Thread: Resurgence of interest in the old "Three Oh"?

Originally Posted by Tahr

What would happen if you took a SMLE and put a decent new modern barrel on it and used appropriate handloads and a half decent well mounted 'scope? What sort of accuracy would it be capable of? Easy MOA?

I would like to go back to the old 3-oh but wouldn't be able to tolerate that awful old 3moa group business.

Tahr, my .303 has an excellent bore and will shoot 1.5 inch groups with the army open sights. With a scope who knows, maybe a bit better. But this is with handloads. With PPU or Winchester factory ammo it will do 3 - 4 inch groups so I thin a lot of the problem is the factory ammo. (When I say "handloads", I mean I loaded up the cheapest bullet with the max load in the ADI book and then shot it a couple of times. It's a .303.)