03-09-2012, 05:02 PM
and so much to comment/correct. There has been one sporting rifle in the British 7MM round, it was a Ruger No1 owned by a senior chap at Shrivenham and when he retired he offered it for sale with dies and brass. Sadly before I was aware of its significance.
The use of boat tail bullets in an infantry calibre rifle goes back to the use of the .303 streamlined for long range match competitions. I have one box of kynoch 1960 dated manufacture .303 SL with the hald black adonised cases still. The ammo was developed in the interwar period and i may have the ICI notes on its development still.
The lack of a boat tail on the 7mm British is possibly solely down the batch produced for the trials and the spec issued for the trials, if the spec had called for boat tail bullets then they would have been used. Who knows? Without the committee notes to hand I cant say!
The use of boat tail bullets in an infantry calibre rifle goes back to the use of the .303 streamlined for long range match competitions. I have one box of kynoch 1960 dated manufacture .303 SL with the hald black adonised cases still. The ammo was developed in the interwar period and i may have the ICI notes on its development still.
The lack of a boat tail on the 7mm British is possibly solely down the batch produced for the trials and the spec issued for the trials, if the spec had called for boat tail bullets then they would have been used. Who knows? Without the committee notes to hand I cant say!