[Dontkillbill]

I found this rifle in a gunstore and it had a good bore and great rifling a full length barrel with orginal sights and bayonet lug. So I paid twice as much for the wood to give the vet (1944 rifle) a proper uniform.



I think every Canadian should be taught how to take the bolt out of a Lee Enfield and how to clean one

[fifeboy]

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[2Cdo]

fifeboy fifeboy:

Didn't have time to watch so I subscribed to your channel so I can look at this and more.

Thanks for the morning laugh.

[Dontkillbill]

I'll take a subscription any way I can

[QBC]

I am curious as to why you replaced the wood. Most of the old rifles have all the regimental markings, stuff put on my soldiers who used the rifle and so on. I have 303's starting with the Martini-Enfield right up to the Mk 4 snipers rifle and I haven't had to replace any of the wood. Where was your Mk 4 made?

[fifeboy]

QBC QBC:

I am curious as to why you replaced the wood. Most of the old rifles have all the regimental markings, stuff put on my soldiers who used the rifle and so on. I have 303's starting with the Martini-Enfield right up to the Mk 4 snipers rifle and I haven't had to replace any of the wood. Where was your Mk 4 made?

Wow, that's nice. My only .303 is a Ross 1905. That would be a nice collection.

[Dontkillbill]

QBC QBC:

I am curious as to why you replaced the wood. Most of the old rifles have all the regimental markings, stuff put on my soldiers who used the rifle and so on. I have 303's starting with the Martini-Enfield right up to the Mk 4 snipers rifle and I haven't had to replace any of the wood. Where was your Mk 4 made?

The wood was sporterized if you are familiar with term it means someone ripped the wood apart and made it lighter for hunting. I brought it back to how it looked when it was complete. I think my gun was made in BSA factory in 1944 then upgraded after the war and the Mark 2 trigger added several years later. Then it was brought out of surplus and sold off to company that sporterized these rifles in the UK and then made its journey across the pond to Canada.

[QBC]

Ahhhh, okay. I have a sporterized Mk4 as well(not done by me) and I've used it hunting for years. If it wasn't for the fact I have a few mint mk4s I would have restored mine too, but it's a great rifle.

This is a hand load that I've found to be "surgically" good in all my enfields

174grain Sierra Match Points, 47 grains of IMR4831. It's the closest we could make a modern load match the old British full medal jacket, cordite load. So far we haven't found an Enfield that won't print these in the one inch range @ 100 yards.

Fife, you have a Ross????????? Oy, one day I'll have one of those. All I need is one of those and a jungle carbine to complete the collection. My favorite is my Long Lee from WWI. I need a rear sight for it, someone put a weird make shift one on, but I'm on the hunt to replace that.

[Dontkillbill]

I shoout the 174 grain Hornaby's I'll have to score some 4831 and try a load. Is that load a little hot? Anyway I've been trying Varget.

[fifeboy]

QBC QBC:

Ahhhh, okay. I have a sporterized Mk4 as well(not done by me) and I've used it hunting for years. If it wasn't for the fact I have a few mint mk4s I would have restored mine too, but it's a great rifle.

This is a hand load that I've found to be "surgically" good in all my enfields

174grain Sierra Match Points, 47 grains of IMR4831. It's the closest we could make a modern load match the old British full medal jacket, cordite load. So far we haven't found an Enfield that won't print these in the one inch range @ 100 yards.

Fife, you have a Ross????????? Oy, one day I'll have one of those. All I need is one of those and a jungle carbine to complete the collection. My favorite is my Long Lee from WWI. I need a rear sight for it, someone put a weird make shift one on, but I'm on the hunt to replace that.

Yes. I got it from an uncle who was married to my Dads sister. His uncle, so no relation to me, was some rifle instructor in WWI. I also have his swagger stick. Unhappily my uncle "sporterized" it. Still, the slickest action I have ever shot!

[Jonny_C]

Dontkillbill Dontkillbill:

I found this rifle in a gunstore and it had a good bore and great rifling a full length barrel with orginal sights and bayonet lug. So I paid twice as much for the wood to give the vet (1944 rifle) a proper uniform.

I think every Canadian should be taught how to take the bolt out of a Lee Enfield and how to clean one

Very nice, DKB. Since it had been sporterized, you "done good" by bringing it back to an original look.

For many years I built up a collection of Enfields. I had the odd Mauser, Mosin Nagant, Springfield, but my love was always for Enfield .303's. I hunted with them, shot them at targets and collected them. I had a number of original (not cut-down) rifles - a couple of No.1 Mk III's (full wood to the muzzle), several No. 1 Mk IV's including a Canadian Longbranch, a Jungle Carbine (1945) in pristine arsenal condition, a No. 1 Mk I (factory re-proofed for smokeless). I also had a P-14 and a P-17 based on the Enfield (correction - MAUSER) action. Nothing is as slick as the Enfield single-lug bolt.

All had good bores and metal, some I left just as I got them, some I steamed out dents in the wood, sanded (very lightly) and gave a light coat of Tru-Oil. The normal wear-and-tear on a rifle (worn bluing, a little pitting, etc.) to me lends character, so I left the rifles as "original" as I felt they shoud be, particularly the metal (no rust of course).

You've recalled those times to me!

I used to have them all displayed on gun racks in my rec room, but I've passed on almost all these rifles to new homes.

These were generally good accurate rifles (the Jungle Carbine only after I had properly bedded the stock). I recall one afternoon in particular where my brother and I spent hours in a sand pit, consistently whacking pie plates at 200 yds with several of my rifles and his.

[QBC]

Dontkillbill Dontkillbill:

I shoout the 174 grain Hornaby's I'll have to score some 4831 and try a load. Is that load a little hot? Anyway I've been trying Varget.

It cranks them out at between 2350 and 2450 fps, depending on the rifle. No pressure problems at all. I use the Hornaby 174 grain in my Martini-Enfield driven by IMR4350. It's a new load so I'm in the testing stage and haven't found the "perfect" powder charge yet. I may switch my sport cut Long Branch Mk4 to the Hornady too, (As long as I can get a load that's a tack driver) better hunting bullet than the Match King, but I'll stick with the Match King for all the other rifles since I don't hunt with them.

[QBC]

Here are my Enfields and others......




This picture doesn't include mu Enfield-Tower musket

[fifeboy]

QBC QBC:

Dontkillbill Dontkillbill:

I shoout the 174 grain Hornaby's I'll have to score some 4831 and try a load. Is that load a little hot? Anyway I've been trying Varget.

It cranks them out at between 2350 and 2450 fps, depending on the rifle. No pressure problems at all. I use the Hornaby 174 grain in my Martini-Enfield driven by IMR4350. It's a new load so I'm in the testing stage and haven't found the "perfect" powder charge yet. I may switch my sport cut Long Branch Mk4 to the Hornady too, (As long as I can get a load that's a tack driver) better hunting bullet than the Match King, but I'll stick with the Match King for all the other rifles since I don't hunt with them.

Do you have a Martini-Metford? That would be real nice. My knowledge had a gap there and the Martini-Enfield is a new concept there. Thanks for the education. And, just a little advice: don't give out info on loads unless you give a disclaimer like "this is safe in my rifle, you should be careful with yours!" Some American insurance company will have their lawyer call you claiming you are responsible for a client loosing their thumb or some such accident. Just sayin!

[fifeboy]

Oh and QBC, I also got from the same uncle a Lee-Enfield Cadet target rifle. .22 short, target sights. I have not shot it much in the 30 odd years I have owned it.