Vintage Military Rifle Match Ammunition from Hornady
Vintage Military Rifle Matches
Across the country, vintage military rifle matches are growing in popularity. It’s easy to understand why — the matches are fun, the rifles are affordable, and the rules discourage the use of expensive aftermarket sights and fancy triggers. It comes down to good marksmanship… and good ammo.
To help competitors in the Vintage military rifle game, Hornady has devleoped a line of Vintage Match ammunition. Currently available in four cartridge types, Vintage Match ammunition replicates the original military performance specifications of older military rifles. To function safely and reliably in older guns, this Vintage Match ammo is loaded to pressures well below CIP max.
Vintage Military Rifle Match photo from CMP Zenfolio Image Archive on the web.
Hornady Vintage Match ammunition was developed for shooters involved in the increasingly popular CMP Vintage Rifle and Vintage Sniper Matches. This “Vintage Match” product offers an off-the-shelf, match-grade alternative to surplus or hand-loaded ammunition. The four varieties of Vintage Match ammo are: 6.5×55 Swede, .303 British (Enfield), 7.62x54R (Moisin Nagant), and 8×57 IS/JS (Mauser)*.
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Tags: .303 Enfield, 6.5x55 Swede, 7.62x57 Russian, 8x57 Mauser, Hornady, Vintage Match, Vintage Military Rifle
This is a great idea –unfortunately poorly thought out; at least considering two cartridges. The 303Brit and the 7.62x54R have WIDELY varied bore dimensions. The Hornady 174 grainers are .3105″ which is most often NOT enough. The SP bullets at .312″ usually work better. It Might be OK in SOME Finnish rifles.
I may be wrong- I see kit says BTHP. Is this a new bullet?
$40 a box? Seriously?
That’s more than .308 match ammo.
Factory ammunition prices have gotten rediculous. I’m sooooo glad I reload. Even some reloading components have gotten expensive. My 6.5X47 Lapua’s brass is almost $110 per 100 now.
Tom
Whatever the Norma website may say, the facts are:
With introduction of the S-bullet the bore size was not, repeat not, changed. Only (!) the case neck was enlarged to accommodate the slightly larger bullet diameter. This military cartridge was much later named 8x57IS in the civilian arena. German army called it 7.9 mm (not 7.92 mm by the way) up to 1945.
The 8x57I was introduced by the German civilian gun trade. These barrels for hunting purpose indeed do have a smaller bore and are of course very dangerous when it is attempted to fire an 8x57IS from it.
But the notion that the German military increased the bore diameter when introducing the S bullet is wrong.
If CMP would get out there and let folks known that people actually shoot military rifles in competition, including state junior, senior and regular teams then maybe someone may actually realize theres a use other then self defense for these guns. The new rounds are interested but priced to high to do much with.
No 7.5×55 Swiss?