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.303s are legendary

Post by Outback Gunslinger » 23 Feb 2017, 9:43 pm

Who ever owns a .303 please respond as i would like to know how many people here own .303s.
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Post by Jeff303 » 24 Feb 2017, 6:38 am

I have one & always have. Love all the vaiants too. Sadly just sold a black built 303-270 s**t that thing was good. O well.
The 303 , like the 7x57 is one of those rounds that on paper look unremarkable, but in the paddock its all boom flop, they kill out of all proportion to paper statistics. Possibly best aussie pig round
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Post by bladeracer » 24 Feb 2017, 6:55 am

Got a No4 Mk1* Longbranch here.
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Post by Supaduke » 24 Feb 2017, 9:04 am

Got a Savage no.4 MK 1*, very sweet shooting rifle.
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Post by Wylie27 » 24 Feb 2017, 9:07 am

Lithgow No1 MKIII*
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Post by TheDude » 24 Feb 2017, 9:34 am

Wylie27 wrote:Lithgow No1 MKIII*


Me too. mines a 1943.
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Post by Wylie27 » 24 Feb 2017, 9:43 am

Mines a 1943, barrelled in 52.

Numbers matching across the board which is cool
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Post by <<Genesis93>> » 24 Feb 2017, 9:44 am

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Post by <<Genesis93>> » 24 Feb 2017, 9:47 am

In any particular type of rifle??

Say in a Martini? or a Ruger, or Mauser or P14, perhaps a Winchester or an Arisaka(well Japanese anyway)?

Maybe even an Enfield...
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Post by Title_II » 24 Feb 2017, 10:36 am

.303s are legendary


I think you spelt .30-06 wrong :)
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Post by Wylie27 » 24 Feb 2017, 10:41 am

Are we having this discussion again?

the .303 saved America from Japanese aggression.. :lol: :lol: :D
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Post by juststarting » 24 Feb 2017, 11:29 am

Title_II wrote:
.303s are legendary


I think you spelt .30-06 wrong :)


I think you spelt 7.62x54R wrong :)

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Post by No1Mk3 » 24 Feb 2017, 11:50 am

Yes, of course! Hard to be born anywhere in the Commonwealth, have an interest in rifles, and not have a 303 or 2. Cheers.
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Post by AusTac » 24 Feb 2017, 12:00 pm

Another .303 owner, will always have mine, it's my go to centrefire
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Post by GLS_1956 » 24 Feb 2017, 12:03 pm

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Post by Title_II » 24 Feb 2017, 5:16 pm

Wylie27 wrote:Are we having this discussion again?

the .303 saved America from Japanese aggression.. :lol: :lol: :D


I have too much respect for the heritage of your mates to say, "That's a good one." So I won't :D
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Post by Title_II » 24 Feb 2017, 5:22 pm

juststarting wrote:
Title_II wrote:
.303s are legendary


I think you spelt .30-06 wrong :)


I think you spelt 7.62x54R wrong :)

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Hahaha, how true :D

About 42 out of 45 members of my family were killed in the war. Just a guess from talking to the surviving members, but probably something like 25 killed on the Russian Front, 10 slaughtered by Russians after the war, and 10 starved to death in American concentration camps.

Then again, that's not exactly your neighborhood, now is it? I remember there was a tiny bit of action around your neighborhood as well :D
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Post by juststarting » 24 Feb 2017, 5:29 pm

Title_II wrote:
juststarting wrote:
Title_II wrote:
.303s are legendary


I think you spelt .30-06 wrong :)


I think you spelt 7.62x54R wrong :)

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Hahaha, how true :D

About 42 out of 45 members of my family were killed in the war. Just a guess from talking to the surviving members, but probably something like 25 killed on the Russian Front, 10 slaughtered by Russians after the war, and 10 starved to death in American concentration camps.

Then again, that's not exactly your neighborhood, now is it? I remember there was a tiny bit of action around your neighborhood as well :D


Heh sort of my neighbourhood ;)
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Post by Title_II » 24 Feb 2017, 5:35 pm

What Aussies think WWII was (wink ;) ):

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What World War II really was (reminder to us all):

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Grey = Neutral
Green = Allied
Blue = Axis

It was a complete disaster of unfathomable proportions.
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Post by juststarting » 24 Feb 2017, 5:43 pm

And that's boys and girls is how you hijack a thread. Sorry about that, actually I am no sorry, but whatever. He started it. In any case, I don't officially have it yet, but my No5Mk1 is in the mail and will be in my possession next Saturday at the latest.
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Post by <<Genesis93>> » 24 Feb 2017, 5:44 pm

Title_II wrote:.......10 starved to death in American concentration camps.

