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Harvs

03-18-15 03:20 AM

SMLE

Hi all, this is my 1918 SMLE .303 MK III made by Lithgow Arms in NSW Australia.

http://i.imgur.com/GRAAN4M.jpg?1

August

03-18-15 11:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Harvs (Post 2298245)

Hi all, this is my 1918 SMLE .303 MK III made by Lithgow Arms in NSW Australia.

That is a beautiful looking rifle. Congratulations!

Red October1984

03-18-15 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Harvs (Post 2298245)

Hi all, this is my 1918 SMLE .303 MK III made by Lithgow Arms in NSW Australia.

Very pretty rifle. I wouldn't mind owning one of those but .303 is SO expensive here...I see it on the shelf for 34$ per box of 20.

I'd own it and never use it. :hmmm:

Harvs

03-18-15 07:12 PM

Hi all, yes ammo is expensive here as well but I have got onto some Serbian rounds @ $30 a box of 20, I have had the rifle 15 years now but unfortunately the woodwork on the foregrip cracked and rotted so I had to buy synthetics as parts are too hard and too expensive to come by.

this is it before conversion.

http://i.imgur.com/7OAJXRA.jpg

Aktungbby

03-18-15 10:55 PM

Don't apologize for synthetic! :up: had the original manufacturer had it 1n 1914 he would have used it! As price cutting is the name of the military/industrial game... especially in WWI. I'd imagine the price of ammo precludes your rendering of a historically accurate 'mad minute'? I reload the old 1800's Trapdoor Sprinfield and Sharp's Carbine 45-70 using this-it's a tedius drag, but $ave$ dinero in black and nitrate powder: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TAHq2zKqS0

Harvs

03-19-15 12:24 AM

Dont get me wrong, i love the new synthetics, the rifle is more balanced, its half the weight and looks great, will pist more pics soon.

d@rk51d3

03-19-15 03:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Red October1984 (Post 2298489)

Very pretty rifle. I wouldn't mind owning one of those but .303 is SO expensive here...I see it on the shelf for 34$ per box of 20.

I'd own it and never use it. :hmmm:

Cast and Reload. :cool:

Harvs

03-19-15 04:40 AM

This is the same rifle with ATI synthetics.

http://i.imgur.com/PNWdrwx.jpg?2

Harvs

03-19-15 04:43 AM

And again, same rifle after airbrushing, I am about to change the cam pattern to match my surroundings a bit more.

http://i.imgur.com/G4d2wez.jpg?2

Jeff-Groves

03-19-15 04:43 AM

Now I like that setup!
What Bipod and Scope setup do you have?

Harvs

03-19-15 05:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff-Groves (Post 2298600)

Now I like that setup!
What Bipod and Scope setup do you have?

I cant remember the brand of bipod, its good because it lets me sit comfortably with the rifle to my shoulder, I got it of Amazon but the Scope is a Barska 3-9 Digital Recticle that does the job well, im only shooting out to a max of 300m and mostly between 100m to 250m.

this was a shot on a pig that came out for a roo I shot the day before, 250m

http://i.imgur.com/INAYEuY.jpg?1

Aktungbby

03-19-15 11:04 AM

a useful tool in any arsenal; I use a harris bipod on the .375 H&H Browning but authentic homemade & cheap 'crossed sticks' for black powder competition. Generally with a Lyman .50 or Thompson Hawken .45. http://www.turkeycountrymagazine.com...es/Bog-Pod.jpg

Red October1984

03-20-15 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by d@rk51d3 (Post 2298587)

Cast and Reload. :cool:

I would but I'd have to pay for the equipment...and there's my problem

I can hold my wallet upside down right now and nothing would fall out. :nope:

Oberon

04-27-15 04:27 PM

The Burgess Folding Shotgun:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXvmGtLYwKA

em2nought

04-27-15 05:14 PM

I wish I'd bought an SMLE long ago. Might go for an Mosin Nagant instead now.