Here's the old Three Oh with the 2.5 steel Weaver. Still have the scope 137629
Liked On: 27-11-2022, 08:18 PM
I broke down some of the later boxer primed CAC cartridges for the components a while back. Much of the powder had clumped badly and there was light corrosion inside the cases. I fired the primers,...
Liked On: 27-11-2022, 08:16 PM
Good grief the three0..long long ago now.
Liked On: 27-11-2022, 08:16 PM
Would have came in tubes like this in a box. 750rnds in a boxhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200425/099b35e5f7b097627cf8d0f470966355.jpg Sent from my SM-A505GN using Tapatalk
Liked On: 27-11-2022, 08:15 PM
After a bit of a hunt I found an old 303 ball ammo canister - here's a pic for ya's with the cleaning funnel that came with dad's rifle and some 4x2. A canister held five packets each of 75...
Liked On: 27-11-2022, 08:14 PM
Great pics , never seen one of those before , that’s the stuff I like to see on here
Liked On: 27-11-2022, 08:13 PM
Can't help you with the cylinder's capacity as I have seen them in several lengths, but can comment re the funnel. I still use mine. 137583 and in use. Chap on left holding rifle correctly,...
Liked On: 27-11-2022, 08:12 PM
My Dads No1 Mk3 holds pride of place in my cabinet, it was one of the BSA sporterised ones sold in the early 1950's. Dad was a "child of the depression" and his family did it very hard, he left...
Liked On: 27-11-2022, 08:11 PM
grandpamac There was an American YT channel I watched called Leatherwood Outdoors where the guy hunted whitetail with all sorts of old mostly lever action rifles and blackpowder rifles. He was using...
Liked On: 27-11-2022, 08:09 PM
A mate took his iron sighted no3 to Stewart Island before the lock down and shot a Whitetail buck.
Liked On: 27-11-2022, 08:09 PM
Greetings Bumblefoot and All, I've found the Lee Loader is ideal for neck sizing the .303 as it doesn't over size the neck. I prime them with a Lee hand tool. I have, in the interests of science...
Liked On: 27-11-2022, 08:08 PM
I think it's one of the nicest bolt actions to use, cock on closing is a bonus IMO, i like 2 stage triggers. There is have a cut down lithgow waiting for me to properly sporterise then it will see...
Liked On: 27-11-2022, 08:08 PM
Even though I have just bought a Howa Lightweight 308 I still love using the old SMLE. I love the fact of taking a 76-year old rifle out hunting and seeing the puzzled looks on the young fulla's...
Liked On: 27-11-2022, 08:07 PM
the old girls work......what more praise is needed.....the round itself doesnt give much to the .308winchester and you can now once again get new barrels for the calibre... If I end up with spare...
Liked On: 27-11-2022, 08:05 PM
Suppose like getting back-kicked by a really big pig? I thought that too, for the full 10rd capacity and I agree with your comments on rapid fire. You'd need to put a compensator or muzzle brake...
Liked On: 27-11-2022, 08:03 PM