| Rule303 |
| (.450 member) |
| 09/12/20 05:47 PM |
Re: lee enfield on kangaroo
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I would guess MILLIONS of roos have fallen to the .306 over the last hundred years.
Added to this the excellent variants, the .25/303, .27/303 and others.
Filing off the tip of those FMJs does make some (possible erratic) improvement.
Growing up we were always subjected to horror stories of guys trying to make FMJ's into soft points. Since the MJ is not really F, being open at the base, the story goes you would blow out the soft core and be left with the empty jacket in the bore. Then, you chamber the next round.... (cue ominous music)
I remember as a kid seeing an article in one of the shooting magazines about the .303 in Australia, entitled "The Ruin of the 'Roo".
And I'm surprised that no one, not even from Down Under, picked up on the Dinki Di dog food reference!
Give me time. Just read this and was going to comment on the Dinki Di dog food courtesy of Mad Max from memory. The ole roo meat went into a lot of things including meat pies etc. Those meat pies with roo meat were some of the best pies I have ever eaten. Very healthy as well. The roo meat has around 0% cholesterol in them Extremely lean.
I was always taught-right or wrong -that Dum Dum bullets came from the Dumb Dumb arsenal in India. Hear/read 2 versions and both have a ring of truth. One was they were FMJ with the nose drilled or X cut into them and the other they were softs with an X cut in them. They all expended and caused horrific wounds so were banned by, first a mutual agreement (hate to think what threats brought this on)then by international convention.