Chargar, OKSMLE is the resident SMLE expert. I've got a No 4 Mk I that is absolutely frustrating. One day it'll lay'em in the 10 ring one after another, and another day, same load, won't make a good open bore patterene! Go figure. Never shot any of the full length gas check stuff in. Sometimes works good with 314299, sometimes not. Maybe it's me????? Tried 2400, 4227, H108, N120, 4198, and the list goes on. Right now I've been trying to get 308-165-SIL to work cause'n it's got a good shank. Who knows??? Right now I'm leavenerbe causen I picked up the 700 VS LH today and I got the 03 Sporter just about finished with a bedding job.

There's a 303 sitting at a store some 20 miles from me and I think the tag said $69 ?? Didn't look real rough-- but I didn't look close. Is that a reasonable price?

Aladin, yea, I'm thinkin' if it's in good shape. If it doesn't shoot, pass it on for the same price. Especially if there's no paperwork (those are the best kind - REAL personal property). sundog