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Slow ignition .303 Mk 7 ball POF mfgr 1967
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Last edited by Steve762; 01-15-2017 at 11:09 PM.
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09-30-2014 07:26 PM
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The primers are bad. POF
is known for it.
I did a thread a while back how I reuse the cordite and bullet in new brass with a new primer of course. Easy fix, don't over think it. Nothing like the smell of cordite in the morning....
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Ain't nothing wrong with your rifle or the cordite, it's the old primer going bad. Transfer the bullet and cordite to a new case and primer and it will shoot fine. The process is a bit tedious but once you get the technique worked out it ain't too bad.
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Did'nt mean to parrot you there warpig. Alltel has sold us down the road to at&t and they are in the process of updating the wireless towers so my internet service is slower than polar bear snot at the North Pole right now. Takes several minutes to post a reply and my 'puter seems to have a mind all it's own. Driving me nuts............
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Yep, bad primers on the POF stuff.
The cordite still goes bang very well.
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Reminds me of shooting a flintlock - you pull the trigger & need to hold still until it finally fires the main charge.
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A FEATURE and a FAULT of this ammo; if you can get it cheaply enough, worth stripping for components.
If any hard-core reloaders still have RWS 6000 primers hidden away, the POF cases can be salvaged by removing the dodgy primers hydraulically and installing nice, clean NON-Mercuric 6000s.
If you neck-anneal before re-priming, the POF cases MAY last for more than one or two firings....................or not.
Re-assigning the bullets to new, Boxer-primed brass is a LOT easier, though.
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2 things I have found that make a difference.
1) warm the ammo up ... I have been known to leave the POF out in the sun for a while before I shoot it
2) use it in a gun with a fat firing pin.. I have less hang fires or as you say slow ignitions in the bren with POF than I do in the rifles
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The primers have seen temperature extremes. I have a pile of very clean 1942 Kynoch Mk.7 that does the same thing. I use it for 25 yard test fire. It's good training and teaches you follow through! 
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