8mm & .303 ammo new/surplus observations

[ak_milsurp]

LOL... I got lucky with the South African .303. A Local fella needed money and had to sell it off quick. I had no idea what it really was until I got it home. He was shooting it in Vickers MG....

If I was going to reload, I sure as hell wouldn't be trying to load WW2 era berdan primed brass. Get some new commercial .303 British ammo and reload or buy unprimed NEW cases.

The large Wholesalers in the USA generally have some .303, but the surplus stuff is usually mixed lot British, Indian, or Pakistani ammo, Last Time I saw it it was like $170 US for 300 rds loose in a .30 cal ammo can.

The 8MM ammo was accumulated over the last six years,,,, hell 3 years back we were getting Romanian 8mm for less than 6 cents per round!!!!! That year the club bought 75 cases of it!!! (I got 3 of those) Now if you can find it it's about 40-60 cents per round





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