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  1. 06-03-2019, 02:06 PM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cordite View Post
    .303 British of course.

    As gentlemanly as the SOE.

    A gentlemanly calibre with a distinctive classic base rim, a line of fine fuggly utilitarian whores of guns to shove the cartridge into, and a (most!) gentlemanly Mk VII tumbling spitzer coming out the business end -- finely suited to stop berserker natives in their tracks, should they foolishly challenge their God-appointed Colonial Masters.

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    I have this weird perversion where I actually want a .303, in a proper sporter. I have a .243 and I am seriously thinking about a .270

    Am I unwell?
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  2. 06-03-2019, 03:09 PM #2
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tussock View Post
    I have this weird perversion where I actually want a .303, in a proper sporter. I have a .243 and I am seriously thinking about a .270

    Am I unwell?
    Nope.....just coming of age. Follow your desires
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tussock View Post
    I have this weird perversion where I actually want a .303, in a proper sporter. I have a .243 and I am seriously thinking about a .270

    Am I unwell?
    Long Tom MLE sporter, without the charger bridge which gives it beautiful lines, and for its cool right side thumb safety. Classic.

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    Handling it and speaking in your best Sean Connery voice: "Yesh, Alan Quatermain ish my name. Did you shay autoloaders? Who would be that unshporting?"
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cordite View Post
    Long Tom MLE sporter, without the charger bridge which gives it beautiful lines, and for its cool right side thumb safety. Classic.

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    Handling it and speaking in your best Sean Connery voice: "Yesh, Alan Quatermain ish my name. Did you shay autoloaders? Who would be that unshporting?"
    Yep. Really not helping. Now I actually need one.

    And a Winchester or BSA majestic in .243
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tussock View Post
    Yep. Really not helping. Now I actually need one.

    And a Winchester or BSA majestic in .243
    Maybe make @Carlsen Highway an offer he just won't refuse. He posted graphic close-ups of a reeeeally nice Sparkbrook Lee Speed a while ago.

    And practish that accent, lad... (-:
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tussock View Post
    I have this weird perversion where I actually want a .303, in a proper sporter. I have a .243 and I am seriously thinking about a .270

    Am I unwell?
    Not unwell as such, more like untreatably retro.
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