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Originally Posted by Tony Smith
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Your request was also quite specific regarding Boxer primers. Why is that? While Berdan primer cases can be reloaded, it is a much more time consuming process, and as such Berdan cases lend themselves much more readily to making dummy cases. Also, Boxer cases tend to have a higher value due to their higher utility with modern reloaders. You could possibly get as many Berdan cases as you like for free at a Service Rifle shoot, while the Boxer cases will be jealously hoarded. The vast majority of WW2 .303 was Berdan primed, so that will be your most common find.
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That is how I turn my 'fulls' into 'empties'. And yes, Canadian nitrocellulose DIZ ammo is still competitive in the matches that I shoot. I have probably 6 boxes of 48 rounds of late WWII/Korea vintage ball. Except for some new Privi Partisan 190-odd gr soft points, that is all I buy. I haven't seen much foreign surplus wartime ammo here.
Whenever I get my act together (ie a better powder measure, a tumbler and a scales I can trust) I'll get around to reloading some of the half-dozen cartridge case types I've squirrelled away. Since I have a number of No.4 rifles, I will shoot what I've got.
BTW, I don't know where you're going to find loose nickle plated ball bullets.