Hi Folks. I have just been gifted an almost brand new rifle in 250/303 by a family of friends. It is a Lithgow built SMLE action with a plastic stock. Very nice! I have liked that rifle since I first took a friend to view and buy it. Now it is mine!

Now to load up for it and see what it can do. It seems to have a chamber with the same neck/shoulder position as the 303 so the shoulder/body is set back a little. Some of the cases that came with it have short necks. I had already made up a set of neck forming dies which I never got to test.

Well? Where's the pics??

That's about the best thing that could happen to a Lithgow. roger

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Originally posted by rnovi:
Well? Where's the pics??

I don't know how to post pictures!

I will have to get my son to set up a website for me. The rifle doesn't have a scope on it yet. I'll get the scope rings on Saturday.

OK, the caliber is 303-25. That must mean something. The shoulder is further back than the 303 but the neck is in the same place. It would be ballistically identical to a 250 Savage. I always liked the idea of 250 Savage! I also like the 257 Roberts. So I have compromised on a 303-25 - I like it already! I know I am going to have fun!

Oh yes, it came with a box of Nosler 85gr ballistic tips and a box of Sierra 100gr SPS's and a bag of once fired cases (fired in a different rifle).

Posting pictures is as easy as falling off a log .. #1 Put your pics on Photo Bucket
#2 resize them for forums [ you don,t have to do this , but it uses less band width ]
# 3 start typing a reply , minus it or underscore , what ever its called.... go to photo bucket .
#4 find the pic you want to post ,scroll to the img line and left click on it ,It will light up and say copied or something like that
#5 go down and click on your post a reply box on the bottom of your screen , your message will come up ,put the mouse by your last sentence ,ect . #6 Right click scroll down the window and left click paste ........

Takes less time to do it than it took me to write it ....... ....See , a Logger showed you how ,, Easy

I hope this does it. The barrel is actually longer than that. Wow, it worked! Thanks, gumboot458. But it took me about three hours!

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I am getting the hang of it now.

It,s pretty fun . Learning how to do it and doing it helped my feel less like a dumby..

I need to get a rifle with a moderator on it ...As long as it,s not used on Federal land up here they are legal ......

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It,s pretty fun . Learning how to do it and doing it helped my feel less like a dumby..

It is fun! It now takes me as long as the internet connection.

Suppressors are the greatest thing since sliced bread! Funny thing, I always used to use HV 22lr ammo for the trajectory and power. Now that I use subsonic 22lr ammo with a 'silencer', I would never go back to HV's. Those subs work just as well and are soooo quiet! The supressor on the hornet ... well .... it does help a lot but I still need ear plugs. But what a differenct they make on high power rifles! My hornet one is very simple and only overhangs the muzzle by 2 inches but the baffles need a little refinement. Still, it sounds like an unsuppressed 22 WMR.