Thread: SMLE 303

Well sad story , went to hunting and fishing palmy -No ppu 303 ammunition and then went for a cruise to otaki hunting and fishing. No dice , No ammo here or there for me ol 30.
Guess I may have to order some online from somewhere if anybody has any.
The local gun shop in feilding has no PPU ammo till Nov.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a.aspx?id=...C-8862D34A0245

Not mine

Thanks jhon , unsure if i want to go down the rabbit hole of loading yet.
I managed to find a place in wanganui that will sell you ammunition and if you give them a days notice they will hold it for you to pick up instead of the bullshit police mail order form , They still want to see the ol FAL so its all above board.
The company is AMMODIRECT and is located in wanganui.

Hey jusepy, i recently got a laser bore sight for 303. I'm in the great palmy swamp myself more than happy to lend it. theyre 50 bucks otherwise! thats like almost 20 boooolits. Should make sighting in a bit less expensive get you on the paper quicker, my first time without it i considered if i should shoot at the side of a bus i was that bad

I bought a 223 howa 1500 for my first hunting rifle but i think i had a bug from all the war movies dad got me watching as a kid not to mention the encyclopedias lol everyone i know has said i'm mad and should be put in a home but I think once you buy an enfield you'll always have one or two.

Hey seftonB thats super kind of you mate !! Thank you.
I will see how I go with bore sighting and will be in touch if i struggle.
Hey do you reload your 303 cases ?
Just having a look on youtube at the mo .

Hey not a problem man, no i have looked at it though the leereloader the whackamole one did catch my eye. Will branch that way some day not yet though my mitsusbishis always wanting money aswell lol. Definitely hang onto your brass though next to the projos it looks like the most expensive part of the lot, apparently the 303 is not the beginner friendly round to reload either but i dont think that should put anyone off, lifes for learning right? if your after spares you cant find in nz theres a great website in the uk and mails it all rather well. bought sights for a no 5 wood work bands screws springs etc took a number of weeks to ship over here leeendfielspartsandmilitaria.com

Ok , Yeah im just looking at lee loaders now @hunting and outdoor supplies . Do you need a police order form signed by the police to get one sent via mail ?
Is it the initial cost of buying the loader , powder and the lead itself that costs ?

Thanks sefton i may have a look into that website and i will make sure i pick up my brass and keep it stashed away for a rainy day.

Ok hello friends...
Today i went down to the "range" and let loose with the 303. At first , my groupings were all over the place due to getting used to the high scope and no cheeck weld on the 303. As the day progressed i found my groupings definitely closing up. Got it on paper at 30 yards then went to a 100 yards .
was out with the brother in law and his mate , who were shooting modern 308's and other rifles.
I reckon with more time on the 303 and a bit of patience , i will be able to smoke a deer at 100 yards.

I am pretty happpy with the performance of the 303 , was unusual the height of the scope and trying to use chin weld instead of cheel weld but I think i will be able to adept nicely.
I wont put pics of my grouping on here because it was pretty nasty.

make yourself up a cheek riser of padding,plenty of photos of such on the net.
good to hear it goes bang and the leadn copper bit exits in the right direction.

ok so i caved .
aa also here is a line up of what we were firing.

so she is doing EGGZACHARY what it was designed to do...4" at hundred yards......that was its design perametre...re read thread on it......
so if thats as good as you ever can get...its still going to be 8" at 200 yards which a very dead deer if shoulder shot.
you doing fine young fella...fine indeed. unknown rifle and scope,creepy two stage trigger,rifle stock designed to be fired standing NOT prone.....dead deer out to 200 all you need to worry about is putting Xhairs in centre of shoulder to pop balloon held between the lower shoulder blades and you will be eating venison steak in no time.

Thanks micky duck , I unfortunately shot the fuck out of a fence post which I will offer to replace . My target was leaning against the post and it got dealt too 303 style.
Nice entry wound but was blown all over the place out the back of the post. I am used to sighting in a .22 against a post , didnt realise the power and destruction a 303 has.

cocky will piss his self laughing when you fess up.

Yeah its the sister in law , so I think Its better to come clean than sweep it under the carpet.
Would absolutely suck to loose the rights to hunt/sight in guns due to a minute of stupidity .... better to come clean.