Synthtiec stocked .303 Vs Roos

Hey  Dave, I am a reloader usually but was in a pickle today, had to go shooting, had no ammo loaded, had to buy from a store. I have not done this for a while and your comment about .303 being pricey is right on. I paid...............$25 u.s. for 20 rounds of remington  Sure, it is great hunting ammo, but I was hunting paper, not animals, it was the only british .303 I could find. I need to buy more powder and primers. Sean

G'day Sean & welcome to the Mad house ! I can't remember the last time I had to buy Factory ammo (& cringe at the thought of having to do so ) Even reloading for the .303 in my line of work the cost Vs return per Animal taken so far a Roos are concerned really cuts into the profit margin !

     Yeah HM the .223 is the main  stay of the industry these days. There are a few 22/250s floating around  & I have a .220 swift that I use on ocassion  ,there was a time when .243/6mm s were  all the rage ,I date back to the 25-303  as the main stay (& still use one on windy nights )We buy every thing in bulk  5kg tins of Powder ,10,000 primers at a time & projectiles by the 1000 0r more if we get a good price on them Back in the days of the pet food market .303s were the rage as there was plenty of milsurp ammo going cheap & as we only took the Butts chest shots were allowed! But then again we used Hornets & .22lr on roos as well !

       Dave

Neck shots mate ! Right at the base of the skull ! For Human consumption,it has been deemed since 2000 that Gut shots are illegal ! The problem with the head shot is a direct Brain shot causes a Roo to do a backward filp (sumersalt ) which to a observer looks pretty impressive ! To say nothing of being funny ! The thing is though it breaks the tail & bruises up all the meat in the rump down grading it to pet meat ! I was once accused by a new manager (who did'nt know sh*t from clay ) of having Gut shot everal roos due to the bruiseing !
        I asked to be shown the entry holes & behold ......No bullet holes in the Rump ! This is why I'm always somewhat dubious about certain Roo shooters who talk of 600mtr shots !!!!!! 200 is a bloody long shot for these tired Old eyes of a night !

      Dave

Mate ! I wish I had younger eyes sometimes ! It's more a case these days of sheer experiance & the fact I don't really think of what I'm doing anymore ,it's like working on a assembley line ! Different Blokes comment on the fact that I always use the neck shot on animals like camels (cause it works !!!!!) It'snot that I'm a great shot it's just a case of I've been doing it for years & there' no excitment ! Young Craig Strong is a amazing shot ! His only in his early 30s & if he says his shooting at 400 I belive him ! Yet Old Bob fisher with a 303-270 regularly blows a roos head off (Literarly ) at 300 mtrs & his in his mid 80's !As for me it's200 on average with the .223 ! I can hit em further out with the swift or the 25-303 ! Camel  with the .303 I'll take on with iron sights at 100-150 & out to 200-250 with the scope !

   Dave

i like to see the older blokes like your mate bob still blastin at 80 odd dave.the last huntin trip i went on the station owners old man was there and he come out for a shot with us..he wouldve been in his 70s..skinny and frail lookin.skin like leather. but man he could blast away with his .243..and he was so cut and dry. old county folk..gotta love em.