Reloading .303 British : Flight of the Bumble Bee

While I can't help predict your results with this load, (You'll find out soon enough!)

I can say that a 215 gr round nose will shoot Very well from the .303.

I only use (old ) factory ammo up to now, but find that the 215 gr , either Dominion or Imperial, both produce fine groups at 100 and 200 yards, and are very effective at 300 yards on game and coyotes.

 

One word of caution though;

On deer, you Occasionally get a hole shot clear through where it should be, and the animal may not act shot for a while.

I had a large whitetail do this on one occasion.

He was close, maybe only 50 yards away, and I felt my shot was good, but he jumped and ran off to the west, and out of sight behind hay bales, then, came running back, stopped and looked back, then off to the east.   I began to think I'd missed, but followed his tracks, and found him dead as mutton maybe 75 yards away in the bush.

He'd been shot right through the heart.

 

I will continue to use these bullets though, as they work splendidly on elk, and it only takes one shot, (as it should) to knock over a big bull.

 

When sighting in with this rifle, (old cut down Ishapore)  I found with sights on 100 yards, it was  2 1/2" high at 100 and with sight on 200, it was 3 1/4" high at 200.  Fine for hunting purposes.

 

Looking forward to your results!!

 

Richard.