Casting bullets for a 303 British

[vstromer]

I was looking in to casting bullets for a 303 British Enfield.
I was wondering what a good bullet mould would be.

[gemoose23]

This is a good start:

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?13425-Cast-Bullet-Loads-for-Military-Rifles-Article

[koehn,jim]

As far as a mold I use the 314299 with a gas check and sized .314. My rifle has a .312 bore and 5 groves. I suggest you slug the bore and that will tell you what dia bullet you need. The 314299 drops at 200 grains, and is as accurate as service ammo in my no5 jungle carbine. Col. harris does give some great advice on loads.

[vstromer]

As far as a mold I use the 314299 with a gas check and sized .314. My rifle has a .312 bore and 5 groves. I suggest you slug the bore and that will tell you what dia bullet you need. The 314299 drops at 200 grains, and is as accurate as service ammo in my no5 jungle carbine. Col. harris does give some great advice on loads.

Do you have a preferred recipe for reloading your 303's ?

[koehn,jim]

What model do you have. Mine is a short barrell so I use a very fast powder.

[stilly]

How EXACTLY does one slug a bore? I have an enfield .303 and about 250+ brass rounds but I would want to reload for that for SHO.

[koehn,jim]

stilly lube the entire bore of the barrell, take a soft lead slug barely bigger than the bore, fishing weight works. Push the slug thru the bore with wood or brass rod, measure and that will give you the diameter of the bore. There are several videos on utube on how to do it. Some enfields have a 308 bore most run .316-.317 and it makes a difference. If you have any problems shoot me a pm.

[vstromer]

What model do you have. Mine is a short barrell so I use a very fast powder.

I have two of them one is a #4 mk1 and the second one is a mk3.
Also how do you slug the barrel.

[stilly]

LoL ^^^^

I have a #4 MK1 also.

Cool. Thanks for that info on slugging a barrel. Now I wanna try it out. I think I got some of them torpedo weights.

[koehn,jim]

vstormer see my answer to stilly, it is easy to do but worth it. Any problems pm me.

[Flyin Brian]

One thing to add here- be careful with the new style fishing weights; the no-lead or low-lead ones I bought from the local bait shop are made of an alloy that was much harder than the old sinkers I am used to using. It took a lot of force to get one started into the bore and I gave up since I didn't want to damage anything. If you don't have a source for true lead sinkers, I would suggest getting some .32 caliber lead bullets or I have also used "0" size buckshot.

[gunboat]

Be careful with the doweling. Todays dowels are often a long grained sort of hardwood which can split in your bore and really ruin your day --
For a 303 I would use a 32/8mm as cast boolit for the slug --
Since you are going to buy the cast bullets, you are limited to the diameter the seller makes -- usually a 312 or 313 diameter.
I would just buy a hundred and see how they work --
my tuppence