Thread: Old school hunting

I started deerstalking with a fully wooded .303 that was my 16th birthday (1963) present from my father, which cost him just under 10 Pounds from Turner & LeBrun for a new FTR'd BSA No.1 Mk.III*. After a half a dozen trips I cut it down to a sporter and put a 4x32 scope on it, then used it regularly until 1967 when I bought a BSA Majestic .243 while working at West Arm. What a disaster! I shot 4 deer with it in the first two weeks and never recovered one. The 100 grain Norma Tri-clad steel bullets were just going straight through as the ranges were all under 50 metres. I got rid of it and my old .303 got a lot more use over the next few years (as well as a sporterised .30/06 Garand that was also a gift from Dad). I then bought another BSA Majestic in .30/06 about 1970 and still use that calibre today, never having hunted with my .303 since.