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A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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The upper loops look like they'd interfere with shouldering a rifle.
Frank
"I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money."
Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953
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There are two, a nice one in 8mm Mauser (so that's out) and the other in 303 but it's not quite in the condition I want. Both are over on Guns International i see a handful pop up a year on the various sites.....always when i cant afford them 
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What caliber are you looking for in the suspenders?
"The Democrat Party looks like Titanic survivors. Partying and celebrating one moment, and huddled in lifeboats freezing the next". Hatari 2017
"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid." Han Solo
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A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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Would you take the Lee ZSpeed to Zim?
"The Democrat Party looks like Titanic survivors. Partying and celebrating one moment, and huddled in lifeboats freezing the next". Hatari 2017
"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid." Han Solo
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Not for the cat, I wouldn't want to ruin the looks with a scope and I wouldn't want to hunt the cat w/o a scope. Man there's a WR in 318 at the WR website for about 8 Large that's calling me, but I can't do Africa and that rifle!
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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Love that combo, but big bucks!
"The Democrat Party looks like Titanic survivors. Partying and celebrating one moment, and huddled in lifeboats freezing the next". Hatari 2017
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The upper loops look like they'd interfere with shouldering a rifle. Ditto!
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That's so cool the folks get to play dress up and make believe in Africa, all the time not being to worried about DG since there are a few backups around.
That's hunting!
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Conduct is the best proof of character.
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That's so cool the folks get to play dress up and make believe in Africa, all the time not being to worried about DG since there are a few backups around.
That's hunting! We carry a round in the chamber (as did Col Patterson) so no need for backup, unless of course one's a bad shot....
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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That's so cool the folks get to play dress up and make believe in Africa, all the time not being to worried about DG since there are a few backups around.
That's hunting! Sarcasm from one who's never been.
"The Democrat Party looks like Titanic survivors. Partying and celebrating one moment, and huddled in lifeboats freezing the next". Hatari 2017
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That's so cool the folks get to play dress up and make believe in Africa, all the time not being to worried about DG since there are a few backups around.
That's hunting! Screwing up the shot on a bull elephant at close range, a dead hunter and trackers is a real possibility - even with proper PH backup. Probably wise to with hold an opinion til you've been a few yards from a band of Hwange bulls or a herd of angry cows. No attempt to insult you, just offering a first hand observation.
Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty of give me death! P. Henry
Deus vult!
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Col. Patterson, being an Army engineer and not in Africa to hunt, used what he had: An Enfield .303 and, when he borrowed it from a visiting friend, a double with one faulty firing pin. I've seen Enfield sporters, by makers such as BSA, for less than a grand. So, if you feel lucky, the lions await you.
Don't mind me, I'll be back here shooting whitetails.
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Actually it was a Farquarson single action that had the faulty firing pin. There's a lesson in there...somewhere/
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actually a fair bit of difference between a Lee Speed and a BSA sporter.....kinda like the difference between a 93/95 and a 98 Mauser  they use different actions.. a Lee Speed should be based on the "Long Magazine" Lee Enfield, the first generation of the action(forget the name and not turning on the light and waking up the wife to check my reference books) the BSA sporters are based on the SMLE, Short Magazine Lee Enfield.....
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Ed, that truly is a gorgeous rifle.
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http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/987649-BSA-Commercial-Rifle-303***Lee-Speed-(post)***
Thoughts on this rifle? Is it really a "Lee Speed". Thought of this thread when I perused the add. No sights. No mag. Drilled and tapped for a side mount.
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