Yesterday really proved what your bullets can do. While others were standing and sitting in a 100 metre match, I lay down prone and shot my scoped No4 Savage .303 Sporter over a sandbag. Shot a 39.7 out of 40.8 in a slow fire application stage to start. It took me quite a bit of winding up from my hunting load’s zero, hence the dropped point in my first counting shot.

All 7 of the central (V) bullseyes we’re dancing around the one- inch pinhole. Then we shot an 8- round rapid in 40 seconds on a blank big figure target and my spotter- witness told me every shot could be covered with a 50 cent piece.

Then we had a 7 round snap shoot on a figure 14 (the hun’s head). Five went into 50 cents with three going an inch higher, but with only 4 seconds to settle and shoot each shot on a hand held target, that is excusable. The key to loading the Boynes is to anneal the case necks and soft seat after only minimally neck sizing and using a Lee factory crimp die to finish off.

This shoot was witnessed by Paul Wilkes, an experienced rifleman and hunter.

Velocity was around 1230fps - no gas check - Remington cases, 11grains of TrailBoss powder, PMC LR primer.

Marcus O'Dean