Surplus 303 rounds with Cordite

[alpha_romeo_XV]

[gazzavc]

Thats cordite alright. Nasty stuff too.
If it's POF ammo expect hangfires and bad primers too.

Gaz

[50 Freak]

I actually like the smell of cordite too....smells like a picnic on a Sunny day to me.

[CSACANNONEER]

I lit a few pieces on fire last week. If you lite on end it takes about a second for it to burn to the other end of the piece.

[smle-man]

Cordite will erode a barrel throat faster than common stick powder or ball powder. That is why many .303s have throats that have advanced up to 1" from heavy use of cordite ammunition. It is based on the burning temperature of cordite, or at least that is what a UK armorer told me.