Then again, that's not exactly your neighborhood, now is it? I remember there was a tiny bit of action around your neighborhood as well :D


Guests at Eisenhower's holidays camps that no-one 'remembers'??
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Post by Gamerancher » 24 Feb 2017, 5:49 pm

I've got a SMLE No.4 mkI, it would be the last rifle to get out of the safe if I actually wanted to hit something though.
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Post by Title_II » 24 Feb 2017, 5:50 pm

juststarting wrote:And that's boys and girls is how you hijack a thread. Sorry about that, actually I am no sorry, but whatever. He started it. In any case, I don't officially have it yet, but my No5Mk1 is in the mail and will be in my possession next Saturday at the latest.


I started it? :D

.30-06 was not invented for WWII LOL. I'm pretty sure that was you :D

You brought up WWII and I thought a reminder was in order after an appropriate and fun post by you :) Not having a go at you, mate, just an opportunity for a brief reminder to us all. It's breathtaking and horrifying.

"You should have seen it in color." Thank goodness most of us didn't.

OK, enough of that from me.
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Post by juststarting » 24 Feb 2017, 5:54 pm

Don't argue. You've started it.
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Post by Gwion » 24 Feb 2017, 6:11 pm

Don't own one. Never want to own one. Don't see the point unless you're a military buff.
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Post by Gamerancher » 24 Feb 2017, 6:20 pm

Yeah, only got mine to shoot service rifle silhouette. That's now been canned due to lack of interest.
Apart from wanting to get my hands on my grandfathers old full-bore rifle, they do nothing for me.
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Post by Gun-nut » 24 Feb 2017, 7:24 pm

I may or may not own a couple of no.5's ;)
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Post by Jeff303 » 24 Feb 2017, 7:42 pm

I also love 30-06s , and a
I also enjoy wearing french maid outfits on a friday night when no one is around.
But what the f*** does any of that have to do with 303s being legendary
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Post by Heckler303 » 24 Feb 2017, 8:14 pm

I am surprised that no one has summoned me to this thread. I am probably by far, the biggest user of .303 on this entire forum, and the biggest owner of 303 wildcats, which is a growing collection.


I am happy to say that the .303 cartridge is by far my most favorite of all. That's why it sits in my username and my signature. My father has taught me well on the cartridge, I have at least 8 books dedicated to Lee Enfields and the .303 on my shelf, a entire cabinet dedicated to .303 and .303 wildcat reloading gear, and best of all: 9 Rifles in my safe are either 303s, or 303 based wildcats. I regularly shoot them, and use anything from the hottest loads I can fit to the softest lead-cast bullets. Listed as such:

No. 1 mk 3 Full wood, matching numbers, Lithgow made, good nick. 3-4 inch group at 100.

No. 4 mk 1 T model, Full wood, matching numbers, Canadian Longbranch, Very good nick. Sub moa groups at 100 with telescopic sights.

Pattern 1914, Remington made, Full wood, matching numbers, still great nick for 102 years. 2-inch group at 100 with open sights.

No. 1 mk 3 cut-down, non-matching numbers, made into a make-shift carbine to replicate the No.5. Pretty, but pretty shot-out bore. Average 5 inch group at 100 with open sights.

No. 4 mk 1, 303-25 Wildcat. Made in England, good everything, nice replacement timber, shoots a cloverleaf at 100 yards. Not even sure what kind of inch group it shoots, the holes never get any bigger :D.

No. 5 mk 1 Jungle Carbine, 303-22 Wildcat. This rifle is still experimental, but it did shoot 0.9 inch group at 100 yards with slighter hotter than normal loads. Right now it can't hit the side of a barn door!

No. 1 mk 3, Lithgow made, Parker-hale sporterized Lee Enfield, which I have converted to a target rifle. It put a 3 shot group into a size of 2 inches....at 600 yards. That's enough said for it.

P14 Winchester, sniper variant, converted to a sporter. This one is a specialty as it comes in .303 epps, the magnum wildcat variant of this cartridge. Cloverleaf groups.

M17 Sporter, 303-25. This one is another WIP, and is currently having a scope-mount fit to it. Don't worry, I already bought it as a sporter, the only Enfield I am guilty of butchering is the mount for the No. 4 Mk 1 T rifle, which was a half-ass job that needed fixing by me.


I will eventually compile a picture list to go with them, my list is only worthy when I can show the wood and steel that has gotten so much love from me and millions of people across the world.
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Post by Wylie27 » 24 Feb 2017, 10:16 pm

When you say you of course you mean your dad......
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