Where results make sense

About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   PR   |   Contact us

Topic: .303 British

    Note: these results are not from the primary (high quality) database.

Ads by Google

Related Topics

9 x 19 mm

Vickers machine gun

Machine gun

Lewis Gun

Bren

Sniper

Table of pistol and rifle cartridges

List of handgun cartridges

List of rifle cartridges

Specifications for common WWII infantry weapons

Bristol Beaufort

MP38

Siege of Sarajevo

Bosnian War

Military unit

.303 British - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The.303 British (7.7 x 56 mm R) is a rifle and machine gun cartridge first developed in Britain in the 1880s as a blackpowder round, later adapted to use cordite and then smokeless powder propellant. It was the standard British and Commonwealth cartridge from 1889 until the 1950s, when it was replaced by the 7.62 x 51 mm NATO round, and in the 1980s by the 5.56 x 45 mm NATO (.223 in) in most roles. The last tracer round introduced into British service was the G Mark 8 round in 1945, the last armour piercing round was the W Mark 1Z in 1945, and the last incendiary round was the B Mark 7 introduced in 1942. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/.303_British   (1140 words)

The .303 Rifle including Lee Enfield In the 1890’s the British Army was engaged in a number of operations in the Indian and Afghan theatre, and this lack of effectiveness of the new ammunition was a cause of major concern. British Ordnance obviously came to the same conclusion, for it was a short lived conversion. Although the British Army had indeed given scanty attention to individual marksmanship, it didn’t help that a lot of the new Lee-Enfields were found to shoot considerably off the mark at moderate to long range. www.diggerhistory.info /pages-weapons/303.htm   (6952 words)

Lee-Enfield - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The restrictions placed on the.303 British rifle bullet and rifles chambered for.303 British in New South Wales were lifted in the 1970's and many people who converted their Lee-Enfields to the "wildcat" rounds converted their rifles back to.303 British. Despite this, the British learned from the results of the L8 test program and used them in successfully converting their stocks of No.4T sniper rifles to 7.62mm NATO and hence the creation of the L42A1 series sniper rifles. During the Boer War the British were faced with accurate long-range fire from the famous Mauser rifles, model 1895, in 7 x 57 mm caliber. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lee-Enfield   (2657 words)

303 British The 303 British was the official military rifle cartridge of England and the British Empire from its adoption in 1888 until the 7.62 NATO came along in the 1950's. Even though the.303 British was once available in the Winchester Model 1895 lever action rifle, few American hunters had ever heard of it until dozens of foreign governments dumped their obsolete military rifles into the U.S market during the 1950's and 1960's. The.303 served as a British military cartridge until the 1950's and at one time was an extremely popular big game cartridge. www.reloadbench.com /cartridges/303b.html   (570 words)

British Army: 1939-45 British military leaders are reluctant to accept heavy losses unless the scales of victory are weighted in their favour. The main rifle used by the infantry was the Lee Enfield 303. After the fall of France in June, 1940, the British Army was mainly used to protect the British Empire. www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWbritishA.htm   (929 words)

British Small Arms The Enfield #2 was the standard sidearm issued by the British Army in World war 2, it was not as popular as the earlier.455 caliber Webleys of World war 1 and there was concern over the effectiveness of the.38 caliber round. This is the commercial SandW M10 Military and Police revolver modified to British specifications, primarily the use of the British standard.380 ammunition. The Boys was the only anti tank rifle used by the British during World war 2, it was introduced in 1937 and remained in production until 1942 when the PIAT was introduced. www.geocities.com /area51/comet/6498/t2000ww2britishsmallarms.html   (2113 words)

303british.com Do you shoot a rifle chambered for the 303 British? Please click here to view the non-framed version. www.303british.com   (2113 words)

Modern Fire Arms Page The Bolt and the accuracy of the rifle was so good that the British adopted and modified it as their standard infantry weapon for a period of almost 50 years. The no. 1 Mk 3 version of the rifle was used by the British and Commonwealth forces throughout the first half of the 20th century. It was adopted as the standard infantry weapon by the British and Indian forces by the early 60`s. www.geocities.com /commandervarun/smallarms/smallarms.html   (902 words)

.303 surplus british enfield - Junk or worth the money?? - TheFiringLine Forums In 1910, the British War Office decided a new service rifle was needed with a one-piece stock and an aperture, or "peep," sight mounted on the receiver. In 1926, the British government changed the nomenclature of its rifles, redesignating the.30 caliber SMLE as the No. 1 Rifle, the.22 caliber conversion of the SMLE as the No. 2 Rifle, and the P-14 Enfield as the No. 3 Rifle. Recognizing the value of sub-caliber rifles for training purposes, the British War Office approved.22 caliber conversions of Lee-Enfields right from the beginning, such conversions being accomplished either by inserting a tube, or sleeve, in the barrel or by refitting the action body with a new.22 caliber barrel. www.thefiringline.com /forums/showthread.php?t=12543   (2295 words)

