Thread: Modernising Lee Enfield No.1 Mk3 .303

No worries dude. I'll share it on here. Won't be overly technical though. Muzzle velocity and velocity at target + grouping pics at the least tho.
The barrel on mine has arguably had less than 300 rounds through it tho, so still pretty new. It's been well maintained as well. Always cleaned the bore and left wet even when returning without firing a shot. Then just dry rag through it before heading out next time.
What issues did you have? Just bad groupings?

Originally Posted by Timmy

No worries dude. I'll share it on here. Won't be overly technical though. Muzzle velocity and velocity at target + grouping pics at the least tho.
The barrel on mine has arguably had less than 300 rounds through it tho, so still pretty new. It's been well maintained as well. Always cleaned the bore and left wet even when returning without firing a shot. Then just dry rag through it before heading out next time.
What issues did you have? Just bad groupings?

Yea but to quantify that I didnt do any load development just loaded up a few with 2208. I am using irons too so......
Its been a long time since I used irons and the sparkle has sort of gone out of reloading for me so I just didint preserver with them them.

Shooting with Irons it was hard for me to pin poor grouping on load,trigger pull, sighting, or my eyesight....got the shits and sent 10 rapid fire shots at the target and got a under 3 inch group (sierra I think) and was like oh stop aiming and just point it
Next weekend first shots of the day 470y gong 1st 2nd and 4th round hits

Yeah there can be huge differences in harmonics from rifle to rifle. Head spacing is never the same between any 2 either. They are arguably 2 of the most important things to consider when reloading so I've been led to believe. And that makes load development crucial.
There's a great vid on YouTube for acurising Enfields too that may be some use to you before thinking about reloading again. It helped me understand the design and where you can tidy up its imperfections. I'll go have a look for it and come back and edit this reply and drop the link in here

Here it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWHWB1C5Epw