed with many different headstamps, many from WW2 and earlier. Most is cordite charged and you should always assume it has corrosive priming.

I seperate the rounds based on headstamp and put to one side any rounds I find that have external defects or corrosion (generally very few) - those defects I pull the bullets from.

In general, I have experienced less than 5% "click bang" and less than 1% will not fire. Some batches are all perfect. Headstamps like K 52 (Kynoch 1952) I have found to be exceptionally reliable and would use for target shooting/ competition if I wanted to.

Hope that helps

"Old stuff is not necessarily bad if properly stored, since I have succesfuly shot mk6 ball dated 1918."
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hey john. it must be cool shooting ammo with the same birthday as the shooter!
:)

Here we go again, If that were the case, you would have a supply of flints and 75 cal. lead balls.
We all know you enlisted in the Corps at Tuns Tavern.
Though I heard you got real lucky in your flight training as Lt. Patterson was ahead of you in line for your first flight.
Did you realy get your carrier qualification on the USS Langly?;)

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Roshi,

I purchased 500 rnds of mixed UK .303 from Samco back in Jan. The total in the box was 475 rnds. That included a hand ful of "other" caliber rounds including 5 9mm rnds. All but a few rnds were dated 1941 & 42, Radaway Green. Bad part is that 150 rnds were Kynoch & Co, MK VIIIZ.

Glad I checked on the headstamps, because research tells me that MK VIIIZ is intended for the Vickers Machine gun and not safe for a rifle.

Personally I got shorted but I'm thinking of making another buy since they are the only game in town these days. I've heard of others who got batches with 50s dates.

I haven't had the opportunity to shoot any of it yet, but I'm hoping it is reliable for target practice.

Regulations For Army Ordnance Services : Part 7 : Small Arms Ammunition
24th February 1945