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    Default 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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    Default Re: happiness is !!!! ------ 303 SMLE

    https://beta.photobucket.com/u/treemandave/p/9f2bf2ea-23cb-4b73-9145-66fbeca2705a

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    Default 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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    Default Re: happiness is !!!! ------ 303 SMLE

    Congrats! That is a very handy group!

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    Default 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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    Default Re: happiness is !!!! ------ 303 SMLE

    Wow! Nice going.

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    Default 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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    Default 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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    Default 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 ?
    ...
    ...
    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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    Default 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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