Just new to this site, I bought a 303-25 a coupla months ago and got some cartridges with it aswell as reloading dies but i dont have a press. would any body know where i could buy new ammunition if it is still made.. Any info would be much apreciated!

Regards Donnan

Welcome aboard, Donnan.

The bad news is that no commercial ammo for the wildcat .303-.25 was ever made. It's strictly a "do it yourself" deal. You are VERY fortunate that dies came with the rifle, or you'd probably have to have some custom made.

Looks like you just became a reloader!

I've read articles about the round, but all are quite old so loading data in them might not be reliable today. A reloading program like "Load From a Disk" or "Quick Load" would help you work up data. Lacking even that, I'd be happy to provide some tentative load suggestions once you're ready and set up for reloading.

I take it that you're in Australia. I'll move this to the Australian forum where you may get a quicker answer.

Bye
Jack

Welcome aboard, Donnan.

The bad news is that no commercial ammo for the wildcat .303-.25 was ever made. It's strictly a "do it yourself" deal. You are VERY fortunate that dies came with the rifle, or you'd probably have to have some custom made.

Looks like you just became a reloader!

I've read articles about the round, but all are quite old so loading data in them might not be reliable today. A reloading program like "Load From a Disk" or "Quick Load" would help you work up data. Lacking even that, I'd be happy to provide some tentative load suggestions once you're ready and set up for reloading.


303/25 ammo was commercially available for many years here in australia.But it hasnt been made for quite awhile now.There are some shops who are still loading this and selling it in their shops.Are you in australia?If so i can steer you in the right direction.But it will cost you a LOT less to reload it yourself mate.I form and load my own and it is a top round for spotlighting.I know a couple pro shooters who still have one in the cab of their truck for windy nights.

It must truely S@ck to have to wildcat a piece of history. You Aussies are the closest thing to us in the world. It is a shame you have the restrictions you do. Jim

Im not sure what you mean about the wildcat sucking mate?Back after WW2 the govt made it very hard to own a exmil rifle in exmil calibres.A lot of 303 were reamed to change the dimensions a bit or rebarreled to another calibre like 303/25,303/243,303/270.So its not a new thing for australia to have crap gun laws.New Zealand is looking to be a better place everytime the govt takes another bit of our sport and enjoyment.Only thing is there are to many Kiwis there hahahah.

From ADI's website ( Australia);
Bullet weight, Powder, Bll, Maximum gns, vel.

87gn AR2206 24" - 34.00gn 3050 fps
87 AR2208 24" - 37.00 3050
87 AR2209 24" - 41.00 3050
100 AR2206 24" - 31.00 2850
100 AR2208 24" - 33.50 2850
100 AR2209 24" - 38.00 2850
117 AR2206 24" - 28.00 2700
117 AR2208 24" - 31.00 2700
117 AR2209 24" - 36.00 2700

AR2206 is a substitute for IMR3031, AR2208 is Varget and AR2209 is a substitute for IMR4350.

I've got best results with Varget and 87gn bullets.
I also found Remington .303 brass easiest to form to .303/25.

Kirby.

I am using 2209 with magnum primers.Sierra 87gn sp.My smle is a old one.1923.I wouldnt load the smle to the adi book max.It would be alright to work up to it in a P14.38 gns of 2209 is what im using.Very accurate too.

I was a bit bored the other night and gave it a bit of scrim,dont worry its not permanent

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I had a .303-25 about 10 years ago and found it very suitable for our Aussie game. Reloading isn't a problem despite some variations in chambers. (The .303 case headspaces on the rim). Just run a .303 case with plenty of lube on the neck into the die you have. New unprimed brass works best. I used a 250-3000 seating die to seat projectiles.