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Originally Posted by Retlaw
I liked the MkIII SMLE as the best of the miltary .303's, but for accuracy & consistency the P14 in .303 was better, I got two in the 1950's thro the Rifle Club for 4 quid each, one of them I rebarreled to .308 Winchester, reloaded my own ammo, 180 grain Lapua in front of 42 1/2 grains of R.P. number 2, won the club championship 5 years on the trot with that rifle.
Retlaw.
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I still have a Winchester Model 70 .308 ... it's a nice light, bolt action gun ... great for carrying around in the bush ... But I don't load my own rifle ammo (although I do load shotgun shells).
Once owned a 22-250 model 70 ... illegal for big game, (has to be over .22 in Canada), but a great varmint gun if you have a problem with coyote, fox, or skunk ... or an American President you don't happen to like.
Still ... I think that Oswald had more chance of winning the lottery than of hitting a moving target (or even a stationary barn) with that Italian junk ... even though it had never been fired and only dropped once before he got it
