Thread: Military "wise" gunsmith in Wellington?

Im looking at an A2 Ishapore Enfield (7.62NATO)....seems to be a comment from reading their history that these would need checking before a .308 could be fired safely. So are there any gunsmiths in Wellington I could take this to for checking? Apparantly the headspace might differ, so at min it needs to be gauge checked.

Any other thoughts?

Ask Robbie Tiffen at Gunworks, he was an Army trained Armourer. 03 3421001

Mitch Maxbury, Hebden Cres in Kelson, 04 5653855

Originally Posted by Tussock

Someone on here might have go/no go gauge? That is all you need. Spanners?

Cool but, this is a 1965 gun and a bit of a punt, so I'd like a gunsmith to check it to make sure its totally safe anyway.

Mitch

Dan hardy is ex army also

Scott trail is also ex army i believe

Yep Scottys very good smithy. SSRNZ in Featherston

if you are in welly I couldnt reccomend mitch maxberry more highly. great service and price. I send guns from the far north down to him

I've used both Mitch and Scott, both excellent service and reasonable price.

Steven, Mitch is a good contact to have for target stuff specifically, also very good on 308 and Remington 700 actions.

Scott did all the work on my hunting rifles

Its a 2 sec job to check it
Id do it if I was home.

Mitch is the closest

Got another one for sale?

Originally Posted by Spanners

Got another one for sale?

I'm still looking myself, kind of getting the impression that I maybe to late in the day to get anything good enough to bother with, unless lucky.

regards

This might be of interest if you haven't seen it already. Collecting and Shooting the Military Surplus Rifle (2006) - Surplusrifle.com

A rifle that is well worth getting if it is a shooter, just be sure to run mild loads and you'll be happy. Am quite jealous as I've always wanted one, but can't justify any more enfields