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11-08-2019, 00:18 #1
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happiness is !!!! ------ 303 SMLE
after crying blood, an all but giving up, the most challenging weapon I ever tried to beat was equaled but not yet beaten. I will improve it, but I first need to come to grips with what i do not know yet.
The 303 I bought Cody - got it shooting on a page
I then got it shooting a pattern - thing 12 guage
I then got it shooting a group, if you stood faaaar away.
Stock silencer scope bedding filing fitting swearing and changing to atheism got me down to 3 inch.
Carefull black art and voodo got me down to a big one inch.
One year later and just gat vol my Lee 303 neck sizing die arrived.
Loaded 15 to test and read results - its mos a whole new process and range time battle work it out dump the pieca shit venture.
Below is what can happen with neck sizing - 100m group with 4 times fired brass - Winchester - 174gr round nose Hornady.
old best load - bout a big one inch group( actually call it 2).
https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds
-------------no changes - just neck size old brass.
Needles to say its become a good wee
k end.
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11-08-2019, 00:21 #2
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Re: happiness is !!!! ------ 303 SMLE
https://beta.photobucket.com/u/treemandave/p/9f2bf2ea-23cb-4b73-9145-66fbeca2705a
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11-08-2019, 05:33 #3
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Re: happiness is !!!! ------ 303 SMLE
That is a very decent group T-man. I'm gld the Neck sizing are bearing fruit.
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11-08-2019, 07:55 #4
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Re: happiness is !!!! ------ 303 SMLE
Congrats! That is a very handy group!
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11-08-2019, 07:57 #5
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Re: happiness is !!!! ------ 303 SMLE
I recently had a couple of days off from work and could properly sort out my old 303 as well. I only do neck sizing with a Lee Collet on mine. I have to say, when that group started shrinking, few things could compare to the joy I got out of the old war horse.
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11-08-2019, 08:18 #6
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Re: happiness is !!!! ------ 303 SMLE
Wow! Nice going.
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11-08-2019, 09:07 #7
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Re: happiness is !!!! ------ 303 SMLE
It was one of the few times I went to the range with a , "fuck - here we go again with this piece a shit".
You know how you have to tweek every load every time you make any change, well I was dreading that process - the 303 has been a woman that does not love you and never will, no roses or chocolates are going to get her wanting yer body mate - well that was this bitch.
I took the old cases neck sized and loaded exact same everything - rather carelessly I must say, just moered them together.
Unless you a reloader that has battled with a rifle or a guy thats chased a uninterested girl - that feeling -AAAAAaaaaahhhhhh that that feeling when you see that second hole and ............
Ya - its the same
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11-08-2019, 19:14 #8
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Re: happiness is !!!! ------ 303 SMLE
Now try the 174gr Sierra Gameking or Matchking. It should shave about a 1/8 to 1/4" off that.
I personally never had good results with Winchester brass. Ended up giving 550 away for free.
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11-08-2019, 19:59 #9
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Re: happiness is !!!! ------ 303 SMLE
I am using Hornady Round Nose - 174 gr.
I am so elated thrilled surprised se moer happy, you know what I did - Wanna try guess ?
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I have glued the dies in position - de-capping, seating the lot, nothing is going to move a millimeter, I am not taking chances - they Lee dies so no locking screws, glued that dies sorry arse in one place.
I am loading 100 (less one or two lost cases) as we post - just came out for coffee. poor substitute for beer, but yea I am reloading. ( Not allowed to drink on day of reloading at all - at all)
Yuslike guys its hard to describe how chuffed I am - so so so sooooo thrilled, ! it shoots - it really shoots - I got it right.
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13-08-2019, 11:28 #10
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Re: happiness is !!!! ------ 303 SMLE
treeman, have you been able to shoot repeat groups of similar size?
Otherwise it may just have been a fluke.......
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