Thread: NZFS ammo

I used .303 CAC brass I bought in 1977 and reloaded it a dozen times before the bases separated. Had to get the headspace fixed and a new batch of Norma brass which lasted about 20 years.
I worked briefly for the NZFS at Optoki in 1977 but .303 wasn't a NZFS caliber by then and I was given some in a green box, Speer perhaps, with hollow points. Mostly used my own reload ammo as I wasn't there long (good keen man and all that ...).
There was a silver lead point Norma 180gr .303 bullet but it was hard as - must of been designed for moose or crocodiles. 130 gr were the best on goats but after a few years were not available any more and I had to change to 150gr Norma. I got my last of those from Graham Henry after he wrote an article about the .303 for Rod and Rifle and shortly before he died. In about 2004 I saw a box of 130gr Norma projectile in a gun shop in Copenhagen but they wouldn't sell them to me without a permit.