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    First range session was a total success
    5 rounds at 50 yards from a standing rest
    Worse than useless buck horn sights

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    The tang is tapped for a Lyman or similar staff tang sight
    These are pretty challenging as is
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    And as expected if you get this in the wrong position with a 7 pound 303 it's has a nasty bite

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    Quote Originally Posted by akaroa1 View Post
    First range session was a total success
    5 rounds at 50 yards from a standing rest
    Worse than useless buck horn sights

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    The tang is tapped for a Lyman or similar staff tang sight
    These are pretty challenging as is
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    And as expected if you get this in the wrong position with a 7 pound 303 it's has a nasty bite

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    Greetings @akaroa1 and all,
    Well I survived that well. Any envy quickly turned to sympathy for akaroa1 when I saw that brutal but plate and remembered some very impolite things said about vintage Remington butt plates in articles I have read. My mind has had a work out lately on things .303 which has made me wonder just what it is that drives our interest in these neat old rifles. Most of we men of a certain age have enough modern rifles for any conceivable use plus more but we still delight in playing about with these old war relics. Yesterday I visited one of our local bang stick emporiums to pick up some surplus Greek projectiles for you know what. There was an impressive rack of new rifles mostly stainless synthetic but right down one end there were some .303's incuding some original ones (there was one Martini), The prices taped to them showed plenty of demand.
    So what is it that drives us to collect and use these old rifles? Is it their age or use in most of the great battles of the twentieth century? Is it the challange of getting them shooting well? Is it the challenge of hunting with something that is older than most of us? Frankly I don't know but am just thankful that something does.
    Regards Grandpamac.

 

 

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