Who hunts with a 303

WhelanLad said:
Anyone Elking with a .303? Ideally the #1 would be the choice :D , just not sure how the single shot would be for stalking
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My #1 is all that I've hunted with since I got it. It is a great stalking rifle. Federal 150 soft points have worked well on moose and deer. If elk hunting, I might shoot the Remington 180 grain Corelokt. The Corelokts are the tightest shooters in my #1.
 
I was out a week ago with one.

The way I look at is is that it is little more than fashion or fad. It's like golf clubs. You sell somebody a set of clubs for $500 this year and what happens next year and the years after that? He buys $20 worth of balls - not nearly as enticing to you, the manufacturer. So what do you do? You try to convince him that the best way to cure that slice is by buying a new, $750 set of clubs, 'cause they're 'better'. In reality, what Buddy really needs to do is to get on the links and practise, but that won't make you money, so you push the 'better' clubs.

So with the shooting industry. What most people really need to do is spend more time on the range, but how much profit does that bring Ramsavweatherchester Inc? So they regularly try to convince people that the cartridge and rilfe they and their grandfathers have been taking deer with for decades is somehow inadequate. The big campaigns: "The .397 Snagglepuss MegaMag! Kills deer even deader than before at ranges far beyond your shooting ability!" And, sure 'nuff, we trek down to The Store to drop more money. "Wow! It's a MegaMag! That means I don't even have to aim, right?"

The old-timers like the .303 British, .250 Savage and .303 Savage, .30-40 Krag, .30-30, 7mm Mauser and the .348 Win put a lot of meat on a lot of tables over a lot of years. They haven't changed, Bambi hasn't changed; we're just into shiny things.
 
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It seems to me that one of the sponsors here .... 'Elwood Epps' made beautiful sporters from the military rifles ...... I believe they had the metal grip band machined off, and had full beautiful wood.
 
It could be said that people who use 303"s are;
-frugal and watch their pennies
- cheap and have little pride in what the rifle looks like but are happy with performance
- old military shooters
-can use it and lose it with no worries
-can use it for spare parts when fixing truck or starting a fire in treeless environments.
-broken paddle, no worries
-have never seen a book or magazine on what modern rifles look like today
-dont care about balistics

All in all, im sure owners of 303's are content in knowing the job gets done when they pull the trigger. They seem to be moving well on the EE.
 
Gonna take mine out this year. For several years I was going with my M14 but our land is growing in and there are no long shots anymore. My No4 Long Branch was left to me when my father passed and I desporterized it a few years back. Taking it out in the fall reminds me of some of the best times of my life. There are many like it but this one is mine.
 
7mmlefty said:
It could be said that people who use 303"s are;
-frugal and watch their pennies
- cheap and have little pride in what the rifle looks like but are happy with performance
- old military shooters
-can use it and lose it with no worries
-can use it for spare parts when fixing truck or starting a fire in treeless environments.
-broken paddle, no worries
-have never seen a book or magazine on what modern rifles look like today
-dont care about balistics

All in all, im sure owners of 303's are content in knowing the job gets done when they pull the trigger. They seem to be moving well on the EE.
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Sigh - I hit about five of those eight points.
 
7mmlefty said:
It could be said that people who use 303"s are;
-frugal and watch their pennies
- cheap and have little pride in what the rifle looks like but are happy with performance
- old military shooters
-can use it and lose it with no worries
-can use it for spare parts when fixing truck or starting a fire in treeless environments.
-broken paddle, no worries
-have never seen a book or magazine on what modern rifles look like today
-dont care about balistics

All in all, im sure owners of 303's are content in knowing the job gets done when they pull the trigger. They seem to be moving well on the EE.
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You could have added:
- just starting out and too poor to afford anything other than a $100 cut-down Lee Enfield.
 
7mmlefty said:
It could be said that people who use 303"s are;
-frugal and watch their pennies
- cheap and have little pride in what the rifle looks like but are happy with performance
- old military shooters
-can use it and lose it with no worries
-can use it for spare parts when fixing truck or starting a fire in treeless environments.
-broken paddle, no worries
-have never seen a book or magazine on what modern rifles look like today
-dont care about balistics

All in all, im sure owners of 303's are content in knowing the job gets done when they pull the trigger. They seem to be moving well on the EE.
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Add - Nostalgic Canadiana
 
303 enfields

fast smooth action
low price
10 round magazine
dependable
accurate
plenty of power for all north american big game
what more do you want?

young ravens like to collect all kinds of shiny things.
older ravens stop after theve been once biten twice shied a couple times

so get yourself one then you can be considered as a true canadian
then you will be allowed to vote:)
 
Daddio666 said:
so get yourself one then you can be considered as a true canadian
then you will be allowed to vote:)
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Ive got too many rifles to load for and shoot.. dont need a 303 thankfuly.. I am Canadian and vote every time, but some how the guy in the nice suit and tie I voted for last time didnt do anything?...

If I saw a politician in coveralls holding a 303.. Id vote for him, at least hes not lieing and guaranteed not a liberal.. ;)
 
I keep one as a truck gun and usually take one as a spare for deer/moose/bear just incase someone drops or breaks one of the more pretty rifles.
 
This year I am taking my No4 mk1* that I bought at LeBarons about 20 years ago. It is a Savage that was rebuilt in India at some time before it came back across the Atlantic. I thought about bringing my Maltby No4, but would hate to have it dinged up hunting the norther shield bush.
 
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