Traditionaly British deer stalking calibers

Sounds kind of lame. Like a hunting soap opera or something. I mean no offence to you if it’s your thing, but I’ll stick to throwing a dart at a map of NW BC and hopping in a beaver.

Ghubert said:
Let me paint you the stalking scene in England

First you have to hunt a gold medal trophy in all main 6 species then a doe in each species. That might take you 2-3 seasons

Then you need to be invited to get the last 2 species because they only exists in private estates

Once you have done that you need to stalk in the top 24 estates

I don’t want to bore you to name them but it’s all on the internet

Once you have done that the golden invite is to stalk at Sandringham and balmoral

Only then you can say you have stalked in England.

Having silly calibres will not get one anywhere - just the service entrance and an off season cull perhaps.....
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I understand where you are coming from but I am only trying to paint a picture of what’s it like over there

Doesn’t mean I agree with it.

Not looking for an argument either

Just painting the real scene and not like what people imagine it’s like]
 
Me either. I appreciate a peek into a world that might as well be on the moon for me. Cheers.
 
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I imagine it has it's pluses and minuses. Better game management for a plus, likely higher quality of hunt and hunters for two; a general raised bar. On the other hand, my heritage is generally English and what it basically meant for them was four hundred years of poverty, with the caveat being one branch of the tree getting rich off war profits while exploiting the other branch so badly that it caused labor unrest.

Edit to add that the labor unrest was due to agitation for wages of approximately 24 shillings a week, of which they were charged 20 shillings a week to live in 10x10 shacks. This is approximately $140 per week (current) wages and costs of $120 per week.
 
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I’ll stick to throwing a dart at a map of NW BC and hopping in a beaver.
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Well la de di da

I’ll stick to getting loaded on moonshine and bootleg Alberta beer and throwing darts at maps of seismic lines and SxSing down them in NE BC thank you very much.

;)

The 303 British being the common thread between this activity and British deer stalking.
 
I recall in 2010 somebody found 2.2 millions rounds of surplus RG 303 in sri Lanka.

Bisley which is effectively the national shooting centre bought the whole Lot.

That’s what been keeping the price down since.

Surprisingly they all still goes bang when one squeeze the trigger

Once that runs out , price is. Going to go through the roof.
 
Ghubert said:
I recall in 2010 somebody found 2.2 millions rounds of surplus RG 303 in sri Lanka.

Bisley which is effectively the national shooting centre bought the whole Lot.

That’s what been keeping the price down since.

Surprisingly they all still goes bang when one squeeze the trigger

Once that runs out , price is. Going to go through the roof.
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Not if you reload...
 
vpsalin said:
I take you point. You're right, I'm trying to find a different point though. Roughly speaking, in middle of the century you're average american hunting rifle was likely using 30-06, average french sporting rifle using 7x64, average English rifle using what.... (7x57?)?
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I suppose you mean the middle of the twentieth century (c.1933 to c.1966 would be the middle third of the century.) I wouldn't be surprised if more deer hunting in N. America was done with rifles in .30-30 than .30-06 around that time.
 
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maple_leaf_eh said:
I was at a function of some sort, and picked a Royal Engineers tie off the rack. I was questioned about it by someone who knew these things. My defence is the Royal Canadian Engineers tie is not as attractive, and my unit had had a succession of very fine RE exchange officers. And no offence was intended. It worked.
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Nice pick - Corps regiment, big time mafia. Colonial stuff doesn't count anyway. I've actually heard that said out loud, and meant.
 
"Just because the only 303's you've seen have been nothing but bubba'ed milsurps, doesn't make it so."

Thats a interesting a fair point too mate, Down under the 'ol 3-0' is just some hard kicking open sighted spray gun to most.... little does they know. :)
i got the ruger 1 in the 303 for the nostalgia toward the beautys u post an know of moreso than i.. anywho

another good old one was the .318 Westley Richards? from my memory it is well spoken of in the 30s-40s-50s in old NZ deer stalking days, which were in the Roar periods and quite extravagant "expeditions" of which were mostly by Rich? Deer stalkers from over those parts incl Colonels post the War period once the deer got biiig...

i actually got to touch one of the famous nz .318 westleys a famous fullah used on many deer but ive since lost the photo :( it is in the nzda musuem in wellington nz

another cal i rekon is the 8x68 maybe? lot of weird length Xmm cartridges from those parts?
an a 280 ross was mentioned a bit too!
 
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enefgee said:
For those who think that the "Old boy network" is a thing of the past, it's still a fact that in the UK. A huge percentage (80+%) of those we would think of as successful here in North America - doctors, scientists, politicians, celebrities, professional athletes, and authors, are products of "public" schools and the non-government school system. If your child goes to a school that's paid for by the government, they aren't a part of anything above the middle class unless they are truly outstanding individuals. Not much has really changed, the "old school tie" is very much a thing and the folks at the top make sure it stays that way.
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it will say that is even not at the same level as in uk well developped in canada, few old boys club control a lot ...
 
Dogfish858 said:
I just like how in Canada it's illegal to be 'Sir' anything and the peerage is forbidden.
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Don't kid yourself! There are hierarchies of elites in every country.

The people named to Governor General, the Senate, the Supreme Court, the heads of major Crown Corporations, the ABC's - agencies, boards and commissions do so at the pleasure of the PM. This particular PM is not the sort of social strata that buys his socks at Walmart, get his Mercedes convertible fixed at the corner garage, or has ever worried about which house to live in. Nor have I mentioned the business classes that own most of the important companies and industries.
 
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