I've got some Hornady scales coming this week
I've got some Hornady scales coming this week
@Arthur McBride That's certainly a pretty grunty load! Good accuracy though
And.... another step! Picked up some primers today so I'm ready to go!
It may have been built in 1944 to halt blitzkrieg and banzai charges, but the old 303 still fills the freezer.... Took the old girl out for a walk today; the first things it's shot in nearly 10-years! I am going to get a set of ear plugs though; I'd forgotten how badly that 17.5" barrel barks...........
I love the old girl.... It's short because it was used for a bail gun many years ago
you could always fit suppressor...... sacrilege but well worth it and still be awesome.
I could never do very well with the open sights....
You are likely pissed again or have very little knowledge of Lee Enfields.
The Lee Enfield was a technological masterpeice in its time, 40 years ahead of anything else, double the firepower of a Mauser and constantly being improved upon . All the "faults" you list are what made it the best bolt action battle rifle ever produced.
"Sixty percent of the time,it works every time"
Which makes them technically pretty average as a sporting rifle, for all the reasons mimms2, gave plus a few. And I have 3 of them which I enjoy greatly. Haven't found a battle yet tho to test their original merits. Oh, and they got their arse kicked I believe by the Boers with the 7X57mm Mauser. But the Germans found them uncomfortable at close quarters en masses. And on the battle field they were prized above the P14 which was a damn fine design, just didn't suit the trenches mud and blood too much. Horses for courses yes?
I know a lot but it seems less every day...
Due to the exorbitant cost of reloading components, warning shots will not be given.
You are mixing up Long Toms and Cavalry Carbines used in the 2nd Boer War with the later SMLE.
Issues then were the ammo, single loading, poor marksmanship and training for the modern type of war.
All issues were resolved by the time WW1 broke out with the small, but superbly trained British Regular Army carrying the SMLE III with its adjustable windage, charger bridge feeding and spitzer ammo.
Welcome to Sako club.
Last edited by norsk; 18-09-2021 at 02:34 AM.
"Sixty percent of the time,it works every time"
Geez; everyone calm down please
You have missed the operative word your initial statement was based upon:
"Technically"
Instead you have simply listed your opinion without knowing why certain things you dont like were there in the first place, two stage trigger aside.
I would like to argue with someone semi lucid.
Can you put the booze and smokes down for a month and come back to this thread.
Last edited by norsk; 18-09-2021 at 06:24 PM.
"Sixty percent of the time,it works every time"
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