.303 to 7.62x39 Lee Enfield

Sherlock Gnomes said:
Is he Daniel 250R? Being more of a dirt shooter? Lol. Interesting concept though. What's it take to convert the bolt head and chamber to shoot it?
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I would have shot at a swinger, but the range inspector told the club that we weren't allowed steel targets any more. :( As you can see though, the shots were three on the money, one low and one high.

I have another video on youtube that goes through what I did to convert it. The rifle was wearing an ATI stock at the time. I replaced the stock for the video in this thread. I think it looks nicer with the wood.

The bolt head was done with a portion of a 5/16 lock washer silver soldered on, cut away and machined to the right size. The chamber was reamed with a finishing reamer after cutting a portion off of the receiver end and threading the barrel. A reasonably easy job as long as you have the right tools.

This a very fun rifle to shoot. I love it.
 
mkrainc said:
I would have shot at a swinger, but the range inspector told the club that we weren't allowed steel targets any more. :( As you can see though, the shots were three on the money, one low and one high.

I have another video on youtube that goes through what I did to convert it. The rifle was wearing an ATI stock at the time. I replaced the stock for the video in this thread. I think it looks nicer with the wood.

The bolt head was done with a portion of a 5/16 lock washer silver soldered on, cut away and machined to the right size. The chamber was reamed with a finishing reamer after cutting a portion off of the receiver end and threading the barrel. A reasonably easy job as long as you have the right tools.

This a very fun rifle to shoot. I love it.
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Very cool gun. I like the fact it uses common ammo. How is accuracy at 100 yards?
 
plinker 777 said:
Why only 5 rounds? Centerfire bolt action is good for 10? (maybe no limit restriction at all? {been a while})
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What I did with the magazine was to fit a mag from a JW 103 into the LE magazine. They only hold five rounds.

I may come up with a higher capacity mag for it yet.
 
I tried to find your thread but couldn't.

Nice job on the conversion! Would love to have something like that.

What some people have done, to make it easier to shoot cheap 7.62x39 ammo in a .303...(easier than the gunsmithing involved to convert a rifle)

1) Have some new, primed .303 cases ready
2) Get some cheap, corrosive 7.62x39 ammo as cheaply as you can
3) Pull the bullets and transfer the powder charge and bullet into the .303 cases. Scrap the corrosive ammo cases with their corrosive primers.
4) Enjoy, as cheaply as shooting the 7.62x39. And these rounds will feed in the .303 magazine.

Just add some effort and careful work.

I was told the first step should be to push the bullet into the 7.62 case a bit, to break the lacquer or sealant seal, often making them hard to knock apart.
 
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cantom said:
I tried to find your thread but couldn't.

Nice job on the conversion! Would love to have something like that.

What some people have done, to make it easier to shoot cheap 7.62x39 ammo in a .303...(easier than the gunsmithing involved to convert a rifle)

1) Have some new, primed .303 cases ready
2) Get some cheap, corrosive 7.62x39 ammo as cheaply as you can
3) Pull the bullets and transfer the powder charge and bullet into the .303 cases. Scrap the corrosive ammo cases with their corrosive primers.
4) Enjoy, as cheaply as shooting the 7.62x39. And these rounds will feed in the .303 magazine.

Just add some effort and careful work.

I was told the first step should be to push the bullet into the 7.62 case a bit, to break the lacquer or sealant seal, often making them hard to knock apart.
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What you mention here is true, could be done this way too. It did take a bit of time to do the work, but once it was done, it was finished with. I buy the ammo cheap, shoot it, and I'm done.

Don't get me wrong, I like re-loading, but there are times I like to take the .22 out, fling some lead, and not worry about the brass. (other than sweeping up the empties) With this rifle, I fling centerfire, sweep, and go home.

Pulling bullets on milsurp isn't hard. I have done lots of it.

Thank you for the compliments everybody. It's a novel idea that I thought some would like to see.

To let everyone know, the rifle I used to do this project was in major dis-repair and not worth while shooting. Resurrecting it in this manor turned it from junk into fun.
 
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