When I brought home the M1 Garand, I thought my father would be happy, after all it was the rifle he shot on the joint US shooting team. Having the right rifle would mean he could get me all the neat parts and unlimited "free" ammo. Boy was I ever wrong. Father sat me down got out his "sporterized 303" and explained why he had it.

First there were absolutely no US military parts or ammo available for it, and no way he could use what the military had to add to his personal supply, any hunting or personal shooting he did was absolutely free from the possibility of taint, any appearance of theft from the US government. He used an old and at least in the US obscure British round from the last century as his personal hunting round so as to be free from any appearance of evil. He was not only honest in his dealings with the government, his employer, he worked extra to be beyond suspicion.

It is with pride and reflected honor that Darius carries the old 303 into the field to hunt with his Grandfathers rifle, as with so many of the good things we do, we have been preceeded by an excellent example.

The Lee-Enfield bolt-action, magazine-fed, repeating rifle was the main firearm used by the military forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth during the first half of the 20th century. It was the British Army's standard rifle from its official adoption in 1895 until 1957