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Sierra 150 SP2300 and the .303
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:21 pm
by ovenpaa
Can anyone suggest any loads for the Sierra 150 grain soft point in a humble .303 rifle?
I have N140 and TR 140 which I usually use to load the .303 albeit usually with 174 grain SMKs.
Re: Sierra 150 SP2300 and the .303
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:24 pm
by meles meles
ovenpaa wrote: a humble .303 rifle?
Humble, ooman, humble ?
.303 saw off the Hun, then the Nazis, then countless other foreigners in post '45 skirmishes such as Korea.
It has nothing to be humble about.
Re: Sierra 150 SP2300 and the .303
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:28 pm
by ovenpaa
Not this one.
Re: Sierra 150 SP2300 and the .303
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:35 pm
by meles meles
Where's the pig snout gone ?
Re: Sierra 150 SP2300 and the .303
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:44 pm
by ovenpaa
This is not some b****** Bubba rifle, this is a post war BSA with the MkIII receiver devoid of military stamps and bashes. I suspect BSA had a load hanging around when the War Office started to call for the No1 MkIII* SMLE. Come the end of the war and demand for SMLEs they used the parts up to build Sporting rifles and this is one of them.
I have spent a couple of days cleaning the bore and will clean the furniture and metalwork over the next few days. Nothing drastic just a gentle wipe over with methylated spirits and a gentle oiling.
Re: Sierra 150 SP2300 and the .303
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:47 pm
by meles meles
ovenpaa wrote:
...just a gentle wipe over with methylated spirits and a gentle oiling.
People pay a princely sum for that down in Soho. So we are told...
Re: Sierra 150 SP2300 and the .303
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:50 pm
by ovenpaa
Bugger, and I do it for free, however only to octogenarians and above.
Re: Sierra 150 SP2300 and the .303
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:56 pm
by meles meles
How about octopods? *
* Octopussies to you plebeian bald monkeys we supposes, or octopi if you think you are ejikkated...
Re: Sierra 150 SP2300 and the .303
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 10:37 pm
by waterford103
Re: Sierra 150 SP2300 and the .303
Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 10:42 pm
by meles meles
*Wonders if was ever used to stop a charging efferlump*
