Not a Happy Chappy!

[ssj]

You have quoted the max load for 2206 not 2206h. Your load is soft if you are not using a chronny. Suggest you chronny some Mk7.

No, well slight typo.

Max load for 2206H in the ADI book is listed as 38gr with 174gr Sie HPBT this is the 6th addition.
for 2206 which is obsolete 37.5 for 174gr.

On ADi's website, ditto.

http://www.adi-powders.com.au/handlo...re=303+British

Yet 38.5 of 2206 is a soft load?

Doesnt look that way to me, now if its 2208, yes OK.

I mean 2208 shows 2506fps v 2446 for 2206H, so really you could look at 40~41gr of 2208 and get the velocity you want at a lower pressure.

Chrony, no, I mean is it calibrated to start with? The point is to look for pressure signs, ie greatly flattened primers, on top of that the 303 case seems to stretch far more on hot loads so staying low points at better case life and receiver life for what is now a 70year old gun.

[Bindi2]

There are so many variables in the rifles. I have more than a few i use a No5 as a work rifle and the chronny is the most important tool in the reloading room for the 303.
38.5 of 2208 is a soft load.
Muffs rifle is a law unto its self. The other thing to know what was the peak pressure Mk7 produced because most of the modern loads used today are way lower than cordite pressures ( lawyering, PYA)

[Peter Laidler]

When I read all about this reloading palava, I'm glad that I used to use the age old maxim of 'if the Queen don't supply it, I don't shoot it!'

[ssj]

When I read all about this reloading palava, I'm glad that I used to use the age old maxim of 'if the Queen don't supply it, I don't shoot it!'

The problem now is the ex-army stuff I know a few ppl target shoot is becoming very variable, and over $1 a go.

regards

[Bindi2]

When I read all about this reloading palava, I'm glad that I used to use the age old maxim of 'if the Queen don't supply it, I don't shoot it!'

Peter the problem is the Queen stopped supplying a long time ago out here. With your knowledge on how to fix them we can keep shooting them. Reloading is not a black art made easier without cordite.
Having just spent less than 2 hrs building ,testing and selecting a load for a new rifle so cant be to hard if a down underer can do it.

[Homer]

When I read all about this reloading palava, I'm glad that I used to use the age old maxim of 'if the Queen don't supply it, I don't shoot it!'

I agree. It all sounds so bloody hard and complicated to me. I'm stockpiling as much ex mil as I can so when I'm ready to shoot I'll never have to look at a reloading press.

[Craig Eberhardt]

I agree. It all sounds so bloody hard and complicated to me. I'm stockpiling as much ex mil as I can so when I'm ready to shoot I'll never have to look at a reloading press.

It can't be that hard. I held a commission and I taught myself to do it by reading a book.

[browningautorifle]

Reloading isn't difficult at all. Reasonable accuracy can be achieved with simple effort. Extreme accuracy just requires a bit of tweaking. In Canada, virtually no North American ball ammo is available. The imported varies in corrosive and performance so I make all my own and have for 35 years...I have a book full of records of good and bad loads so things don't go off the tracks. I also have a library full of manufacturer's loading specs for a starting place. Then of course you could go to the manufacturer's website to check...