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Ken Waters article on the 303 and a couple of others, the older rounds were mostly loaded with the .311, but about 1930 Winchester pushed everyone to the .308 bullet. I have ammo from 1898 all the way trhu 1980, and yes, on the ugly boxes, i pulled bullets and checked the bullet size. Les

Victory is sweet. Thanks for the idea.

les i am wondering if the measurement was the same in the lands or grooves or is the actuall bullet diameter .311 then changed to .308? I suspect you are correct in the bullet diameter. now this brings to mind how many rifles were sold as export and at which time frame....i think too much some times. Go pour that cold one.

Bullwnkl.

Now, on the barrels, every one that I miked that was in good condition, miked out at .308, but the ones that you could tell were used alot, miked out at between .309 and .312, from the info I have been able to gather, they were all originally a .308 bore, but UMC, Peters, Savage and Remington were using .311 bullets, supposedly to increase velocity. Les

That sort of sounds dangerous concidering early smokeless powder.But what do I know? Velocity sells then as it does now.

Bullwnkl.