303 for hunting, finally.

[wynand.dewinnaar]

The advantage with the 303 is if you see your shot placement is off, you can run in the bullet and manually correct the path.

But it has probably killed more game in Africa than any caliber to date.
Of course the 6.5 Creedmoor will overtake in 2021.


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[wynand.dewinnaar]

It has no recoil pad and I am using a piece of Boogi board(foam surf board insert as an recoil pad)
It also has no sling or sling mounts.
I have mounts aplenty, but no spare slings worth using and although I have 5/6 spare recoil pads none are the right shape, or even close.

So it needs a few Rands. I really actually enjoyed it in its 18 inch(including silencer) form.It carries well in one hand, a handy attribute in thick bush.

I hope the boogy board is in a camo color.
Personally I love the idea of hunting with an old rifle that can still shoot straight!


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[treeman]

Quat

I hope the boogy board is in a camo color.
Personally I love the idea of hunting with an old rifle that can still shoot straight!
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Half inch group at a 100 m
There is a thread on site regarding rifle - 303 something can not recall header.

[driepootx]

http://manmagnum.com/images/pdfs/bon...Marsh-1991.pdf

[Messor]

But it has probably killed more game in Africa than any caliber to date.

Yep, and with many people shooting fmj it probably wounded more animals and caused more suffering than any other cartridge in history as well.

Of course the 6.5 Creedmoor will overtake in 2021.

Nah, it's barrel does not last long enough.
Once you are done with load development, just when you start bragging among your girlfriends, the barrel is shot out before you can start hunting.

[driepootx]

Government decrees - get rid of the tsetse fly so that cattle farming can thrive.

This initiated the use of DDT, which was dumped from aeroplanes to affect the eradication of the fly. All game animals (being hosts) were shot out of very large areas and as there were many surplus 303's and military ammo, this is what was used. It was not culling and consumption, but eradication. That accounts for many of the animals shot with 303.

Has anybody read up on these times. It would be interesting to read - how about a separate thread with some info?

[treeman]

Nah, it's barrel does not last long enough.
Once you are done with load development, just when you start bragging among your girlfriends, the barrel is shot out before you can start hunting.

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Do the Creedmoor guys keep a rifle THAT long? Geees ! Surely there must new fads to follow in that time.

[A-R]

But it has probably killed more game in Africa than any caliber to date.
Of course the 6.5 Creedmoor will overtake in 2021.

Once the needmore has overtaken the 303, there is still the 7,62x39 ahead. And it is till gaining...

[tobie]

Yep, and with many people shooting fmj it probably wounded more animals and caused more suffering than any other cartridge in history as well.




Nah, it's barrel does not last long enough.
Once you are done with load development, just when you start bragging among your girlfriends, the barrel is shot out before you can start hunting.

With all these shortcomings, it's easy to see why you and so many others love the .30-06 ;)

[Messor]

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Do the Creedmoor guys keep a rifle THAT long? Geees ! Surely there must new fads to follow in that time.

Focus Treeman, focus.

They go to the range each weekend.
There they shoot gong, after gong, after gong, after gong.
The conversation is like:
Hey dude, you see me hit that gong?
Jip you hit that gong good and proper.

So if you think they might get bored of something think again, they do the same thing over and over and never get bored of it. In fact I have heard they even like marital sex, kid you not! Something like once a week at a specific time, doing the EXACT moves, never get bored of it. Pillow talk is something like MILLS vs MOA, low ES and SD etc, or so I hear.