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Good story. The No. 4 is a strong action and rimmed cases have stronger bases than rimless cases, so I am not surprised. I have a couple of friends who use .303 and .303 Epps cartridges for hunting and target shooting. There is a Hornady Interbond projectile for the .303 which they have used successfully BUT I have never seen it listed by Hornady. I suspect that it was developed for an Argentine ammo maker for use in 7.65 Mauser hunting cartridges and that my friends managed to get some production overrun projectiles. Cheers from NZ🇳🇿.

Just wondering how if you’re zeroed at 200 yards, how can you hit a wildebeest at 500 yards if your holding middle of shoulder. My calculator is telling me that it would be dropping 50” or so.

THAT is a beautiful Cape!!! Congrats Brother!!!

I see you have a white light on. Does it still work well for the pigs? I use a red filter over mine. But my lights keep getting stolen so I am saving fir Night Vission rather.

No drama in your intended video..only your dogs sniffing around

30-06 is the GOAT. I'm from Pennsylvania where there are Forrest and mountain. The Remington 760 30-06 to me is the best rifle for yhe terrain. New sub here and bring on the hunts. P.S. check into the new member of the 30-06 family. .400-06 straight wall cartridge if no ones heard of it yet.

Ugliest bolt rifle ever built... 🙄

I'm in North East Ontario, I have a 1942 Longbranch 303, made at the Longbranch armouries in Mississauga Ontario. Stay safe

As to your closing comments, yes, stories of rifles and how you've used them/developed loads is both interesting and helpful for lots of shooters. Enfields were cheap here until just a few years ago, and their potential was underappreciated, but I think now that people are restoring them or upgrading their sporters that we we'll see more of what they can do.

What an interesting subject, and so familiar to my 45+ years of center fire big game hunting rifles experience. In 1982 I shot my first big game animal with a .303, and 185gr. Factory. Close range big holes, I was young and wanted to learn about rifle hunting. Hunted with different rifles, and calibres every year and filled many tags and keep changing rifles/calibers. One of the guys in my group who coached me since 1982 enjoys the .303, and had one similar to yours with the same kind of evolving story. Stock and hand loads were an ongoing project over many years, has taken animals with every weight/type of bullet, and has settled on the 140gr. Fast .303, with a custom stock, and machine work . a 25 year work in progress(a hunt camp ongoing laugh). My preference is the 130 gr. Nosier .270 at3000 fps.. Thats the perfect mix for my big game hunting, it’s very accurate except for wind deflection on long shots. Your story struck a chord Becuase after many years of studying and shooting, for ME it’s the load I mentioned, however it’s very similar to my associates preferred which is 140gr. .303 fast hand loads. Has to be a good quality big game bonded bullet, or they seperate(explode). (Ps. For very large animals in wide open spaces (it’s always very windy) I think the .300 win mag or .300wsm is preferred just because of high winds.)

I have three of those 303 ,and 5 in total , Northen Ont ,Canada , for moose and black bears , great bolt action riffles ,cheap and easy to get ammo for .

G8 mate. I have an unsporterised Mk4 No1. Can you please tell me the name of the scope mount and whether it is a " No Drill-Tap mount "? Thanks for your attention and help.

My first rifle was a junk sporter no3 lee from 1917 I got for 100$.I cleaned much copper fouling out of the barrel after buying it and mounted a scope and synthetic stock...that rifle shot sub moa groups at 100 yards all day...great rifles 4 sure

Thats a unicorn of a 303 Bro. You are a lucky man .🇦🇺

Great rifle, I have one as well but still original

I loaded 125 gr Nosler acubond bullets in a 30’06 it shot tight groups at 3,150 fps. Latter on TH-cam I saw a man from Finland shooting these same bullets in a 300 Win Mag. He took a Moose and Carabu. I have also loaded Barnes 110 gr TTSX bullets in my .270 Win. A Ruger M77. No recoil tight groups.

Gosh you were lucky you didn't harm that rifle too much with those dodgy reloads. I will never use someone else's reloads unless I know them VERY well. Factory ammo here in NZ is very expensive so it always roll my own. The old Lee Enfield is often under estimated.... I have a sporter I made from a barrelled action that I had, a No1... With modern powders I get 2700fps with 150gr bullets (hornady) at mild pressures. For deer sized game the 123gr .311" bullets made for the 7.62 x 39 round work really well too (Hornady again), and of course get close to 3000 fps....Sierras are excellent too. I have found Hogdon BlC2 gives highest velocities with lowest pressures... about 47gr which is below max. I made the stock for this rifle almost straight line, the original has way too much drop, and with an aperture sight, windage adjustable, and ramp front sight elevation adjustable. It's light and handy, holds 10 rounds of course and more than accurate enough to any range that I'd shoot a deer sized animal. I did replace the barrel with a better one recently which helped quite a bit. Overall the rifle cost me almost nothing apart from some time.... Yes I am a gun smith. So glad you got your No4 working right....They are cool rifles and yours is a fine example of what you can do with one.. 🙂

Love the video. Thank you! My rifle loves the Hornady SST's but they quit making them. I might need to try these 125's!

