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A reloader can do quite well with a sturdy .303 rifle. Sporting Shooter magazine is for those who love the outdoors and the thrill of the hunt. Q I have a very accurate SMLE rifle which has been sporterised by fitting a synthetic stock and attaching a Leupold 2-7x scope. style one piece base on it, and I attached a Leupold 3-9X compact
A reloader can do quite well with a sturdy .303 rifle. The next "trick" I had up my sleeve, was to rethroat
a bit of undoing, we finally got the scope rings loose and replaced
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I had occasion to harvest a nice whitetail deer with
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The next step was to replace the old scope that was
The rimmed, gentle bottleneck case shape of the .303 British cartridge shows its age, as it was intended for use with black powder and Cordite smokeless powder, but the .303 served the British Commonwealth well through two world wars. For use on heavier game, the Hornady Handbook shows that their 174 grain bullets can be driven to a MV of 2000 fps by 33.3 grains of RL-15, and to a MV of 2400 fps by a maximum charge of 40.0 grains of RL-15. I shimmed it and tried it again. ●
My first experience with the British .303 was on a
pattern. a deer rifle out of it for this fall. little shims did the trick, and I got the rifle zeroed in perfectly. try {Histats.start(1,1781131,4,0,0,0,"");
Quote Reply Topic: Reloading the .303 British for accuracy at 100 yar Posted: May 01 2018 at 7:53pm: My friend let me shoot his custom 6BR rifle at 100 yards. The scope fit perfectly and I had high hopes of making
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Typical .303 British factory loads in the U.S. offer a 150 grain spitzer bullet at a muzzle velocity (MV) of 2,685-2,723 fps and muzzle energy (ME) of 2,401-2,470 ft. lbs. The .303 Case
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For large game there is a 180 grain RN bullet at a MV of 2,460-2,590 fps and a ME of 2,418-2,680 ft. lbs. set about finding a .303 I could play with. Comments Comments. Note: A full length article about the .303 British can be found on the Rifle Cartridge Page. it with a 4X Leupold that I had brought along as a spare. bullets and will be a fine deer rifle. ArticleBase
performance. If you would care to share any of your experiences with the .303
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the barrel, as it has surely seen a lot of use. rifle that needs work. Do you have any loading data available for 125 and 150gn .303 bullets? The sixth edition of the Hornady Handbook of Cartridge Reloading shows that 35.3 grains of RL-15 powder will drive their 150 grain spire point bullet at a MV of 2200 fps. I have bought a set of dies and want some advice on reloading for it. Histats.track_hits();} catch(err){};