A lot of these were done in the 60's by Churchill, BSA, Midland, Parker Hale etc. Sometimes the original barrels were cut and ramp sights were added along with a hooded sight. Some were rebarreled and bedded to fit the new stocks, Bishop made a lot of the Monte Carlo type stocks for various gunmakers in England. The flush fitting mags usually work very well as they were fitted to each rifle. You can pick up a ten round mag for hunting and keep the 5 shot for the range. I think you did good by trading a couple of cheap scopes for it.
The grand ole 303 is very close to the 308, so don't be scared of using it in the field. Remember, your ole Enfield will still be working at 40 below when most of the fancy guns are froze stiff.
180 grain bullets offer "more thump" as my uncle who served in Korea would say.
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