Pictures and specifications of .303 Lee Enfield Rifles British Commonwealth forces used the Lee Enfield Mark 4 as their main rifle. When the Short Magazine Lee-Enfield was first introduced into British service, it met with a storm of criticism -- though little from the troops whom it served well during two World Wars, Korea, and beyond. It was more convenient to use than the M1, and less intrusive to their other duties, while still much more effective than hand guns. www.rt66.com /~korteng/SmallArms/leenfld.htm   (483 words)

Bren - Art History Online Reference and Guide A gas operated weapon, it fired the same.303 British rounds as the standard Lee Enfield rifle at a rate between 480 and 540 rpm, depending on the model. The British Army adopted it in 1935 to replace the ageing Lewis Gun. The completion of the move to a 5.56 mm cartridge for all infantry firearms should see the end of the Bren in British service. www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Bren   (405 words)

25/303 However, in many areas of the British Commonwealth, mainly Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, the 303 British case forms the basis of a whole series of wildcats including 22, 6mm, 25, 270, and 7mm versions. The 25/303 is based on the 303 British case necked down to 25 caliber without any other change. This is also true of any of the other wildcats based on the rimmed 303 British case. www.reloadbench.com /cartridges/w25303.html   (237 words)

Egypt At the outbreak of WW2 British forces assumed virtual control of the entire country, which while technically neutral, was at the service of the British Empire. Farouk was overthrown in a 1951 coup by the Army after Egypt renounced the 1936 Treaty and conflicts began between rioters and British troops in the Canal Zone. In 1936 a Treaty was signed requiring all British Empire troops and other officials to retire into the Suez Canal Zone. www.carbinesforcollectors.com /egypt.html   (713 words)

IIID2a11a4.html Satisfactory case life requires that.303 British cases be *neck-sized only*, or if full-length resizing dies are used, they must be carefully adjusted so as *not* to set back the case shoulder. Because the.303 British headspaces on the case rim, rather than the shoulder like the.30-06, this shoulder clearance is inconsequential to headspacing. It is interesting to compare the three most common.303 British rifles to their familiar U.S..30-06 contemporaries, the M1903 and the '03-A3 Springfields or the M1917 U.S. Enfield. www.public.asu.edu /~roblewis/SMLE/IIID2a11a4.html   (5406 words)

Night Guard - Stan Rogers The 303 was a rimmed cartridge, and most of Winchester's 20th century designs and production lines involve rimless cartridges. Subj: Winnie 303 Date: Thu, Feb 15, 1996 10:05 AM EDT From: adalmyn@man.net X-From: adalmyn@man.net (Tony or Jan Dalmyn) Sender: owner-cdnfolk@io.org To: cdnfolk@io.org I think David Porter has filled in the missing piece. For most listeners, it suffices to understand that a Winnie 303 is some species of weapon. www.stanrogers.net /songs/ng-sng.html   (791 words)

303brit The 303 Lee Enfield rifle has a light action designed for the low-pressure 303 British round, but can handle the 7.62 NATO (308 Win.) on tested and selected actions. The Ross was chambered for the 303 British, which has a.540 Bolt face. I know some 303 shooters build up the bolt faces by silver-soldering the appropriate size shim stock to the bolt face for lack of a bolt head. www.angelfire.com /ma/ZERMEL/303brit.html   (3614 words)

.303 British The rimmed, gentle bottleneck case shape of the.303 British cartridge shows its age, as it was intended for use with black powder and Cordite smokeless powder, but the.303 served the British Commonwealth well through two world wars. Typical.303 British factory loads in the U.S. offer a 150 grain spitzer bullet at a muzzle velocity (MV) of 2,685-2,723 fps and muzzle energy (ME) of 2,401-2,470 ft. lbs. Because of the rear locking Lee-Enfield (SMLE) bolt action of most.303 British rifles, which allows more case stretch than front locking actions, it is a good idea to just neck size.303 brass. www.chuckhawks.com /303British.htm   (475 words)

Reloading .410 Bore Shotshells When development work was underway in the early 1890's on the.303 British and.30-40 Krag, again those same draw dies were used to form the longer rifle cases. The base diameter of the.444 Marlin is 0.469", whereas the.303 British has a base diameter of 0.458". The rim diameter is smaller with the.444 Marlin - 0.514" instead of the 0530" rim diameter of the.303 British - so it is theoretically possible that a really loose extractor might not catch the rim. www.endtimesreport.com /410reloading.html   (3466 words)

