Originally Posted by
Dave Clarke Fife
Ahhhhhh.......the .303. What memories. As a 14 year old on the range at RAF Cosford for the very first time, I remember being filled with excitement and slight trepidation having heard the stories of this rifles recoil. The 'old hands' (the 16 year olds) told us sprogs that the beret placed inside the hairy mary would help cushion this much anticipated kick and to a man we all did so. They failed to mention that the metal badge on aforementioned beret should not be resting directly facing ones right shoulder with just a thin blue shirt between it and soft unblemished flesh. The flesh wasnt unblemished after discharching " ten rounds in your own time, carry on"
We were also told to keep our mouths open to equalise the pressure on the ear drum, "stops you going deaf". That didn't work either.