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Guy Martin introduced to a 303
Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2021 4:58 pm
by Jimminy234
https://youtu.be/1WkBr54utE0
I’ve not shot a full power 303 yet but that didn’t look like a great experience for a new shooter.
Re: Guy Martin introduced to a 303
Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2021 5:21 pm
by Les
Scope-bite ........ he can't say he wasn't warned.
Re: Guy Martin introduced to a 303
Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2021 6:53 pm
by GeeRam
Jimminy234 wrote:https://youtu.be/1WkBr54utE0
I’ve not shot a full power 303 yet but that didn’t look like a great experience for a new shooter.
Blame the idiot that gave him a sporterised and scoped SMLE to shoot at no real distance instead of a proper rifle.
Re: Guy Martin introduced to a 303
Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2021 7:25 pm
by Jimminy234
GeeRam wrote:Jimminy234 wrote:https://youtu.be/1WkBr54utE0
I’ve not shot a full power 303 yet but that didn’t look like a great experience for a new shooter.
Blame the idiot that gave him a sporterised and scoped SMLE to shoot at no real distance instead of a proper rifle.
I do, One of the guys came to my club with a really old air rifle last week known for crunching peoples fingers, he gave a few people a go with it and explained to hold it away from the trigger when priming it, most of us tried to prime it with our fingers in a bad spot but we were all stopped from hurting ourselves and we had a good time.
Re: Guy Martin introduced to a 303
Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2021 10:55 pm
by snayperskaya
Been there, done that with a Westley Richards chambered in .404 Jeffery......not quite as bad as Mr Martin's but still have the scar to show for it.
Re: Guy Martin introduced to a 303
Posted: Wed Jun 09, 2021 11:13 pm
by Dark Skies
The instructor wasn't paying due care to Guy the novice. You could see exactly what was going to happen and it should have been corrected.
Re: Guy Martin introduced to a 303
Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2021 11:35 am
by poll007
1st time shooting fullbore I shot a nice mosin nagant that a club member owned.
about 10 rounds later I moved onto the clubs .308 (a scoped bolt action of some sort) and I got a pretty awful scope bite from it and had to break out the first aid kit. (and when we finished the shoot a trip to the minor injuries unit who glued it up).
I hadn't been the 1st to do this on the rifle nor was I the last. As it turned out the previous owner had been in a wheelchair and as a result the scope was setup further back than normal and no one ever adjusted it. This was all back in 2012 and the rifle got replaced a couple years later (not sure if the scope ever got moved before it was sold). now they have a couple of .223 bolt actions as well as anew .308 which is better to use when taking new shooters to full-bore.
Re: Guy Martin introduced to a 303
Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2021 5:29 pm
by Plumose
The video has gone
Re: Guy Martin introduced to a 303
Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2021 6:43 pm
by Pete
Well the "instructor" probably got cancelled........
Pete
Re: Guy Martin introduced to a 303
Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2021 7:09 am
by Pippin89
I imagine the comments were less than friendly on the instructors ability and they decided to remove it!