Deer down.
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Topic: Deer down.
Posted By: 303 Hunter
Subject: Deer down.
Date Posted: November 24 2020 at 10:32am
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Yesterday morning I went out hunting, looking for a white tail buck. I gone to an place where I had a trail camera that took some pictures of two or three decent bucks. I had been out there the evening before and hadn’t seen any thing other than some tracks and two does on the far side of a small valley but I decided to try the next morning. So the next morning I did see a doe and buck on a joining property that I don’t have access to the does on the far side again. After I push though some brush was heading to another stand of trees when I looked to my left and there, about 120 yards away was this buck was working his way towards the brush patch that I had just cleared 20 minutes before. So I flipped the ladder sight up, got into a kneeling position and shot. The deer jumped and ran down a little gulley and into the bush. After waiting for a little bit I went and found him just inside the bush.  ------------- The Lee Enfield is to the Canadian north what the Winchester repeater was to the American west. Cal Bablitz |
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Posted By: devrep
Date Posted: November 24 2020 at 10:38am
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nice job young man and a good looking deer. ------------- double gun |
Posted By: Bear43
Date Posted: November 24 2020 at 11:00am
| That is a nice buck! Good job! |
Posted By: Ol Man Beezer
Date Posted: November 24 2020 at 11:37am
| That’s a nice 8 pointer with a thick neck. Good one for sure. |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: November 24 2020 at 1:36pm
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Nicely done! ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: Stumpkiller
Date Posted: November 24 2020 at 6:43pm
Good on you. Splendid buck.  I'm not using my .303 this year but I have had 14 doe (I'm not exaggerating) offer themselves at less than 75 yards (one at 20 yards spent three minutes looking at me and other things before walking off) and my No. IV would have been more than sufficient to the task. Of course I have no doe permit this year. ------------- Charlie P. Life is not about how fast you run, or how high you climb, but how well you bounce. |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: November 24 2020 at 7:39pm
| nice one , i love seeing these successes , one less to hit with my car - as well as meat in the freezer |
Posted By: klondike
Date Posted: November 25 2020 at 2:47am
Well done, very nice buck, and great rifle what ammo / cartridge you using for hunting ? 
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Posted By: 303 Hunter
Date Posted: November 25 2020 at 8:37am
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Thanks everyone. Klondike I am using the .303 British with Hornady’s 174 grain inter-lock on 40 grains of Reloader 15. ------------- The Lee Enfield is to the Canadian north what the Winchester repeater was to the American west. Cal Bablitz |
Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: November 25 2020 at 8:37am
| Fine looking venison! Any chance you could send a few pics of your rifle? I think I may have it's brother! |
Posted By: klondike
Date Posted: November 25 2020 at 8:44am
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I use to use the Hornady light magnum 150 gr.box ammo. They stopped making it some time ago. Thanks for your reply.  
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Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: November 25 2020 at 9:38am
| I've also find it odd that up here in Canada 303 Hunter shot a nice "four pointer" but to our friends down south it is a nice "eight pointer." |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: November 25 2020 at 10:20am
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What exactly is a "Fixed Breech Action"? ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: britrifles
Date Posted: November 25 2020 at 10:50am
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2830 fps at the muzzle is pretty hot for a 150 gr bullet. No idea what a “fixed breech” action is.
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Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: November 25 2020 at 10:56am
| I remember when Hornady brought out that line of bullets. Apparently it was a proprietary powder that propelled projectiles 200-300 ft/sec faster than over the counter powders. You couldn't buy it separate. I think they made bullets for several different calibre's. The claim was faster bullets well within maximum breech pressures. |
Posted By: klondike
Date Posted: November 25 2020 at 11:17am
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I shot nothing but that in my sporterized 303, and took my deer with it every year.that box is nearly full. And the last of what I have. |
Posted By: 303 Hunter
Date Posted: November 26 2020 at 8:06am
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I believe that the little magnum line of ammunition as been rebranded as their Superformance line. They don’t make a Superformance .303 British load but they still make a 150 grain load under Custom line of ammo. ------------- The Lee Enfield is to the Canadian north what the Winchester repeater was to the American west. Cal Bablitz |
Posted By: klondike
Date Posted: November 26 2020 at 8:08am
| Thanks |
Posted By: Ol Man Beezer
Date Posted: November 26 2020 at 8:19am
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Federal Ammunition sells a 150 grain and 180 grain power shok line of .303 British. https://www.federalpremium.com/rifle/power-shok/power-shok-rifle/11-303B.html" rel="nofollow - https://www.federalpremium.com/rifle/power-shok/power-shok-rifle/11-303B.html
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Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: November 26 2020 at 8:56am
| with remington out of production the last two years and federal stretched to the max im surprised you have the ability to find anything these days , but now that federal acquired remington ammo maybe they will be able to expand their production and alleviate this shortage soon , |
Posted By: klondike
Date Posted: November 26 2020 at 9:07am
| I didn't know federal took over Remington ammo, that's ok by me. I have been using federal in a couple of my rifles. |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: November 26 2020 at 6:55pm
| they bought it in the bankruptcy , hopefully they can put it all to work , |
Posted By: Ol Man Beezer
Date Posted: November 26 2020 at 9:05pm
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The parent company Vista Outdoors who owns more than I was aware of purchased Remington Ammo in the bankruptcy auction. They also own Bushnell, Blazer, Federal and well check out the link to see all of them. I have been ordering ammo online from federal since before COVID when a box of 9mm was under $9.99 a box and if you ordered over $75 shipping was free. Luckily I’ve stocked up on 9mm, .40, 5.56, .22 .38 and .357mag before the prices got where they are now. The only issue I had is the 15 day wait for your items to ship but with shortages it makes sense. https://vistaoutdoor.com/brands/" rel="nofollow - https://vistaoutdoor.com/brands/ I spoke to one of the sales Reps at Federal and he said they are in the process of completing a new primer house to be able to double their primer output. I asked if I could put an order in for roughly a million primers (a buddy of mine just got his manufactures license and we split the cost for a couple automated Dillon presses).
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Posted By: martzall80
Date Posted: October 04 2022 at 11:31am
| Hi, I am new to the 303 and hunting white tail. My enfield only has a flip up large and small hole rear sight. Could you tell me what rear sight you have or tell me which one to get. Ill be hunting in ranges 50-300 yds. Thanks |
Posted By: Goosic
Date Posted: October 04 2022 at 8:02pm
Your flip sight is setup for 300 and 600 yards respectively with the 300 yard peep having the larger hole. Leave the rear sight alone and just use the larger hole. The main peep sight on the Singer Micrometer MkI sight has a large hole to sight through no different than the large hole on the flip sight and will gain you nothing if you swap one for the other. Shoot the rifle the way it is with your choice if ammunition and teach yourself where that load hits starting out at 50 yards using the larger hole. Once you have that rifle dialed in for you sighting in with the larger hole, flip it over and try sighting in using the small hole.
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martzall80 wrote:Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: October 05 2022 at 11:55am
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There's an almost identical post here with a bunch of possible answers, check it out. https://enfield-rifles.com/need-help-please_topic12256.html" rel="nofollow - https://enfield-rifles.com/need-help-please_topic12256.html ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |