Back in the 80's - early 90's I had many conversations with former members of the British NRA - (National Rifle Association), but now living in Canada and they were members of the DCRA - ORA (Dominion of Canada Rifle Association - Ontario Rifle Association) and they found excellent performance using their .303 rifled barrels using .308 bullets at long distance.
These are some of the boys that Ganderite will have known well, although I was never really into formal competition like Ganderite was.
I was shooting No4 MK 1's, both Longbranch and the British No4 1's and 2's at the military ranges in Winona and CFB Borden.
Winona at the time was 800 yards.
I don't recall the exact load, but I was using H4895SC with Nosler .308 - 165 grain Ballistic Tips and they shot extremely well at long distance.
Cases were just neck sized with a .308 expander.
They actually performed well in all barrels, 2 - 5 and the 6 groove.
Around the same time, I used to attend the CMP High Power shoots at Camp Perry in the U.S. and I had many conversation's with the engineers from Sierra. This was when they were in the process of developing their Match King .303 bullets and they were very interested at what we were doing with the Nosler .308 - 165's. I did not compete, but I had many friends from all the different U.S. Armed Services that were there in attendance, both armorers and competitors.
I shot on rifle teams in the army in the 80's, but that was the last of my formal shooting days using the mighty FN-C1.
D@m, I miss shooting those rifles!
I have been shooting and collecting No 4's and No'3s for over 50 years, but not as long as Ganderite.
Ganderite is very modest, but in case you don't know, he is also Dominion of Canada Rifle Association - Hall of Famer.
These are some of the boys that Ganderite will have known well, although I was never really into formal competition like Ganderite was.
I was shooting No4 MK 1's, both Longbranch and the British No4 1's and 2's at the military ranges in Winona and CFB Borden.
Winona at the time was 800 yards.
I don't recall the exact load, but I was using H4895SC with Nosler .308 - 165 grain Ballistic Tips and they shot extremely well at long distance.
Cases were just neck sized with a .308 expander.
They actually performed well in all barrels, 2 - 5 and the 6 groove.
Around the same time, I used to attend the CMP High Power shoots at Camp Perry in the U.S. and I had many conversation's with the engineers from Sierra. This was when they were in the process of developing their Match King .303 bullets and they were very interested at what we were doing with the Nosler .308 - 165's. I did not compete, but I had many friends from all the different U.S. Armed Services that were there in attendance, both armorers and competitors.
I shot on rifle teams in the army in the 80's, but that was the last of my formal shooting days using the mighty FN-C1.
D@m, I miss shooting those rifles!
I have been shooting and collecting No 4's and No'3s for over 50 years, but not as long as Ganderite.
Ganderite is very modest, but in case you don't know, he is also Dominion of Canada Rifle Association - Hall of Famer.
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