IIID2a11a5.html The markings on the rifle are "MA LITHGOW S.M.L.E. It is in.303 British calibre and appears to have a spot for scope mounting. It was 1888 when the British Empire officially adopted a pip-squeak rifle cartridge firing a 215-grain bullet of a mere.311-inch diameter as its military rifle cartridge. As the British Army lost much equipment at Dunkirk, rifles were obtained anywhere they could be found, and they probably got a lot of the older dated rifles from the Irish Army. www.public.asu.edu /~roblewis/SMLE/IIID2a11a5.html   (7007 words)

Omdurman Bullet Pencil In a ferocious clash, the British force (of which some two-thirds were in fact Egyptian and Sudanese) led by General Kitchener destroyed a Dervish army while taking only light casualties themselves. His tomb was for a time a site of pilgrimage for his followers; after the British victory at Omdurman, the tomb was destroyed and its contents thrown in the Nile. The city fell in January of 1885, two days before the British relief force arrived; Gordon was slain, his head paraded on a pike. www.vintagepens.com /Omdurman_pencil.shtml   (305 words)

British Stuff British Pattern 37 Holster Webley 455 Revolvers, WW2 Dated, 16.00 British Pattern 37 Holster Webley/Enfield 38 Revolvers, WW2 Dated 16.00 British Hi Power Holster, 70's Vintage, Excellent 16.00 www.buymilitaria.com /british_html/british,_canadian_and_australian_stuff.htm   (214 words)

Vickers 303 Fitted with interrupter gear, the Vickers was also standard armament on all British and French aircraft after 1916. By the outbreak of the First World War, the British Army had adopted the Vickers Machine-gun. During the war the British also used the Lewis Gun. www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWvickers303.htm   (124 words)

U.S. Ordnance, Inc. I.303" Vickers Machine Gun was introduced into the British Army on the 26th of November, 1912. In total the Vickers was in service with the British Army for 55 years, 4 months and 29 days, it was a truly spectacular weapon. This was the beginning of its long life with the British Army. www.usord.com /Vickers_USORD.html   (189 words)

.303 British use for sniping The inclusion of the.303 British in my list of sniping calibers is based solely on its historical significance. This rifle/ammo combination was an exceptional performer, and served the British troops until well after WWII, when the L42A1 was adopted (The L42A1 was a modified No4 Mk1 (T) with a shorter fore-end, and chambered for the 7.62x51mm NATO) Recommendations: This round is used primarily in the 'Historic' sniper rifles, but in reality, it would serve just fine in both a limited military role and in a Law Enforcement situation. www.snipercentral.com /303.htm   (262 words)

British Army: 1939-45 British military leaders are reluctant to accept heavy losses unless the scales of victory are weighted in their favour. British Army units also took part in the Allied invasions of Sicily, Italy and France. Yet though the British will go into the attack with great bravery and tenacity, as a whole they are not quick to exploit a success or to react to a sudden emergency. www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWbritishA.htm   (262 words)

Les Jones: Gun Links #37 - Lee-Enfield Edition It's a Lee-Enfield No.1 rifle in.303 British, also known as a Short Magazine, Lee-Enfield (SMLE or "smelly"). India's use of the Lee-Enfield was a vestige of the British colony there. The magazine can be reloaded with single cartridges or by using a five round stripper clip (which the British called a charger). www.lesjones.com /posts/001924.shtml   (866 words)

British 0.303" (7.7 mm) and Russian 7.62mm (0.3") Maxim Machine Gun By the early 1890s it had become the standard machine gun of the British Army. British ships of World War I generally carried 5,000 to 8,000 rounds per gun This was the first truly "automatic" weapon in the world, as firing this gun required no manual operation other than pulling the trigger. www.navweaps.com /Weapons/WNRussian_7.62mm_Maxim_MG.htm   (306 words)

World's finest .303 british ammo site Resources We hope you have enjoyed the.303 british ammo resources online directory, as much as we have enjoyed researching and compiling it for you. We have worked hard to make sure that.303 british ammo information can be found here. Hello, Welcome to our.303 british ammo resource page. find-4-u.com /sites/ammo/.303_british_ammo.html   (378 words)

equip Reloaders that are new to the 303 British cartridge have to understand what's going on inside the rifle prior to pulling the trigger. From the questions I've received so far, it's time to talk about the 303 British case. Many reloaders, some with years of experience at the reloading bench, seem to have problems with case life and accuracy. www3.sympatico.ca /shooters/equip.htm   (1074 words)

Ian Skennerton's Very well-detailed and fully indexed treatise on British service small arms ammunition, gun ammunition, rockets, powder, charges, fuses, shot and projectiles. A great companion to Rick's bigger reference with Norman Bonney and Gary Oakley, 'British Grenade'. Especially for 19th century artillery enthusiasts, this would have to be the ultimate reference for ammunition of the period. www.skennerton.com /grenades.html   (474 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

About us   |   Why use us?   |   Reviews   |   Press   |   Contact us   Copyright © 2005-2007 www.factbites.com Usage implies agreement with terms.