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

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Here ya go boys drool over this….

Originally Posted by Sideshow

https://auctions.holtsauctioneers.co...185990&image=0 Here ya go boys drool over this….

Could you put an R18 XXX rating on that please? To much for my old ticker.....

Originally Posted by Sideshow

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Here ya go boys drool over this….

Pretty low estimate on price and glaring typo 1980 probably should be 1890 ?

Originally Posted by akaroa1

Pretty low estimate on price and glaring typo 1980 probably should be 1890 ?

Thats a sporting rifle built on an SMLE. Its probably from the 1950's going by the stock. not the same thing as the fine sporting rifles they were making pre WW1...

My old BSA sporting rifle with the Lee Speed tang safety...

Originally Posted by JohnDuxbury

My old BSA sporting rifle with the Lee Speed tang safety...

Nice walnut

Originally Posted by JohnDuxbury

My old BSA sporting rifle with the Lee Speed tang safety...

Yeah that is a cracking rifle

Originally Posted by csmiffy

Yeah that is a cracking rifle

Yes one of mine & looking much better now with a Lee Speed Full Rib barrel fitted as opposed to the stuffed MLE barrel that was on it then.

As stated above .375 in the Speeders is the .375 EX 2 1/2in, I have a couple of them & one 8mm which is the 8X50R that I'm after the brass for just now .

Funny I just got home this very minute with another SMLE 303, fitted with a nice H barrel in good nick & P&H target peep sight.

Greener was one of the few company's that built there own Sporters & Lee Speeds (which are mostly BSA Sporters/Lee Speeds) I have one of those also, it is a cool old rifle, mine unfortunately has a very tired barrel, the early ones were full Lee Speeds, that one at Holts may have been reproved in 1980 ?

Originally Posted by Scout

Yes one of mine & looking much better now with a Lee Speed Full Rib barrel fitted as opposed to the stuffed MLE barrel that was on it then.

As stated above .375 in the Speeders is the .375 EX 2 1/2in, I have a couple of them & one 8mm which is the 8X50R that I'm after the brass for just now .

Funny I just got home this very minute with another SMLE 303, fitted with a nice H barrel in good nick & P&H target peep sight.

Makes a nice change from the rusty garden stakes you usually get given

Haha yes that is very true bud !

I actually just rang him to say I need to give him more money as barrel is excellent, he couldn't get the bolt out because of the P&H sight & assumed it was poked !

Just spent an hour loading up some military ball for my old SMLE. It has a like-new barrel on it and shoots very well, my eyes are getting too old to shoot with open sights like I used to, but I can still shoot the .303 although I now have an aperture sight to put on it (not a target sight, just a little peep sight. This is a hunting rifle) This is how it shoots with 180 Speer round noses and full load of AR2209:

Out of interest what has everyone found as the best 180ish grain hunting projectile assuming it shoots ok out of particular rifle?
170gr sst, 180gr RN?

Apologies, thought the sst was 170. It's only 150

I shoot .308 bullets in a couple of mine that have good bores 180gr Hornady Spitzers & in a couple of worn Speeders I shoot Norma 196gr .318 bullets .

Before that the Hornady 174gr RN & Spitzer, don't shoot the Old girls far so RN is Ok !



The 180gr Hornady.

180 grain Speer RN is good, the 174 grain Hornady RN is good. The Winchester 180 Power Point SP is good. The Highland / PPU 180 Grain BTSP is good. (I have not shot anything with 150 grainers as far as I know. I think.)

If you have an old bore, dont shoot boat tails in it, flat base will shoot better. 220 grain .308 may shoot in a good .303 bore.

Good idea from SCout re shooting .318 bullets in a worn or large bore