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You ain't ever seen a 303 British like this before...
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<blockquote data-quote="engineer40" data-source="post: 1132798" data-attributes="member: 90399"><p>I concur. You and I are on the same thought process with this one. I have plenty of more powerful rifles if I need one. Thanks for your response shortgrass. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not sure what you mean by you were forbidden to use them? Meaning your teachers wouldn't let you shoot them? Or just wouldn't let you use them for class projects? </p><p></p><p>I fully realize the 303's have their own set of issues. However I most definitely hold them in a higher class of rifle than the Mosin Nagants. Without any trigger work on my 303 it breaks at 3lbs every time. My Mosin is above 10lbs and is gritty and nasty. Cycling the bolt on my 303 is as smooth as any modern bolt action I own. After trying every trick I have found online to make it better, I still sometimes feel the need to beat my bolt handle up with a 2x4 to cycle the Mosin. The rifle is just hard to cycle and is crude. I still have a good time shooting it though. </p><p></p><p>And I wholeheartedly agree that the 1903's and Mausers are well above both. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I hear ya... I wish my Dad would have never modified this one. My Dad had an FFL license for around 8 years while I was young and moonlighted by selling some guns and mostly reloading supplies. He was buying these 303's for $65 back then. For $75 you could have a 303 hand picked for you that was in great shape. (AK's and SKS's were under $100 also, FFL price). He ordered 6 of the "hand picked" ones at the same time once. The one that looked the nicest and shot the tightest group he kept; then sold the rest. He never thought twice to hack it up because it was only $75. Oh well... That is the rifle I now own. But if he had hindsight, this 303 would probably be worth over $600 today if he would have left it alone. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Ha! That's a great story! But are you sure it wasn't your friend's shooting skills? lol. </p><p></p><p>It's well known that many of these old war 303's are pretty darn inaccurate. I've heard stories of the bores being way over sized. But I think even the bad ones could shoot Minute Of Deer! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="engineer40, post: 1132798, member: 90399"] I concur. You and I are on the same thought process with this one. I have plenty of more powerful rifles if I need one. Thanks for your response shortgrass. I'm not sure what you mean by you were forbidden to use them? Meaning your teachers wouldn't let you shoot them? Or just wouldn't let you use them for class projects? I fully realize the 303's have their own set of issues. However I most definitely hold them in a higher class of rifle than the Mosin Nagants. Without any trigger work on my 303 it breaks at 3lbs every time. My Mosin is above 10lbs and is gritty and nasty. Cycling the bolt on my 303 is as smooth as any modern bolt action I own. After trying every trick I have found online to make it better, I still sometimes feel the need to beat my bolt handle up with a 2x4 to cycle the Mosin. The rifle is just hard to cycle and is crude. I still have a good time shooting it though. And I wholeheartedly agree that the 1903's and Mausers are well above both. I hear ya... I wish my Dad would have never modified this one. My Dad had an FFL license for around 8 years while I was young and moonlighted by selling some guns and mostly reloading supplies. He was buying these 303's for $65 back then. For $75 you could have a 303 hand picked for you that was in great shape. (AK's and SKS's were under $100 also, FFL price). He ordered 6 of the "hand picked" ones at the same time once. The one that looked the nicest and shot the tightest group he kept; then sold the rest. He never thought twice to hack it up because it was only $75. Oh well... That is the rifle I now own. But if he had hindsight, this 303 would probably be worth over $600 today if he would have left it alone. Ha! That's a great story! But are you sure it wasn't your friend's shooting skills? lol. It's well known that many of these old war 303's are pretty darn inaccurate. I've heard stories of the bores being way over sized. But I think even the bad ones could shoot Minute Of Deer! :) [/QUOTE]
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