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    Out of the blue

    Another member was asking for information on the 310 Cadet Super ammunition which I contacted my local G/S about we got chatting about it the information was supplied.
    Here is the fun bit He said "I have just had come in to the shop 2 packets of Super 310 Cadet and 2 packets of Super 303/25 all are full packets are you interested in them"

    Well as fast as I could go Licketty Split jumped in the ute and did the 27klm trip to the G/S I gave him an white empty unused 222R Super Rimmed & Red Gold unused 303 Super empty box in exchange for 1 packet of 310 and both packets of 303/25.
    The 310 Cadet rounds have like a black waxy tip on them so I cannot see any lube grooves so maybe thats how it is lubed going down the barrel sorta flings off onto the lands ahead of the projie!!!
    What I like about 2 of them is the price tags the 310 @$12.50 and the Blue/White 303/25 @$11.87.

    It is good to have friends that have your corner whilst I was there I also brought a brand new unchambered 30" Kreiger 1-8TR 6.5mm barrel so it was worth his while me coming down, the only thing is I have not told the Minister for Finance & War about the new barrel yet......
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    Nice little stash of Australiana, there.

    A while back, I scored a couple of packets of the "Riverbrand" jacketed soft-point projectiles for the .310 and some cast / swaged? "Super"? projectiles.

    The JSP Riverbrand bullets mike out at a pretty consistent-ish 0.315" +/- 0.001"

    The "black, waxy-looking" ones are a "proper", round-nosed, heeled, 125gn bullet, with a a "Major" diameter of 0.321", which is pretty much correct for these barrels. Whilst they came in hand-labeled plastic bags; the old Riverbrand ones are still in their green and yellow box. Sadly the original price sticker seems to have "fallen off", but the "gun-show sticker ($18 a box of 100) remains.

    I suspect my black "cast" ones may not be all that old, but at least they are the right diameter, weight and form; the .310" "Cadet" cartridge being an "old-fashioned" bullet very similar in concept to the even more ancient .22 Rimfire family, (circa 1860s), which also has a bullet the same diameter as the case.

    It has also been a while since we could buy ANY centre-fire sporting ammo at those prices.

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