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You ain't ever seen a 303 British like this before...
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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 1244038" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>Shaun don't assume I'm somehow insulting the LE, it was in many very important ways ahead of it's time. It's greatest strength was the speed with which it could be cycled and even more importantly one of it's early improvements was the speed with which it could be reloaded. In "The Mad Minute" drills a gifted LE shooter could accurately fire thirty or more hits on 200-300m targets in one minute. The record is over 40. The speed with which it could be loaded and fired proved devastating to opposing armies equipped with the Mauser action staring with the Boer War. Fortunately the Germans refused to learn that lesson through the next three decades.</p><p></p><p>It was however designed in the black powder era and first issued as cordite was becoming the standard propellant. It simply isn't possible that it was developed to handle powders that were not even invented when it was designed.</p><p></p><p>The rear lug design just has an inherent weakness compared to front lug and double (front and rear) designs which followed it.</p><p></p><p>It's not, or at least shouldn't be an emotional issue, it's just physics and geometry and firearms design has had an evolution just like living things albeit far, far faster.</p><p></p><p>Chuck Hawks did an excellent article years ago in which he discussed the strengths and weaknesses of the more popular bolt actions designs as he saw them and all of our favorite actions as he describes in it have their strengths and weaknesses.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 1244038, member: 30902"] Shaun don't assume I'm somehow insulting the LE, it was in many very important ways ahead of it's time. It's greatest strength was the speed with which it could be cycled and even more importantly one of it's early improvements was the speed with which it could be reloaded. In "The Mad Minute" drills a gifted LE shooter could accurately fire thirty or more hits on 200-300m targets in one minute. The record is over 40. The speed with which it could be loaded and fired proved devastating to opposing armies equipped with the Mauser action staring with the Boer War. Fortunately the Germans refused to learn that lesson through the next three decades. It was however designed in the black powder era and first issued as cordite was becoming the standard propellant. It simply isn't possible that it was developed to handle powders that were not even invented when it was designed. The rear lug design just has an inherent weakness compared to front lug and double (front and rear) designs which followed it. It's not, or at least shouldn't be an emotional issue, it's just physics and geometry and firearms design has had an evolution just like living things albeit far, far faster. Chuck Hawks did an excellent article years ago in which he discussed the strengths and weaknesses of the more popular bolt actions designs as he saw them and all of our favorite actions as he describes in it have their strengths and weaknesses. [/QUOTE]
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