Page 1 of 2
Interesting .303 underlever
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 2:17 pm
by ovenpaa
I spotted this on the 800 yard point Saturday, a fascinating and lovely rifle, it was either a Winchester or Remmington from memory.
Sadly I could not allow him to shoot it but I had to take a picture all the same, can anyone identify it?
Re: Interesting .303 underlever
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 2:36 pm
by Sandgroper
Re: Interesting .303 underlever
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 2:51 pm
by Tower75
Wow. That's interesting. Sort of like that under-lever they made in 7.62x54R for the Russians in WWI.
Always wanted one of them.
Re: Interesting .303 underlever
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 2:56 pm
by ptheta
Would it be nosey of me to ask why he couldn't shoot it? Was it out of proof?
Re: Interesting .303 underlever
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 3:04 pm
by ovenpaa
ptheta wrote:Would it be nosey of me to ask why he couldn't shoot it? Was it out of proof?
I asked him not to shoot it as he had never taken it out beyond 100 yards and was shooting at small frames at 800 yards, as much as i would have liked to have seen it shot it was not going to happen whilst I was RCO.
Pah!! RCO's eh?
Re: Interesting .303 underlever
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 3:08 pm
by ptheta
Isn't that what the backstop is for?
Re: Interesting .303 underlever
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 3:14 pm
by ovenpaa
Hmm.... I think the furthest he had ever shot anything was 400 yards and he managed to get back to 1000 with a 'scoped FN so I was delighted for him. It is always good when people move back to the longer distances and get on the black, especially when they are very small target frames.
If it is down to me we only ever shoot at 600 yard targets, even out to 1200 yards.
Re: Interesting .303 underlever
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 3:20 pm
by Tower75
He wasn't allowed to shoot it because of the targets he was using?
Re: Interesting .303 underlever
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 3:22 pm
by 20series
ptheta wrote:Isn't that what the backstop is for?
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Re: Interesting .303 underlever
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 3:30 pm
by ptheta
Joking aside, I think you're meant to have at least an outside chance of hitting the target. The NRA handbook does say you're meant to stop after so many rounds if you can't hit the target. I think it's three rounds but I can't remember for sure.
In spite of that, who hasn't heard someone say, "I'm just going to stick one in the sand to see where it's going", at some point or another?