Re: .303 british improved

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16 March 2004, 16:37

hiredgun

Re: .303 british improved

I agree with Rick Teal's suggestion of 303british.com
Excellent stuff. The 303 Epps conversion is quite easy but best left to P14's (very strong) or #4's (reasonably strong). Mine is sporterized P14 carbine. Note that you will usually loose some magazine capacity since the cases are "fatter".

16 March 2004, 17:05

ruger#1_270

Whilst you're talking to Steve at 303British ask him about the 303ICBM ?. A couple of New Zealanders got together and improved the 303 cartridge, mainly from a case life point of view. Steve details it in one of his books.

Cheers Murray

24 February 2004, 05:14

Voldamort

Anyone done 303 british improved? Reamers and dies avalability?

24 February 2004, 07:51

Voldamort

that would be the .303 epps.

24 February 2004, 16:05

Pecos41

V - Talk to some of the Aussie members about working on the 303 case. I think it's popular down there and has been done about every way you can do it.......and for the same reasons Americans have done the same to our 30/06 cartridge.

When you've got the military wanting to dump a few million rifles on the market, smart shooters don't look a gift horse in the mouth. They just snatch it up.

24 February 2004, 17:28

Rick Teal

Check in at 303british.com. I believe there's a note somewhere on that site about US reamer rental companies that have .303 Epps reamers.

I'm way out on a limb here, but I think one might be z-hat, and I believe they can do the rechambering as well.

19 May 2007, 06:52

sambar02

I have been running a 303 epps in a #4 for a few years now,its a great gun for shooting sambar over the hounds,i am currently waiting for another based on a p14 to come back from the gunsmiths. I am also considering having my p14 303-25 converted to the epps chamber .It certainly lifts the performance of the 303 .

21 May 2007, 15:24

Con

sambar02,
Who is the 'smith your working with? Not Keith Bridgeman at Sprinter is it? He can still cut an improved 303British chamber from 22cal through to 375cal.
Cheers...
Con

21 May 2007, 23:25

Jerry/AK

Con,
Please email me your Excel spreadsheet with loading data for the .35 Sambar. Thanks.
Jerry/AK
jwatkins@customcpu.com

22 May 2007, 02:00

Con

Jerry,
Give me a few hours to get to work and it'll be on its way.

Cheers...
Con

29 May 2007, 15:27

sambar02

No its not con but thanks i will remember that bit of info,I love playing with the 303.