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NitroX
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New rifle, the good old SMLE
03/02/04 02:35 PM

The paperwork finally came through for my old cheapie SMLE .303.

it is a No1. MkIII from 1920 from the Australian Lithgow Armoury.

Just bought it for nostalgia as I have always wanted a MkIII full wood rifle. Originally I wanted it to hang on the wall as a working decoration, however with the new laws, now its into the safe

. As a kid I remember seeing a SMLE and a Mauser 98 from WW1 hanging on the wall of a local "stately home" now a museum and thinking, "Great".

I did buy some mil ammo as well so will bust a few plastic bottles with it.

I do think the old .303 is an under-rated calibre and will kill anything in Australia, though buff on foot is probably not the wisest. I do like the 10 shot magazine, and another one or two might be added one day. A sporterised version perhaps for one in .303 with peep sights and another in .405 or .375/.303 as a "big-bore" SMLE. I have always liked the .25/.303 too (oops what was I recently saying about the .25

) That's for the future though.

In the meantime I aim to have fun with this bit of Australian history.

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John aka NitroX

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New rifle, the good old SMLE	NitroX	03/02/04 02:35 PM
Re: New rifle, the good old SMLE	SeekHer	17/09/05 01:35 AM
Re: New rifle, the good old SMLE	Pondoro	17/09/05 01:03 PM
Re: New rifle, the good old SMLE	mehulkamdar	14/03/04 12:34 AM
Re: New rifle, the good old SMLE	NitroX	15/03/04 02:24 AM
Re: New rifle, the good old SMLE	RLI	21/08/05 02:59 PM
Re: New rifle, the good old SMLE	HiWall	22/08/05 10:54 AM
Re: New rifle, the good old SMLE	RLI	22/08/05 01:44 PM
Re: New rifle, the good old SMLE	HiWall	22/08/05 02:08 PM
Re: New rifle, the good old SMLE	RLI	22/08/05 02:15 PM
Re: New rifle, the good old SMLE	HiWall	22/08/05 06:04 PM
Re: New rifle, the good old SMLE	RLI	22/08/05 06:16 PM
Re: New rifle, the good old SMLE	Gibbs505	07/02/04 06:16 AM
Re: New rifle, the good old SMLE	RLI	03/02/04 03:08 PM

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