and now... .303 for moose??

I have all the respect for this cartridge myself after dropping a nice bear in its tracks with one shot into chest at 70 yards. I was using a sierra GmK 180 pro hunter and at these velocities and gr combo the bullet did its job quick.
Don't get me wrong its not my formost bear rifle but will work if needed and called upon. As for moose many have fallen to the 303 and will again.
 
Co-worker and good friend has used an OLD Lee-Enfield 303 to hunt everything that we go out for. Every year I have hunted with him he's had no problems "bringin home the Moose". Just don't stretch things out to much.
 
I use Winchester's 180gr Power point in my No.4 mk1 that I use as a back up deer rifle. By the impact it has on deer, I would'nt have any problem using the same cartridge on Moose. :)
 
sametwinnie said:
I don't handload so I will stick with factory ammo. Someone suggest remington core lockt 180 GR and it seem a good choice. What do you thinks folks?
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Try to save your brass for those of us that do reload. :D

Try the ammo you mention above at the range and see how your rifle works with it, as ammo is really an individual thing, and can different from rifle to rifle even of the same type.
 
I think I just save a couple hundred dollars on a new rifle because of you guys!! NO NO I will not share this saving between all of you but buy some ammo instead and start practice at the range;) .

Thanks
 
180 core lokt is excellent factory ammo for the 303, do save the brass as you will most likely start to reload at some point in your life. The 303 is a fun rifle to shoot, long after the magnumers have gone home to rest their battered bodies you can still be out at the range making noise and becoming a better shooter which is what it really is all about. Enjoy!
 
I seen them 180 cor lokts in action on a real good sized BC blackie at 30 yards

retained bullet weight was 70%, and they mushroomed very nice.

I figure they'd work well on moose :)

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The 303 is a classic,I have shot yotes striding across a pasture at over 100 yards with little holdover! I hold it in the same class with the 7.98x57,the 30-06,and even the .308 Win!

Yes you do your part and the 303 will put it down!

Bob
 
Just came back from the range this PM after sighting in my P14 303 British. Shot several groups at 1¼" or smaller for 3 shots @ 100 meters. One load with the 150 Hornady and Vihtavuori N540 made groups well under 1" :) Steve Redgwell's 200 grain Semispitzer regularly shoots right at 1". This is with optics, but I'm thinking this old girl will be fine out to 300, maybe a bit more on deer and easy 250 on Moose. I'll take it bear hunting in a couple of weeks...look out Blackie!!!;) Regards, Eagleye.
 
well look at my profile photos,its a drilling, rifle barel is 303 british,this rifle took moose lastyear at 160 meters, moose went only 10 meters in bush so i finished him with brenneke slug just to check performance of brenneke,great combo
 
I dumped my first moose at 320yrds with 180's. Rifle had an old 2.5 power scope on it. Punched both lungs and down he went. Bullet exited, and was not recovered. Out of all the moose I have/have seen shot, that was the farthest one by about 100yrds. The 303 is a fine moose round.

R.
 
I have only shot one moose, that was with .308/180 partition, pretty much the same performance as .303.
All I would say is practise getting 2 or 3 shots off in succession. It's not hard to hit the boiler on an animal that size, but the buggers just won't fall over and they like to run into the wettest, or thickest cover after the first shot.
 
.303 british has got to be the most popular big game round in Newfoundland. And yes, we got moose..approx..120,000 plus. Over the last 100 years that moose have been on the island, I'd say most have fallen to the good o'le .303 British. As with anything, within range, It'll knock em down just like the rest.
 
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