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by The Annoyed Man
Thu May 30, 2013 6:20 pm
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: like a 30.06 but just a little bigger.
Replies: 20
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Re: like a 30.06 but just a little bigger.

Wes wrote:
The Annoyed Man wrote:
Wes wrote:The actual 30.06 bullet can range in size as long as theoverall length is from 2.94 to 3.34 and from the looks of you pic it doesn't look like that big of a discrepancy. It is hard to tell from the pic but the cartridge seems the same between the two., but even then a .02 difference is typically acceptable.
Look at the case head. The one on the left is very different from the one on the right.
Quite, didn't notice that at first. Yea, I wouldn't shoot it.
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I wouldn't shoot that ammo in the Garand if it were mine. That ammo is obviously out of spec.
by The Annoyed Man
Thu May 30, 2013 6:08 pm
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: like a 30.06 but just a little bigger.
Replies: 20
Views: 3781

Re: like a 30.06 but just a little bigger.

RX8er wrote:Someone smarter than me will chime in I'm sure but I think that is a Greek .303.

Here's a website that has a lot of great info and I think this pertains to what you have:
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Look at the case head. The one on the left is very different from the one on the right. .303 British is a rimmed cartridge, similar to the design of the 7.62x54 Russian. The picture below is .303 British:
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