On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 03:52:51 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

I'm sorry I sold my 'sport' model 303 rifle for $20.00 back when I was working.
Ammo was easy to get. Old timers used to say millions of rounds, including tracers, were dumped into the harbour after the 2nd world war.


I think the problem started when the last of the WWII surplus dried
up. There are still plenty of companies loading .303 but I don't think
there is much that is cheap, It is .75 to a buck a round at the bulk
guys.
The Brits went to the NATO calibers decades ago.

10:23
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I think the problem started when the last of the WWII surplus dried
up. There are still plenty of companies loading .303 but I don't think
there is much that is cheap, It is .75 to a buck a round at the bulk
guys.
The Brits went to the NATO calibers decades ago.
.....

The .303 is still standard for the ancient and accepted Lewis gun which is still in the queens arsenal since ww1. Hard to improve a hammer.

On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 08:49:42 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

10:23
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I think the problem started when the last of the WWII surplus dried
up. There are still plenty of companies loading .303 but I don't think
there is much that is cheap, It is .75 to a buck a round at the bulk
guys.
The Brits went to the NATO calibers decades ago.
....

The .303 is still standard for the ancient and accepted Lewis gun which is still in the queens arsenal since ww1. Hard to improve a hammer.

In the days of belt fed machine guns I find it hard to believe a Lewis
is actually taken seriously. I could understand it in WWII when
anything that went bang was needed but now, just the logistics would
be a nightmare. That is one reason why NATO tried to standardize down
to 4 basic calibers.

11:03
On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 08:49:42 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:
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In the days of belt fed machine guns I find it hard to believe a Lewis
is actually taken seriously. I could understand it in WWII when
anything that went bang was needed but now, just the logistics would
be a nightmare. That is one reason why NATO tried to standardize down
to 4 basic calibers.
----
Think British, man. Think British!

I can't say it truly is in the queens arsenal today, though it might be in reserves, but the Lewis showed its head at the Fauklands a few years ago.

On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 11:07:22 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Think British, man. Think British!

I can't say it truly is in the queens arsenal today, though it might be in reserves, but the Lewis showed its head at the Fauklands a few years ago.

Yeah you are right, They still have a Queen. I guess they never get
rid of any anachronism

On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 15:52:16 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 11:07:22 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Think British, man. Think British!

I can't say it truly is in the queens arsenal today, though it might be in reserves, but the Lewis showed its head at the Fauklands a few years ago.

Yeah you are right, They still have a Queen. I guess they never get
rid of any anachronism

===

And they still drive on the left when most of the world is on the
right. How weird is that?

Wayne.B
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"And they still drive on the left when most of the world is on the
right. Â*How weird is that?"


We drove on the left also until 1923 and the Japanese still do.

On Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at 5:51:58 PM UTC-4, Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 15:52:16 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 11:07:22 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Think British, man. Think British!

I can't say it truly is in the queens arsenal today, though it might be in reserves, but the Lewis showed its head at the Fauklands a few years ago.

Yeah you are right, They still have a Queen. I guess they never get
rid of any anachronism

===

And they still drive on the left when most of the world is on the
right. How weird is that?

A few years ago I flew into London and drove about 80 miles to a town north of there. I had rented a car, and made sure I got an automatic transmission since I didn't want the added hassle of shifting a manual with the wrong hand. Remembering to keep to the left was hard enough. I had done it in the Cayman's but had a co-pilot with me then, in the UK I was by myself. I was there a week, and still found myself walking up to the left side of the car to get in most of the time. Old habits and all.

On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 17:51:46 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 15:52:16 -0400, wrote:

On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 11:07:22 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Think British, man. Think British!

I can't say it truly is in the queens arsenal today, though it might be in reserves, but the Lewis showed its head at the Fauklands a few years ago.

Yeah you are right, They still have a Queen. I guess they never get
rid of any anachronism

===

And they still drive on the left when most of the world is on the
right. How weird is that?

When I worked in the Bahamas, we drove on the left. Do they still do so?

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On Tue, 14 Jun 2016 03:52:51 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

I'm sorry I sold my 'sport' model 303 rifle for $20.00 back when I was working.
Ammo was easy to get. Old timers used to say millions of rounds,
including tracers, were dumped into the harbour after the 2nd world war.


I think the problem started when the last of the WWII surplus dried
up. There are still plenty of companies loading .303 but I don't think
there is much that is cheap, It is .75 to a buck a round at the bulk
guys.
The Brits went to the NATO calibers decades ago.


Except for the powder, could be a great mining opportunity in the Harbour.
The value of brass and lead.