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Offline Welder Dave

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.303 Bitish Ammo
« on: December 27, 2012, 09:42:11 AM »
Just bought a .303 Britsh, you guys who shoot em, what factory load do u use?
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Re: .303 Bitish Ammo
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2012, 11:43:26 AM »
I've always used Remington 180 gr RNSP Core-lokts in mine for hunting whitetails, works good.
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Re: .303 Bitish Ammo
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2012, 05:46:21 AM »
One of my hunting partners uses the same ammo spruce recommends and has never had a problem. Last year he killed his moose with one shot using the 180gr RN Core-lokts.
I've used them in 30-40 Krag (despite .004 in bullet diameter difference they are pretty much the same round) and have no complaints.
.303 Brit is a very underrated cartridge.
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Re: .303 Bitish Ammo
« Reply #3 on: February 09, 2013, 03:01:36 PM »
Quote from: RevGeo on December 30, 2012, 05:46:21 AM
.303 Brit is a very underrated cartridge.

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Still my favorite. I've yet to find a factory load or reload(with the right bullets) that hasn't shot well in mine, and that's with a "shot out" bore. It seems in my experience 150gr spitzer points are the best for target loads, and 180 RNs are the best for hunting
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Re: .303 Bitish Ammo
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2013, 05:10:14 PM »
My son has taken over custody of my Epps sporterized No.4 Mk 1 Enfield, but I used it quite a bit pig hunting when I first got it.  It was, in point of fact, one of my favorite rifles.  I handload, so the overwhelming majority of the factory ammo that has been shot out of this rifle has been the Remington FMJ load at paper targets as a means of obtaining brass for handloading.  I used that rifle quite a lot in the '90s when pig hunting, and hunting elk in timber, etc.  There were a few times when I shot pigs with Remington's 180 grain factory hunting load, and I didn't have any complaints, but the shots weren't very far -50 to 75 yards or so.  Most of the animals I killed with that rifle fell to handloaded ammo, usually with Woodleigh bullets from Austrailia, when I could get them.  My son still uses some of that supply of ammo when he goes deer hunting with me..  I agree that the .303 is very under-rated by shooters today.  So to is the No.4 Enfield rifle!
 
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Re: .303 Bitish Ammo
« Reply #5 on: February 13, 2013, 03:10:28 AM »
the best factory load, imo, in the 150 gn range is the Sellier and Bellot, non-corrosively primed and reloadable.  Then possibly the PRVI for a heavier 174-180 gn slug.  US ammo in 303 is about as loaded down as is US 8mm ammo.  Best US ammo is Hornaday. 
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