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My good friend Gunner500 gave me a good load for 215gr Woodleighs using RL-15 (42gr), I'm getting right around 2230 fps and good accuracy. I've also developed a good load with 150gr Hornadys and 44gr of same for 2650 fps.

Anyone one else have some good loads they would like to share I'd appreciate it. jorge

Not a load Jorge, but something to wet the apetite for the 303 aficianado's, A couple of BSA Lee Speed's

Oh very Sweet! Been looking one for years!

Here are some of the loads I published in a HANDLOADER article on the .303. The last number is the 100-yard group size:

Lee-Enfield Mark 4, No. 1 (24.75-inch barrel):

174 Sierra MatchKing Varget-42.0 2495 1.72
180 Sierra ProHunter N540-44.0 2604 1.62
180 Nosler Partition Varget-41.0 2456 2.51

Ruger No. 1A (22-inch barrel):

125 Sierra ProHunter A2015-44.0 2899 1.51
150 Sierra ProHunter Varget-46.0 2702 .97
150 Barnes TSX Big Game-50.0 2693 .94
180 Nosler Partition H4350-50.0 2604 1.28
180 Sierra Prohunter H4350-48.0 2449 .79
220 Nosler Partition Varget-40.0 2170 1.97

Some of the bullets are .30 caliber, and still shot quite well, as they do in many .303's. Oddly enough, the Ruger No. 1 had a larger bore than the Lee-Enfield. The Enfield's groups were all shot with its aperture sights, while I used a 3x Leupold on the Ruger.

Hi jorge

Although I do not currently have a .303 British, I learned how to cast bullets and load them for this calibre -- an older gentleman saw my interest as a young teenager and took me under his wing.

I forget the maker of the bullet mold now, but it was a 215gr bore-rider.

I forget the "full house" loads, but mostly we loaded the 215gr lead slugs over 13gr of Red Dot (no filler) and a magnum primer. Recoil was light, and I imagine velocity might be 1400fps.

Accuracy was very good, and as long as one used a magnum primer, was not sensitive to the position of the powder.

If you don't have a plinker load, give this one a try! I loaded hundreds of them to practice rapid fire -- and (as the Germans among others found out) the Lee-Enfield's bolt handle position does sure lend itself to rapid fire.

Cheers, and thanks for bringing back some decades-old memories for me!

John

Thanks guys. John the rifle I have is a Winchester Model 1895 with a 27.5" barrel. Sweet rifle (I posted pictures here a while ago). Only problem I'm having is it shoots WAY HIGH (like 8"@50yds). I have the sight all the way down, and I'm reticent to file that neat copper fron blade so I guess I can deepen the notch on the rear sight.

You wouldn't want to file the front anyway. That would make it shoot even higher.

I like 48 grns� of H414 with Rem 150's and Fed 210 in my No. 5 Jungle Carbine.

Sorry, I meant lowering the rear sight. I'll have to file a deeper notch

Good deal Jorge, cant wait to see pics when you use that little light recoiling plow on some game animals.

Gunner

Bullet Type: .311 Sierra Pro Hunter SPT Weight: 150 Grains

Caliber: .303 British Case Make: Remington-Peters

Seating Depth: To OAL of 3.05 Max Over All Length: 3.075�

Powder Type: Accurate 4064 Charge in Grains: 44.4

Primer Make and Type: CCI 200 Large Rifle BC: .344

Muzzle Velocity: 2600 fps 24.75� Barrel ME: 2252

Weapon: Savage No.4, Mk 1 SMLE Date Loaded: 04/17/2013

Shooter Comments: 2nd loading on cases

Sweet! we don't see many like that here in the states.