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Originally Posted by Brother in Arms
.303 Enfield more accurate than the Mauser?
Maybe if that mauser is chambered for 8x57mm...but I doubt it could equal 7x57mm (and especially not the 6.5x55 SE) the Boers proved this theory wrong using 1893/95 rifles in the Transvaal.
The Enfield is a very fast firing bolt gun. It's just about as fast a straight pull bolt actions like the K31 and Steyr 95
The 10 shot double column box magazine is probably one of it's greatest assets as a military rifle. .303 is a good cartridge reminds me of the .30-40 Krag.
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I have used that 6.5 by 55 round and I can tell you that pencil will hit out to and beyond 1000 as in yards.
The next most accurate round I have fired is the 35 Weiland (spelling).
Built that with a Douglas barrel on a 98 action.
I still have better luck with the 30-06 than the .303 I have restocked and retriggered both added other mods for hunting here in Colorado and the mod Springfield four grove outshoots the Enfield by a wide margin. It outshoots my Garand but not the M1A1.