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

Gee guys neither of those Mauser rifles are in the Dreadnought 303 theme Eh ?

Originally Posted by Scout

Gee guys neither of those Mauser rifles are in the Dreadnought 303 theme Eh ?

Love the bottom one, that Mannlicher style full wood and nose cap is a beaut, and improves that ugly No 5 forend...

The Spanish FR8 is kinda cool, with the cleaning kit tube looking like a gas port and the CETME flash hider with wire cutting notches (designed to position the muzzle in line with the target wire). Put a 10-round mag on her and you'll get a AOS callout after passing some trampers. But alas, yes, .308, so another thread.

Here's one that could approximate to a .303 "scout" rifle. It's an uugly contraption, including the cobbled stock extender but it works. Screwed a picatinny rail to the left side of the receiver, some filing in the aluminium required, and put offset 1" scope rings on this, resulting in the scope riding just enough off midline to not obstruct charger loading. It is currently dismantled and will instead have a 1x red dot scope in the rings once I'm done with it.



And don't ask about the hole under the barrel. It is quite shot out so may have been a wall hanger.