Lovely coffee discussion

Recently had a lively discussion on what was a better hunting round for the areas we hunt around here. Lots of Bush surrounding grain/pasture. If you set up right, 200 yards would be a long shot. Probably 50 in the bush and 100-150 in the fields. Buddies both shoot .308, I shoulder the .303 British. My argument was that there was no difference between our two rounds for the conditions we hunt. The only thing the .308 has is a wider selection of pill weights. Wow! You could have heard a pin drop! Ours does this, ours can do that, etc, etc. I never feel under-gunned hunting whitetail in our location, but to some, newer, stronger, plastic stocks and Hubble telescopes for optics are necessary!

Down here in Arizona you couldn't find a hunter who didn't use a 303 back in the 60's, 70's, or 80's. We have Black Bear, Elk, Mountain Lion, White Tail/Black Tail/Mule and Coos Deer, Pronghorn Antelope and some pissy Javelina. The majority of our typical northern hunting areas are covered in scrub pine with rocky terrain thrown in as a bonus. The most you can hope for in regards to a clear and unobstructed shot is less than 100 yards, typically and with that, it is very well known and accepted as fact by the hundreds of hunters and ranchers that live in towns like Ashfork, Seligman, Bagdad, Oatman, Wikieup, Yarnell and Skull Valley that if you intend to shoot sumthin', grab that 303 off the wall and get the job done correctly. Go to any of the many shooting ranges here and someone is going to have an Enfield with them. You will most often hear comments like, "Shot my very first deer with one of those." or "My dad and uncle still use theirs whenever they get drawn for deer."

Britrifles, scopes do help here in the bush and the morning and evenings prior to legal 1/2 hour before/after sunrise/sunset. Personally, my weapon(s) of choice are my scopeless No5 when in the bush and my No1 MkIII with a Parker-Hale aperture rear sight when sitting at the edge of a field. When I can't harvest one with my bare eyes and iron sights, then I'll switch back to my Sporter with a scope, which used to be my prime freezer filler. Probably sooner than I want!😁

I imagine the Mk 7 round would be pretty devastating on any game animal. 

No doubt, 1000 yard range is hard to find here in the SE as well.  There is one in Tennessee that is about 2 hours from where I live.  There were plans to build a 1000x range only an hour from where I live but too much political pressure and they caved….

A 300 Weatherby is the gun for grizzly bear.