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

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

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Only 12 months guarantee??? They last a lot longer. Haha!

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

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Look Micky,
A left handed .303 for sale!
Grandpamac.

Originally Posted by grandpamac

Look Micky,
A left handed .303 for sale!
Grandpamac.

Are the more pricy ones the left hand ones?

Originally Posted by grandpamac

Look Micky,
A left handed .303 for sale!
Grandpamac.

Well spotted. Respect!

@ROKTOY there is a couple on there. A pair with only one bolt in the NI for not bad money

oh come along now fellas....I found you a genuine advert.....the picture tells all.......no photoshop back when that add was printed......

Are the .303 gaining popularity ? Having a resurgance ?
I think yes, partly on the back of Jacinda bucks, and partly due to folk realising there is a lot of charm / history to these.
Growing up I spurned the "three oh " relying on levers, and shy of all the information regarding poor safety design ( the reason we are a nation of 1/2 cockers )
This was probably also due to my hunting mentor only having fingers on his off hand. He could fire and work a lever with his thumb more readily than work a bolt.
Most govt deer culling had gone by the way side and choppers filled the sky ( ten four good buddy ) as I approached hunting age..

Fast forward 40 years and I find my interest in them raised, and I can now usually tell the difference from a 3 and a 4. With taking up TR ( full bore ) I keep looking for something unmolested or even in traditional range configuration.
But dare I say it a P14 would be betterer.

Originally Posted by johnd

Are the .303 gaining popularity ? Having a resurgance ?
I think yes, partly on the back of Jacinda bucks, and partly due to folk realising there is a lot of charm / history to these.
Growing up I spurned the "three oh " relying on levers, and shy of all the information regarding poor safety design ( the reason we are a nation of 1/2 cockers )
This was probably also due to my hunting mentor only having fingers on his off hand. He could fire and work a lever with his thumb more readily than work a bolt.
Most govt deer culling had gone by the way side and choppers filled the sky ( ten four good buddy ) as I approached hunting age..

Fast forward 40 years and I find my interest in them raised, and I can now usually tell the difference from a 3 and a 4. With taking up TR ( full bore ) I keep looking for something unmolested or even in traditional range configuration.
But dare I say it a P14 would be betterer.

Gasp!!!

A mate gave me two well used old 303s when i was about 20 years old (2000's) as he didnt have a firearms licence, they were found in a family estate,fired one once it threw bullets end over end , at the time i thought "old peices of shit" after i offered them back to the guy that gave them to me (he didnt want them) i took them to the cop shop.
kick myself every time i think about it,IDIOT

Originally Posted by muka88

A mate gave me two well used old 303s when i was about 20 years old (2000's) as he didnt have a firearms licence, they were found in a family estate,fired one once it threw bullets end over end , at the time i thought "old peices of shit" after i offered them back to the guy that gave them to me (he didnt want them) i took them to the cop shop.
kick myself every time i think about it,IDIOT

Gasp!!! (now also wheezing).

Haha I have a heap of them now after being bitten hard by the BSA Sporter/Lee Speed bug & this is after I got rid of ever single mag & part for MLE SMLE No4 No5 from when I was younger, spent last 10yrs getting the bits back .

In fact just today was give a nice old No3 SMLE from a old guy with no FAL !

Originally Posted by Scout

Haha I have a heap of them now after being bitten hard by the BSA Sporter/Lee Speed bug & this is after I got rid of ever single mag & part for MLE SMLE No4 No5 from when I was younger, spent last 10yrs getting the bits back .

In fact just today was give a nice old No3 SMLE from a old guy with no FAL !

And you said to him, "Thank you for making New Zealand safer!"

Oh Crap, good point, I didn't, he gave it to me, are you sure that made NZ safer ??

i feel way fukn safer thank you @Scout

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