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Agree with the others on the Enfield. Looks at home with that African game.

Ingwe,

Every time you post pics of that rifle I am forced to add my accolades to everyone else.

The best sporter conversion ever!!!

I've got an as issud No 1 Mk 5 jungle carbine in 303 of course it was my grandpas. He like a lot of folks in the day rummaged through a barrel of war surplus rifles at the local hardware store, picked one out and paid the lofty price of I'm pretty sure he told me $5. They sold long branches the same way this would be in the early 1950s in northern BC. I've never packed it in hunting season should do something about that some time. Its no tack driver but no worse than about 4 moa but stupid reliable its never been babied and still feeds and extracts anything I've fed it perfectly. Loud little bastid though with the short bbl and flash hider. ..

Thanks to you and everybody else! It actually made a nice light rifle to carry in the bush.


Another oblique peek at it. Thanks again guys!

My buddy just found one at a local pawn shop/gun store this summer. Has the handguard removed and the stock forend shaped a tad but otherwise stock. What a hoot to shoot that thing with the factory irons! We shot it field positions out to 150 and it was plenty accurate for hunting. The trigger was unique feeling in my experience and surprisingly easy to shoot well. If I ever come across one I may just have to snag it. My buddy is adamant that his will not be toyed with in any way! He wants the old school experience!

His new job affords him a little more time during hunting season so I'm trying to get him to take that thing out (but he's also a 9.3 slut and has a really nice AHR massaged CZ so that may get the call...)

x whatever ingwe that's a very cool rifle very nicely done looks the part on those pics big time.

mojo the trigger on those things is a little strange alright but serviceable like you say once you get used to the sloppy take up and crunchy release But yeah I love the military sights too nice big peep right smack where it should be and the ladder stowed out of the way quite well, which its fun to play with further out too

Shot my first deer with a .303 #1 SMLE. Missed a couple with a #4. Moved on and never regretted it.

Just hunted with a good friend who uses a Mosin. His is in plastic furniture. He's accurate with it to 300 or more with the iron sights. Former Army good and an excellent shot. He loves the cartridge and the rifle.

Me - I'd choose a 303 because you can build a rifle as beautiful as Ingwe's.

Of course you didn't mention the Campfire's favorite whore - the 7 Mauser. That's what I took elk hunting this year - I'm a huge fan with the way that cartridge shoots.

Mosins killed enough motivated Nazis... I'm sure an ungulate wouldn't pose much of a problem.

My 30/40 was a little more than $75.00. I carried it last year but did not kill anything with it yet. Kind of hate to put the first scratch in it. It shoots factory Remington stuff pretty well.

Dat is a skookum 30-40!

We don't have enough bandwidth for me to post pics of all the stuff Ive killed with the 7x57....


Took one on that same Africa trip....a couple teaser pics.


1909 Square bridged Argentine by Dennis Erhardt...

Some really nice rifles shown here in some old classics!! Just picked this one up in .30-40 and hope to get out with it this deer season in PA!



PennDog

Nice to find an ole' 30-40 krag ready to hunt.

Doc

My little brother loves to hunt pigs with Grandads old sportarized Enfield .303 at the Ranch. He's probably killed several pick up loads with it over the years. Kills em DRT.

Tell you what...I really like how mine feels now with the Synthetic Stock set. Even standing it is the steadiest Rifle I now own. Maybe due to the long heavy barrel but it really is stable and unwavering. Know what I like? it accepts stripper clips!

Back just a bit before my time My Grandfather and Great Grandfather both used Mosins(grandpa still says the 7.62x54 was better on a deer than the .308 he replaced it with), my Great Uncle(Grandpa's younger brother) had a SMLE .303. All they could afford at the time, Dad started with a 98 in 8x57(should be on this list IMO). Little brother and I started with an old M98(me) and a SMLE(little brother). They all still worked too...

that is an awesome looking krag!!!!!!

your the man ingwe!!!

It's the opposite of a "beanfield rifle".