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Who still hunts deer with the 303 Brit?


A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
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A local pawn shop just got one in that has a good bore that has been sporterized. I'd like to haggle them down a little bit and snag it up.


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I don't, but I know they spend a lot of time in the deer woods still. 'Seems we see one every once in a while. Usually a Bubba's fantasy job. I just can't make my self get used to that weird bridge over the receiver, and the split stock. To each their own-I'm sure it's a suitable deer round. Heck, if it could kill a Messerschmidt, I'm pretty sure it could kill a deer.


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A few years back I hunted almost exclusively with a sporterized .303 with great success. It is a good caliber in a good rifle.It WILL do a good job on a deer.

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I've got two: an old BSA P-14 Enfield Sporter Model E and a Ruger No. 1. I've killed a couple with the BSA (using Hornady 174 gr RN & Woodleigh 215 gr RN) but haven't bloodied the Ruger yet. Hope to remedy that this season.

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In 1977 I purchased a Kleinguenther K14. Compared to other rifle is was very expensive. But ol' Robert Klienguenther claimed 1/2" groups for three shots so I bought one. I worked with several loads and got consistant 5/8" groups with an occatioal 1/2" and even 3/8" groups. I was delighted.

That year one of my co-workers borrowed a .303 and some factory ammo. He got a deer and I didn't. Life just ain't fair.crazy


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Buddy has a #1 he uses occasionally. The 2 he has shot with it looked pretty dead when we loaded them in the truck

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My hunting buddy killed his first deer with the 303 Brit in the early 60's


A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
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I hunt deer and pigs with a 303 Brit, I'd even jump on an elk or moose with the little 215 Woodleighs at 2168 fps with my 303 double, weather permitting of course. blush grin


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I have a no4mk1 and have a hunting load worked up, just haven't got around to using that particular rifle.

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I have lost track of how many young PA hunters harvested their first deer with a .303 or a 7.7MM.

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I see a few around when I go north hunting near the Lake Superior watershed. The American Legion would rent them out as well as old 30-40 Krag's and Springfield '06's. A lot of big old deer heads are on the walls of camps from them and they still get it done in good hands.

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I still take my 303, but as a back up now, or in a situation where I would like to use iron sites. Mostly it is because it was my first centrefire rifle, and it is an old friend with which I have taken a lot of deer. About 15 years ago I took it to the range put a target up with a 2 inch bulls eye at 100 yards, and proceeded to put an 8 shot group into that bulls eye with the battle peep site. The gun will still shoot like that but I cant as my eyes need a scope. Dont discount these old warriors because of their looks.

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I've got an ugly old Mosin Nagant I picked up for $95.00 at Fleet Farm a few years ago. I'd like to hunt with that some time, but it's so ugly it's hard to bring my self to drag it out of the truck. Kicks like a mule, but is pretty darned accurate for an old infantryman's rifle. Of course, it's about a foot high at 50 yards, so that could get a little sporty.......


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Nothing wrong with the old .303 Brit as a calibre, but personally I would not want to carry a typical WW1 or WW2 era rifle to hunt deer unless it has been heavily sportised by someone who knew what they were doing..

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We had a kid show up as a guest at our deer camp in Pennsylvania once. He had a ratty old sporterized No.4 Enfield. The evening of opening day he came in all dejected about missing his first deer. I looked at his gun and noticed it was missing the front sight blade. When I asked him about it he said he knew it was missing but figured on using one of the sight protector ears instead(!). I sat down and whittled a makeshift blade and epoxied it in place (never leave home without it). Next day we fired a couple shots to see how close it was and sent him on his way into the woods. I'll be darned if he didn't shoot a little spike, from around 30 feet away. So close he could've probably killed it without sights. I guess God looks out for some people...


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I shot my first deer in Dec. 1964 with a 1917 vintage Lee-Enfield No.1 MK111.

It had the volley sight, was modded and the bore showed decades of hard use in BC, but, it did the job and was impervious to the harsh weather and rugged terrain.

I borrowed this from a neighbour, he was an old guy then, veteran of Vimy Ridge, 54th Batt. CEF, lost his right leg there.

Speaking of Lee-Enfields, today is the 100th anniversary of the first use of poison gas at Second Ypres. The clouds of lethal gas enveloped the soldiers, the French ran for it, others retreated and The First Canadian Division, stood like a rock, died like heros and held the Germans at bay.

I think it was General Sir Henry Rawlinson, who later said, "The First Canadian Division is the pride and honour of the British Army"....

For some of us here, this is still a very important anniversary....Lest We Forget.....

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Killed my first half dozen deer with one. great deer woods round in my opinion. no bench rest accuracy with the one i shot but the deer never knew that.


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Speaking of Lee-Enfields, today is the 100th anniversary of the first use of poison gas at Second Ypres. The clouds of lethal gas enveloped the soldiers, the French ran for it, others retreated and The First Canadian Division, stood like a rock, died like heros and held the Germans at bay.

I think it was General Sir Henry Rawlinson, who later said, "The First Canadian Division is the pride and honour of the British Army"....

For some of us here, this is still a very important anniversary....Lest We Forget.....


The British people owe a huge debt of gratitude to the Canadian soldiers who gave their lives in WW1 and WW2.

I took the pictures below while visiting the WW1 battle fields a few years ago..

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That is the monument, known here as *Vancouver Corner* with the brooding soldier statue. It was supposed to be the standard icon for all Canadian memorials on *The Western Front*, but, for some reason, it was the only such one erected.

Second Ypres, or, as I usually think of it, *St. Julien*, where the British Army, lost a mere 54,000 men.....

I think it is the French, Belgians, etc. who really owe all of we Commonwealth people beyond measure.

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