My Grandpa Bobby grew up at a bush camp on the Pokiak River. Big family. When my Uncle Arthur was alive he told me that this gun killed a lot of bears. There is still a lot of bears out in that country. Arthur kept the gun after Bobby passed away and still used it until he gave it to my Dad some 20 years ago. My Dad and I went to pick it up and Arthur had a brand new in the box 270 Remington pump with a nice wood stock. He gave my Dad a choice and since you don't see a 270 pump you can only guess which gun my Dad picked.

Ryan ,is it the 303 British Jungle Carbine ?

Not sure. I was hoping some of the gun experts would let me know. It says mk1 on the barrel. It is a 303.

Hey Ryan I shot my first deer with an old .303 British rifle my dad had complete with a pep sight and a 10 round clip. After he passed away it disappeared but I still have the dies, clips and a bunch of brass and a box of bullets for it.
If your wondering I've really been missing winter this past couple of weeks since our day time temps have been in the 90's.
Stay Safe out there !
Allan

I just checked it out and yes it is a jungle carbine.

Weird that I've never bothered to do research on grandpa Bobby's gun. Apparently quite a story to the gun. A couple minutes of looking online has my interest. It was cool before just for being his gun but now it's even cooler. I'll be checking into this more but not now since I have a headache. Got to find out more now. I wonder if the gun was used in combat? I wonder if the gun has killed a person? I carried it once for grizzly when I was in my early twenties and once for fall caribou around the same time. Didn't see any bears and couldn't hit the two Bulls we seen at 600 yards or so.

Those jungle carbines are good bush guns. i'm looking for one for a buddy. However you can keep your noisy 270 remington pump. I hate it when someone shows up in camp with one as the pumps rattle when you walk.

I have a pump 270 in my gun case. I never use it anymore because I lost the clip. I never noticed it being noise now I want to fix it and complain about it being noisy.

The 303 british was a gun that was used all over in the Canadian bush 40-50 years ago.They were a great calibre,much better than a 30 30,and the guns and shells were available everywhere cheap.
Not so today,those guns are very collectable now and some varietys are valuable.
I remember back in the 70's the MNR would have auctions of stuff seized from poachers.There were tables full of 303 british army surplus rifles.

Muskrat - I suspect a jokester like you would have to stop talking long enough to hear the rattle. We'd have fun on a hunt i bet Pull it out of the gun case and shake it without the clip and see what you hear !

Boco I'm one of those guys, not the poacher though. I'm thinking the 303 were way more common in Canada as part of "the empire" then in Alaska.

My first big gun was a 303 British and my old man would give me all the military hard point ammo as it was cheap. Shot my first moose at 14 with it. Put so many holes through it my dad said it was like swiss cheese, but he was pretty proud. He reminded me the other day ( he's 87 ) that one of my shots was through the back knee which slowed it done enough for me to perforate it.

Seems like I saw a story about a Swede up in Sask that shot a record moose with a 303 recently. He was hunting for the pot and it got in the way .

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Took Rylan, Morgan and Bobby out shooting yesterday. Morgan went 3 for 10, Rylan is becoming a great shot with his 22 and my 22 magnum. Bobby went 1 for 15 or so and I'm sure the balloon he popped was a luck shot but darn it if I wasn't proud of all three of them! The older kids thought Bobby's shot was the funniest thing and then Rylan sends me this video today.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei88ncXU1zY

Should work this time.

My Aga Sarah (in the red cover) passed away at the age of 94 on August 23rd. Tough women with a heart of gold. I remember one year I had 456 muskrats to skin, I might've been about 14-15 years old. With her help and the help of my Grandma Bella we skinned them all in one sitting. When it came time to stretch them they both said "BYE!" The funeral is tomorrow.

I'm betting that picture pretty much captured her personality... R.I.P.


Aklavik - rat capital of the world.

Dam. The changes she must have seen. Thoughts and prayers.

Ryan that's a cute video those kids will keep you on your toes. I'm sorry to hear about Sarah's passing away from the picture along with the short story she was a special person to many and will be missed by all who knew her. Talk about a great life 94 impressive years.
Allan

I caught a big bull moose swimming across the river last week but decided to let him go. I was having alternator trouble with my sisters boat and after paddling hard to cut the big bull off I decided to let it walk and avoid adding all that weight to a boat that was already dead in the water. I managed to swap boats and did a caribou hunt that ended with 4 nice fall caribou. Planning to hunt for the rest of the family this coming weekend. Caribou for sure but maybe a moose and sheep too. I will be trapping full time this winter!

December 11, 1922- August 23, 2017