Spoke to a contact this week about all of this and turns out he has a few Enfields, tells me all he does after shooting CAC is pour a good amount of hot water down the barrel and oil afterwards. I suspect that the oil protects the barrel from corrosion somewhat anyway.
Either way, he has got mint guns with pristine barrels and has had no issues with corrosion.
He also put me in touch with a chap who has a whole collection of the things and nearly has one from every year they were produced! Looks like I will be able to source a barrel for this gun too, which will keep this shooting for a bit.
Yes I think thats what it was.
I think I will keep a look out for an Enfield no1 mk3 if i get a fully wooded rifle.
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