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06-04-2013 11:45 AM
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You got it down. There was cordite made up until the turn of the century , but it was used in cannons , not small arms.
Chris
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The British, and ex-British colonies, continued to make cordite until about 1961 for .303. I doubt if anyone else had used it for many years before that. When someone fires one, you can smell the difference down wind.
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I have some POF .303 that hang fires so I'm pulling the pills and reusing them and the cordite in new brass. So if you like the smell get your hands on some junk surplus an do the same.
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Getting all the cordite into a new case can be a challenge to say the least.
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The Smell
Cordite used in the 303 smells like burned rubber as some was used in making it.
I fired a box of British made 303 and puled two rounds to see the stuff.
So Cordite or Napalm in the morning what's your choice?
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The Smell
Cordite and Napalm are old school. It's FAE's now.
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I read in an article in SOF years ago that some of the Muji's were using old Nitro-cellulose film stock for powder. I remember pulling some old .303 ammo apart years ago and seeing cordite. I then remembered what my Pop told me years ago when he was a boy they used to pull .303 apart and seeing the "spaghetti sticks". I think "Cordite" is used interchangeably as a word like "Coke" is it a generalization .