Great rifle and great story 👍 very interesting and informative 👍 Johno Darwin NT Australia 🇦🇺

Great rifle and stories. Please do môre of this format. Talk about a knife or a gun or a bakkie anything with a story. I enjoy listening to this kinda stuff when I'm cleaning guns and playing in the man cave.

I absolutely love the No.4 mk1 and mk2. Took many deer with both in the eastern US.

Great story and great work! That’s an outstanding handload with that type of performance and velocity. I have a enfield rifle as well that I’ve been loading for I will need to try the 125gr sierras.

I have always enjoyed a good sporterized military rifle with a story behind it. I assume you reload .311 bullets? I seen loads listed using .308 bullets. I cant see those doing your accuracy any favors. If i remember right, dosent 762x39 use .311 also? Nice video, thanks for the intertainment.

I have learned from a person that did this was the Lee Enfield action can be barreled in 444 Marlin. Now that is just sweat a Lee Enfield barreled for 444 Marlin to get better accuracy

Cool info

If you are looking to experience the Eastern Cape and a great hunt, you MUST book with Wayne and Alex. They made my first African hunting trip in 2023 the memory of a lifetime. I'm going back with them in 2025. Wayne is a fantastic PH and knows the animals and where to find them. Alex will absolutely cook you the most amazing meals and make sure you are taken care of in camp. Can't wait to see you guys again next year!

I said Aloe Albida , its actually a Aloe Bainsii

Wayne and Spouse, I enjoyed your podcast. I have listened to awesome scenarios that has happened with PH's on their various hunts and surely it is like you Guys explained. It is not about the hunt itself. One scenario of an old/elder foreign hunter being in a wheelchair and still wanted to do his last hunt. The PH had to secure/fastened/positioned his wheelchair on the Cruiser Truck as to be able for him to do his hunting of an animal. The Elder hunter did a successful hunt and ethical shot with utmost joy of being organized for him to achieve. PH's on several instances have to think out of the box to accommodate special needs hunters to make a dream come true. I salute you and other fellow PH's and your team/s for going the extra mile that greenies and anti-hunting persons don't see and know of what you guys are doing. Keep well🤝✍

Love your rifle. I'm building a 30-06 A.I. right now. I'd like to see more on this gun. -Like in action hunts or stories...

Very interesting thanks for sharing 30/06 👍 Johno Darwin NT Australia 🇦🇺

Enjoyed your 30-06 journey!

Try using 125 gr Nosler accubond 130 gr Speer bullets. Fast flat shooting low recoil.

Have the exact same rifle

love 30-06AI...getting a barrel that is also Gibb ized , with the shoulder moved forward, using 280 AI as parent case, so slightly longer case too.

If you can find older readings, you'll read what indeed P.O. Ackley found in his research on the 30-06AI. Its quite an anomaly. I built one just on that.

Wow!!! What a great 30-06 journey and excellent outcome after some technical issues. Thank you for sharing. Would you recommend to Ackley Improve a standard 30-06 to get the gains you got? The titanium ceracote looks very good. When not informing the next person, one would think it is made of stainless steel.

I love your passion and moral high ground.I hunted Limpopo twice and great memories with my grown son.Love great stalking and when it comes together it’s awesome.Plus we take great pride on accurate shots.I’m amazed at the stories around the fire pit,hearing all the bad shooting.And to my American brothers ,please can we take our hats off at the dinner table,PS book a hunt,life altering experience,love elk deer ,varmints hunting.I kept saying Someday,well someday doesn’t come.

Just a correction, Zastava call it the Magnum but it is actually a standard lent action...

Poor man's magnum

get you a Limbsaver Airtech recoil pad. I put one on my 458 Win mag and now my wife shoots it at the range without any complaints. I have them on most of my heavy caliber rifles and it makes a day at the range an enjoyable experience

Zastava is super rifle,corect!!

A good. Workhorse.

Really like that red dot and mount outstanding accuracy with those 300 grainers!

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Baboons thinking “wow, where did all this great food come from?”

This video sucks! Where is the real hunting videos. All this talk and b s

What did you spray? Air or cleaner?

In another video, a guy said there are millions of them in New York, Chicago, and Philadelphia.🤣

A good rifle Zaztava.❤

Hi Bud. How many rounds went through this lady since it's purchase? Any problems thus far?