On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 01:10:36 -0500, Califbill
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On Mon, 13 Jun 2016 23:06:18 -0500, Califbill
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My buddy bought one of those about 55 years ago. Then he found out he had
trouble getting the 303 ammo.

It is around now but you are probably getting it online.


I think it was early in the import tim. He probably paid $6-8 for it. And
maybe only a gun shops had the a,mo stocked. $6-8 sounds cheap, but
minimum wage was $0,74 to a buck then. I think I paid $50 or so for my
Ithaca mxl 37 20 ga in 1970. monkeying.ward, and the guy tossed in a box
of shells. No waiting period on long guns then.

Ye Olde Hunter (Interarmco) had SMLEs on sale for about $15-20 in
1965-66 but the uncircumcised look was a little strange for American
tastes. You could get the ammo there too but I think it was Boer War
surplus. (actually WWII but pretty ugly)
They also sold an assortment of other old military surplus rifles for
as little as $5 but you really had to be careful that it was not some
obscure caliber.