Blr243 wrote:I just tried a sized, empty case and it appears the spring will only make the bolt fly back half way so there’s no way a fired case is going to extract that easy so my theory is incorrect. Can a gunsmith safely lighten the trigger.down to two pounds. ? I’m not corncerned about change ing the original historical condition I think it’s a no4 my 1
No1Mk3 wrote:G'day Blr243,
Don't understand what you are getting at? The 303 is a cock-on-closing action, when the action is fired, there is no spring tension in the bolt at all, opening the handle will result in nothing at all happening so to get the bolt to open itself you must be using an unfired action. To fire the 303 quickly, you grasp the bolt knob between the thumb and first finger, cycle it and fire with the middle or ring finger not letting go of the bolt knob at all. This is the method used by Iraqveteran8888 in the video SCJ429 posted, as well as that used in the "Mad Minute" exercise, Cheers.
Blr243 wrote:Now I get it. And I now realise it was a bit of a dumb question. Thanks for the vid and info.
Blr243 wrote:Gunner have you ever hunted pigs with 303 soft points?
Blr243 wrote:When I was going through some random 303 ammo tonight I found some stuff to shoot off at the range early this week. They look like xtp s. Perhaps I just bung some 308 xtp s in there at some stage previously....I will have a hunt around and do some experimenting
Blr243 wrote:Gunner have you ever hunted pigs with 303 soft points?