Thread: Resurgence of interest in the old "Three Oh"?

Originally Posted by bumblefoot

@grandpamac I found a 1/2 box of my CAC 303 ammo. I'm going to sight it in with the Federal 150's and then see if the CAC shoots close enough to use. I haven't got enough to sight in with it. If it's not close enough for sub-100m then I won't use it. I would love to shoot a deer with the old SMLE and some CAC for old time's sake I used minimum handloads of 4895(?) I think and hornady 174gr round noses for pigs. They never moved far...... That's probably why I have the CAC rounds left over

I broke down some of the later boxer primed CAC cartridges for the components a while back. Much of the powder had clumped badly and there was light corrosion inside the cases. I fired the primers, not wanting to trust then, and some were duds. I think that the powder was AR2201 which did not handle high temperatures that well. I use 32 grains of AR2206H which is below start loads but above the 60% minimum quoted for H4895.
Grandpamac.