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To: HuntsvilleTxVeteran
They shoot .303 caliber ammunition. Standard military load was a 174gr FMJ spitzer bullet doing 2500fps.

Surplus ammo is hard to find; some Pakistani stuff is still available but it's corrosive.

Sellier & Bellot and Wolf Gold make target ammo that's not hideously expensive (but it ain't cheap); all the usual suspects make expensive hunting ammo.

If you choose to reload, watch for berdan primers even in brass milsurp cases. Remember that it uses a .311 inch bullet, not .308. Hornady and Sierra both make good boat-tailed 174gr target bullets, as well as hunting bullets.

I like Enfields. I liked them better when cheap surplus ammo was available.

10 posted on 11/04/2009 2:17:46 PM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: ArrogantBustard
Local gun shop has plenty of .303, several types, all over $1 a shell.

Small price break for 10 boxes of 20 each.

17 posted on 11/04/2009 2:31:52 PM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran ((B.?) Hussein (Obama?Soetoro?Dunham?) Change America Will Die From.)
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