Enfield P14 .303 British Ammo maximum possible muzzle velocities

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Handloads you can get up around 2700 fps with 150 gr.

That was a SMLE not a modern gun rifled for 303

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Handloads you can get up around 2700 fps with 150 gr.

That was a SMLE not a modern gun rifled for 303

Hello, many thanks !

So many reactions in this short time, I am pleasantly surprised :-)

I wonder which trajectory this .303 British-Load Mark 7z will have. This Round seems not to be exhausted in this rifle with the MV's of 720-730 m/s or 2362-2395 fps.

Jakester: special thanks to you. Exactly that is interesting. MV's of more than 2500 fps/762 m/s with the 174 grs and similar loads in the P14: thats what I have been supposing - this 725 m/s/2378 fps in the Wikipedia f.e. seem to be really low. I have a table with reloading data from a GunMagazine from Germany, but it contains only a velocity for an 150 grains-Reload.

Eaglelord17: i hope we get a bit more from our loads, and from all our work :-) And yes, the P14 should enable a bit stronger ammo then for the LE-Models, thats the base of all. I'm not yet a reloader, but i have 2-3 persons in my surroundings which reload all their ammo since many years. And 1 of them is a professional Reloader, he offers Custom Ammo.

Daan Kemp: yes, this 2500 fps would be fine. Your test method is absolutely the best, true. Yes, this factors are all important. Unfortunately i own until now only one P14 - the first two pictures show their long-range sights. But a second one appeared some weeks ago in the West of Switzerland. After around 27 Years Silence concerning this subject ... ! Trigger use: "I will tell my P14 tonight about your suggestion, of course".. Just take a look.. .

ArizonaBeagle: this 2553 fps for the No. 4 are really interesting, too - once because I have still some of my very first .303 British-Ammo here - and fortuitously it is HXP 174 grs. Imported from Germany, together with the Mark 3 and the No. 4. And second the No. 4 has an a bit shorter barrel.. . This POF-Ammo I don't know yet, on the other side.. .
I'm looking forward to your test-results.. :-) I am curious about them.. .

Greetings Enfield Enforcer