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And on the flip side of that...
Monday, June 05, 2023, 18:41

in the mid 1980's, as a FFL at the time, I was buying cases of .303 British from what is now Iraq. Cupro nickel spire pointed, corrosive-Berdan primed, loaded with actual string cordite. It was all made in 1900. The boxes contained canvas bandoliers with two 5-shot strippers in each pouch. I noted the case lengths were all different but close. OAL was the same on all the rounds. My goodness did it shoot! A red flame 6 ft. long even visible in daylight. Out of some 2000 rounds I do not remember a single misfire. I did pull one or two to look at the load. It had a card wad between the bullet and cordite. The cordite was greenish yellow and almost full case length. How foolish I was to shoot it all. But the Lee Enfields were $50 each, sold those too! We never thought the fun would end.