Good for pigs and buffalo

Havent used one recently, but a lot of us grew up here using various 303 for pig shooting. My state has plague proportions,  they outnumber humans 2-1 and put a lot of pressure on farming and national parks. It was also the go to for water buffalo when other calibre choice was limited and probably shot more feral species here( horses, wild cattle, goats, donkeys)  than any other in the day. Not considered really the class of 2000+ lb water buff but it will kill them with the correct placement. As you guys probably know a lot of 303 were sporterized in the day so the young lad or old uncle could carry them afield all day. There always seemed to be 303's around when I was younger, every house had one under the bed or in the farm shed. Also quite a few conversions to 303-25, being not many firearm or ammo options as there are today. I haven't used 303 for many years but it was a real thumper, put pigs down with authority. Obviously kills in the same class as 30-40, 308 etc. We had a company here called 'highland axe' doing decent softpoints for it for quite a while. Our big game bullet manufacturer Woodleigh which does a lot of bullets in elephant gun calibres also does good softpoints in 303. Aussies tend to prefer softer bullets than you guys for whatever reason. I think a lot of these species being plague proportion ferals they are more often in mobs- so less chance of complete penetration and wounding is preferred. Recently with the covid situation a lot of gunowners here went out and stocked up an ammo. While 303 still does a modest turnover in ammo sales here, the amount of 303 that went out the last few months was startling. Still in the top 4 or 5 calibres according to our LGS. There must still be a lot of these old guns around..

Welcome mate.

I was told that the .303 British rifle round has killed more big game animals then any other cartridges of comparable bore size and bigger past or present. My dad took the second largest mule deer in Arizona with one in 1966. The same rifle has successfully taken down two bull elk as well using original 215grn bullets...