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S.M.L.E. Weekend
I shot my 2A Ishi and my #4 mk2(F) this weekend. I haven't shot them in a couple of years and had forgotten what fine firearms they are.
The only problem was the P.O.F. ammo I was using in the .303 kept hang firing. It smelled bad too. Otherwise I had a grand ol' time. I'm probably going to shoot Mausers next weekend or maybe a Mosin Nagant. 
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02-25-2013, 02:27 PM
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Hang fires are a bit crazy arnt they??? I was shooting mine a couple of weeks ago, and the hang fires were really throwing me off...
.303 seems to be the only ammo Ive ever had that happen to me with, wonder why?
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02-26-2013, 11:27 AM
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Hang fires are a bit crazy arnt they??? I was shooting mine a couple of weeks ago, and the hang fires were really throwing me off...
.303 seems to be the only ammo Ive ever had that happen to me with, wonder why?
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Probably because of the ammo especially if it's Indian or Pakistani which I think has cordite(?) instead of powder.
You'll get better results reloading your own ammo and a lot more accurate results as well.
Don't forget to wash out the barrel with hot water 1st and then patch it out dry and then clean it as normal,regards
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02-26-2013, 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Trez
Hang fires are a bit crazy arnt they??? I was shooting mine a couple of weeks ago, and the hang fires were really throwing me off...
.303 seems to be the only ammo Ive ever had that happen to me with, wonder why?
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+1 on that! I was shooting some '42 and '45 British, Australian and South African ammo and 5 out of 12 failed to fire. I also have a unopened 32 round box of 1968 Pakistani ammo that I'm keeping as a cool British Empire artifact.
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02-26-2013, 12:54 PM
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I reload for hunting but I was just blasting away at a plastic softball on the back side of my property. I use surplus for that and clean immediatly afterward while the bores still warm.
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02-26-2013, 02:00 PM
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Probably because of the ammo especially if it's Indian or Pakistani which I think has cordite(?) instead of powder.
You'll get better results reloading your own ammo and a lot more accurate results as well.
Don't forget to wash out the barrel with hot water 1st and then patch it out dry and then clean it as normal,regards
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So its the cordite? Ive shot a lot of old ammo and .303 is the only one ive ever had hang fires with. Everything else Ive shot either shoots or it doesnt....
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02-26-2013, 09:02 PM
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So its the cordite? Ive shot a lot of old ammo and .303 is the only one ive ever had hang fires with. Everything else Ive shot either shoots or it doesnt....
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It is not cordite. It is the primer compound. MKVII uses nitro cellulose powder, not cordite. Cordite was only used in MKI and MKII.
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I've got some Turkish 8mm that hang fires pretty bad, my 303 doesn't hang at all, I don't know what its country of origin is.
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02-26-2013, 10:03 PM
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Does anyone know why some Australian ammo is silver tipped? The guy I bought it from said it was armor piercing but I called B.S on that just by looking at it.
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02-26-2013, 10:42 PM
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To check the ammo for AP, put a magnet next to the bullet. I have some AP rounds for my M1 Garand that a magnet sticks to strongly.
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