Thread: best 303 ammo

I still use my 1944 shortened 303. It was my old pig gun back in the 80's, Back then I had a gunsmith shorten it as much as possible but still stay legal. At 100m with a Weaver 2.5x it shoots Highland 150's into a 3 inch group (3 shots) at 100 metres. I'm pretty happy with that considering the short barrel and low power scope.

The Highland is accurate, but I found that the bullets can be too hard for goat/fallow sized animals. I lost a couple of nanny goats that were hit through the chest and then walked into high fern. It took me about 10-minutes to get to where they were and apart from where they were hit; there was no blood trail. Couldn't even find them! I'm 100% sure they were dead; but no trail.... Even fallow hit through the shoulder in open-ish country went a fair distance. The Highland ammo maybe more suitable for red deer sized animals? My mate had the same experience with Highland 140grain 7mm08....