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Lou,
Lol, I think Afrikaans is probably an easy language to learn.
They are very common - I know the process of "sporterizing" is frowned upon by many collectors but I think in the time it was done new hunting rifles were just too expensive to buy.
Any experience hunting with the .303 british calibre? What grain is mostly used - 180?
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06-10-2009 07:59 AM
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At the time military surplus was plentiful and cheap it made perfect sense. And I hold nothing against anyone who modified one at the time to perform as a tool for putting food on the table. Hell modern hunting rifles are still too damned expensive to this day. To sporterize a military rifle today I would highly frown upon as sporters are cheap and plentiful like milsurps were in the 50's. I have to say possibly my favourite rifle to shoot is my sporterized MLE Lee Speed clone. Heck with nearly a century old lets go for a full 11 score and three. She's coming hunting next season.
Most commercial ammo I see is 180 gn, with the rare 150, so I would suspect that is the most popular hunting round. Last season I used 150gn handloads.
Last edited by Gary D; 06-10-2009 at 11:08 PM.
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Well, hopefully soon I will be able to post and tell you guys what it was like hunting with this calibre for the first time.
The firearm legislation in South Africa is getting very restrictive so the application will probably take a bit long to process.
Also inherited a Beretta semi-auto 12 gauge and I think I will not be able to get a licence for that.
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