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Re: Guy Martin introduced to a 303
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2021 8:45 am
by JS569
It's not a good advert for him. If properly handled a .303 shouldn't give a man of Guy's stature any problems with recoil. I recently shot my No1 MkIII then immediately after an O/U 20g game gun and the felt recoil from the 20g was considerably more than the .303. I'd go as far as to say the .303 was far more pleasant!
Re: Guy Martin introduced to a 303
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2021 9:03 am
by snayperskaya
JS569 wrote:It's not a good advert for him. If properly handled a .303 shouldn't give a man of Guy's stature any problems with recoil. I recently shot my No1 MkIII then immediately after an O/U 20g game gun and the felt recoil from the 20g was considerably more than the .303. I'd go as far as to say the .303 was far more pleasant!
In his defence i think it was the first time he'd ever fired a rifle and if the instructor hadn't shown him he to hold it correctly and explained about eye relief that isn't a reflection on Guy.
Many an experienced shooter is caught out by an unfamiliar rifle/calibre
Re: Guy Martin introduced to a 303
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2021 3:31 pm
by JS569
snayperskaya wrote:JS569 wrote:It's not a good advert for him. If properly handled a .303 shouldn't give a man of Guy's stature any problems with recoil. I recently shot my No1 MkIII then immediately after an O/U 20g game gun and the felt recoil from the 20g was considerably more than the .303. I'd go as far as to say the .303 was far more pleasant!
In his defence i think it was the first time he'd ever fired a rifle and if the instructor hadn't shown him he to hold it correctly and explained about eye relief that isn't a reflection on Guy.
Many an experienced shooter is caught out by an unfamiliar rifle/calibre
Sorry I wasn't clear, I meant a good advert for the instructor, nothing to do with Guy, he evidently hadn't been given the correct guidance and was doing his best.
Re: Guy Martin introduced to a 303
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2021 3:43 pm
by snayperskaya
oh, i see what you mean now

......i read it wrong
Re: Guy Martin introduced to a 303
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2021 4:00 pm
by Webley
I assume this was the video?
https://youtu.be/1WkBr54utE0?t=203
Matt
Re: Guy Martin introduced to a 303
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2021 4:21 pm
by bradaz11
how tiny is that target, or did they use a slug to get the closup of the target?
Re: Guy Martin introduced to a 303
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2021 5:12 pm
by Plumose
I can see the video now, thanks
Re: Guy Martin introduced to a 303
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2021 6:40 pm
by Jimminy234
Re: Guy Martin introduced to a 303
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2021 7:52 am
by ovenpaa
The 'instructor' was Ben Jacob who we should be seeing in a bit.
Re: Guy Martin introduced to a 303
Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2021 8:10 am
by Christel
It is Help for Heroes day locally, so we are heading over - hopefully it won't rain.