303 British brass tends to be thin. When fired, the cases will stretch a lot just above the rim. This causes a weak area in the case. So, when you reload 303, you have pay special attention to the stretching in that area. The 303 is a fairly low pressure cartridge, so that reload may have been way too hot. Some 303 cases are very durable. Some, not so much.
@BigBoyRabbit4205 ай бұрын
Maybe cordite related? I haven’t actually like looked into it. I just excepted that happens from those rounds. The smell is telling when you fire one. It smells off almost like burning paper or the smell from burning cigarette paper. You can follow the vapor trail all the way to the target. I’m extremely confident in my claim because I have so much busted brass to back up my claims. I just haven’t done the research to explain why it happens
@donwyoming1936
5 ай бұрын
WRA is Winchester. The ammo would have been originally loaded with smokeless ball powder, not cordite. The WRA cases were even known at the time (1941-1945) to be weak at the case head. Was probably a bad idea to reload the WRA brass in the 1st case.
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303 British brass tends to be thin. When fired, the cases will stretch a lot just above the rim. This causes a weak area in the case. So, when you reload 303, you have pay special attention to the stretching in that area. The 303 is a fairly low pressure cartridge, so that reload may have been way too hot. Some 303 cases are very durable. Some, not so much.
Maybe cordite related? I haven’t actually like looked into it. I just excepted that happens from those rounds. The smell is telling when you fire one. It smells off almost like burning paper or the smell from burning cigarette paper. You can follow the vapor trail all the way to the target. I’m extremely confident in my claim because I have so much busted brass to back up my claims. I just haven’t done the research to explain why it happens
@donwyoming1936
5 ай бұрын
WRA is Winchester. The ammo would have been originally loaded with smokeless ball powder, not cordite. The WRA cases were even known at the time (1941-1945) to be weak at the case head. Was probably a bad idea to reload the WRA brass in the 1st case.