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

Out of intrest what sort of groups are people getting out of the old girls?
There note really bench rest rifle's and my aging eyes are probably the limiting factor but intrested to know what people are able to achieve.

Originally Posted by bumblefoot

@grandpamac Finally put a few rounds through the old girl!

Greetings @bumblefoot,
I am going to scope my latest .303 but I am dithering about mounts. The rifle has bee drilled for a Parker Hale base and I have both some low and high rings that I could use plus I have the screws I would need. To me the rear screw holes look a bit out of line and I would need to find a base. The option in to modify a one peice Weaver base to fit so a bit of head scratching is needed. It is not as though I need the rifle for next week end. Time will tell.
Regards Grandpamac.

Originally Posted by PeteD

Out of intrest what sort of groups are people getting out of the old girls?
There note really bench rest rifle's and my aging eyes are probably the limiting factor but intrested to know what people are able to achieve.

3-4inches was the specs they were built to achieve.....any better than that is very good going. still a very dead deer at under 200 yards.

Well the old girl delivered the goods today. 106 years old and still filling the freezer

Hell you don't look that old .

lovely eating them there "handbag deerzies" lovely to carry out too.....much easier than a big red LOL.

Originally Posted by HILLBILLYHUNTERS

Hell you don't look that old .

I feel like it some days

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

lovely eating them there "handbag deerzies" lovely to carry out too.....much easier than a big red LOL.

No reds where I was. Today was one of those "It it's brown. it's down" days. Just to try the old girl out

I wish that increased popularity of using the .303 translated to more importers and retailers stocking more variety of .311 projectiles

Originally Posted by akaroa1

@grandpamac I'm genuinely sorry to have caused so much pain and torment

I will PM you with 24 hours notice before I drop any images of a single shot vintage rifle

@grandpamac I feel it only decent to warn you that the Remington #5 303 is now in my possession where it belongs
It has passed inspection this evening and after a decent bore cleaning in the morning and some hand loads being constructed it is likely to be fired and the results posted here
With graphic pictures

So you might want to look away for a few days or weeks
I'm not responcilble if you do peek

Out of interest, does anyone still make new rifles in .303 ? Or is it simply seen as an old-fashioned and out-dated cartridge and manufacturers need to sell product so...

Originally Posted by RV1

Out of interest, does anyone still make new rifles in .303 ? Or is it simply seen as an old-fashioned and out-dated cartridge and manufacturers need to sell product so...

Uberti do a Winchester 1885 303 reproduction
But in my opinion they got it all wrong with the stock and the modern scope rib

Originally Posted by akaroa1

@grandpamac I feel it only decent to warn you that the Remington #5 303 is now in my possession where it belongs
It has passed inspection this evening and after a decent bore cleaning in the morning and some hand loads being constructed it is likely to be fired and the results posted here
With graphic pictures

So you might want to look away for a few days or weeks
I'm not responcilble if you do peek

Thankyou @akaroa1,
Over the past week or so I have developed some coping straregies and have a back up plan of a quiet room with some soothing recordings of rifle fire on the range that I have recorded for this purpose. With this and your kind warning I should be OK. I must say that I am quite looking forward to your report. This last week I gave my son my No4 iron sight rifle that I no longer use and he sent back a photo of it with fore and top wood very similar to that used on some No4 .308 conversions. It certainly looked better than when it left here. This was useful training for your forthcoming report.
Many thanks Grandpamac.

Here ya go @grandpamac Who says Lee Enfields have weak actions? "Lee-Enfield No.4 Action Extreme Stress Test"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bhWxFbYdyw

Originally Posted by grandpamac

Thankyou @akaroa1,
Over the past week or so I have developed some coping straregies and have a back up plan of a quiet room with some soothing recordings of rifle fire on the range that I have recorded for this purpose. With this and your kind warning I should be OK. I must say that I am quite looking forward to your report. This last week I gave my son my No4 iron sight rifle that I no longer use and he sent back a photo of it with fore and top wood very similar to that used on some No4 .308 conversions. It certainly looked better than when it left here. This was useful training for your forthcoming report.
Many thanks Grandpamac.

@grandpamac you are safe from the padded room for a while more
I struck a very significant problem this morning and won't be test firing for some time

The joys of owning historically significant vintage rifles and wanting to shoot them
I don't blame the previous owner because unless you were going to shoot it you wouldn't have found this problem

Problems are just solutions waiting to be implemented