My mate has inherited his great grandfathers old 303 it was cut down and is well shot out but it is still a family hair loom it is fitted with a lithgow H barrel we fired some old ex mil loads through it and it was not very accurate so I recrowned the barrel and we loaded some 194gr cast it is a lee mould lapped out to .322” and g/c I gave him a full wood set to make it look the part i had to do a bedding job to fit it
I loaded up 16 gr ar2205 [H4227] he was home for a couple of days this week so we went out to mates place and he worked the sights out on paper then shot the rest at steel plates I couldn’t wipe the smile off his face .
the old girl must be worn with a 8mm projectile the neck is pushed out and still closes good with the big round nose projectile it fills the throat just right it shoots a 80-100mm 10 shot group at 100y
the original bolt has been misplaced so he picked another up at a gun show so never give up on a old war horse
