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88MauSporter
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Loc: Alaska / Texas

Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?
25/03/08 10:31 AM

I certainly wish that more bullet makers ( in the US anyway) made the 215 grain RN .311-.312 .303 bullet for loading or in a factory load. I use the 180 grain RN .312 Hornady mostly in my .303 No.1 mkIIIs and a Sporter of the same action. I also use these in my 7.65 Mausers with good effect and accuracy.
I would load the 215 if it was more available. It has such a good reputation from my reading of early and mid 20th century hunters. The woodleighs would be great, but too expensive for me. I buy woodleigh for the 8mm and the .375. I economize on the .303s. If I had more hunting opportunity, maybe. I took a moose in Alaska in the early '70s with a 180 gr .303. But, between the eyes at 30 paces wasn't much of a test. He just dropped. Face on and high brush. A duh! look on his face. I sort of felt bad after, but he tasted pretty good.

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.303 British as a hunting calibre?	JabaliHunter	25/03/08 01:33 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	Ripp	31/03/08 12:32 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	Grenadier	31/03/08 09:18 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	JabaliHunter	16/04/08 12:23 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	DarylS	16/04/08 12:54 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	9.3x57	16/04/08 12:47 PM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	Nakihunter	16/04/08 01:12 PM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	Anonymous	16/04/08 02:05 PM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	Mike_Bailey	16/04/08 12:53 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	bonanza	25/03/08 09:30 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	JabaliHunter	26/03/08 05:03 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	88MauSporter	25/03/08 10:31 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	JabaliHunter	26/03/08 05:02 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	9.3x57	25/03/08 11:37 AM
More .303 British bullet tests courtesy of 9ThreeXFifty7	JabaliHunter	15/04/08 10:39 PM
Re: More .303 British bullet tests courtesy of 9ThreeXFifty7	JabaliHunter	06/06/08 01:40 AM
Re: More .303 British bullet tests courtesy of 9ThreeXFifty7	oupa	07/06/08 06:15 AM
Re: More .303 British bullet tests courtesy of 9ThreeXFifty7	JabaliHunter	07/06/08 07:53 AM
Re: More .303 British bullet tests courtesy of 9ThreeXFifty7	tophet1	07/06/08 11:30 AM
Re: More .303 British bullet tests courtesy of 9ThreeXFifty7	oupa	14/06/08 01:23 AM
Re: More .303 British bullet tests courtesy of 9ThreeXFifty7	DarylS	14/06/08 09:59 PM
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Re: .303 British bullet tests courtesy of 9ThreeXFifty7	iqbal	15/04/08 11:30 PM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	JabaliHunter	16/04/08 08:32 PM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	9.3x57	17/04/08 12:47 AM
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Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	weedypigeon	17/04/08 02:12 PM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	JabaliHunter	26/03/08 04:51 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	CowboyCS	25/03/08 11:18 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	ALAN_MCKENZIE	25/03/08 11:38 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	NitroX	26/03/08 01:01 PM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	9.3x57	26/03/08 02:57 PM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	JabaliHunter	26/03/08 04:59 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	9.3x57	25/03/08 02:13 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	JabaliHunter	25/03/08 03:22 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	DarylS	25/03/08 03:59 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	JabaliHunter	25/03/08 04:24 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	DarylS	25/03/08 12:17 PM
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Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	dnovo	26/03/08 09:16 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	9.3x57	26/03/08 10:40 AM

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