Who will be hunting with an Enfield this fall?

Maybe. It worked last spring.


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kombi1976 said:
I believe we were asked if we'd be taking one hunting, not if we give extreme reactions to simple questions.
I'm not going to go down the "Enfields won 2 world wars" track because clearly superior reliability is not a strength for you.
But if you lived here in Oz and one of my mates found out you'd said that about Enfields.........well, lets say he IS happy to use them, is a crack shot with No1 MkIII iron sights, so much so that when the scope fell off his 22-250 when spotlighting foxes one night he used his Lithgow SMLE instead and bagged 10 bunnies and a fox at out past 200yds with it.
He does have a temper, mind you, and doesn't bear fools and also does good work with a shovel and a shallow grave.


Whether you have iron sights or a scope, gitrdun, you are definitely a tool.
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Awww...I insulted your pet rifle :p do you need a hug? :rolleyes:
 
I always do at least some of my hunting with my #4 in 30/40 Krag. I also pack a #1 in 303 now and then. The first one is my "lucky" gun. Regards, Bill.
 
gitrdun said:
Awww...I insulted your pet rifle :p do you need a hug? :rolleyes:
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You give yourself too much credit, mate.
Enfields are no more my pet than you're a genius. :D
And although mental illness isn't contagious in the normal sense you can keep your mits off me.
Now, if you were an attractive young lassie and you DID like Enfields that would be different, but I suspect #### Cheney in a miniskirt is more alluring than you. :eek:
And frankly, that just turns my stomach..... :puke::puke::puke:
 
kombi1976 said:
You give yourself too much credit, mate.
Enfields are no more my pet than you're a genius. :D
And although mental illness isn't contagious in the normal sense you can keep your mits off me.
Now, if you were an attractive young lassie and you DID like Enfields that would be different, but I suspect #### Cheney in a miniskirt is more alluring than you. :eek:
And frankly, that just turns my stomach..... :puke::puke::puke:
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Let's get one thing straight chump, I'm not your mate. It's quite clear by your death threat post:
He does have a temper, mind you, and doesn't bear fools and also does good work with a shovel and a shallow grave.
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that you can talk the talk, or at least your imaginary or inflattable mate can. But can you walk the walk? I doubt it, most threats that I've ever heard from looser residing behind the safety of their computer screen or half a world away are ususually spewed out from a gapping hole surrounded by a glazing of fresh doughnut garnish. Furthermore, advise your imaginary or inflattable mate that it wouldn't be wise to show up with just a shovel.

And for your information, my post expresses an opinion towards a rifle make and caliber that which is known to have the dubvious reputation of having wounded the largest amount of animals in Canada. No personal attacks in my part, and this "read between the lines" threat is your form of reply - who's the retard?
 
gitrdun said:
my post expresses an opinion towards a rifle make and caliber that which is known to have the dubvious reputation of having wounded the largest amount of animals in Canada.
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That is about the biggest load of BS I've ever heard yet. They used to say the same thing about the 30-30. The solution; Get off your arse and learn how to shoot. The rifle will have zero to do with any mortality. The cartridge itself has the ability to down game as cleanly as anything else. It's the jackass behind the wheel that is the wildcard. Stop passing around BS for your obvious lack of knowledge on the subject.
 
gitrdun said:
Let's get one thing straight chump, I'm not your mate.
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And by what impression did you ever earn the honour of being my mate?
The word "mate" can be in many sentences, not the least of them being "Wipe you mouth, mate, there's crap flowing out of it."
gitrdun said:
It's quite clear by your death threat post:
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Me? Threaten your life? :rolleyes:
Far too much effort and besides, I hold a high value for human life......admittedly higher for some than others.
But my point was that some people have extreme reactions to your extreme reactions.....really extreme.
And my mate isn't inflatable, and I'm glad he is my mate because he'd be an ugly customer to have for an enemy.


gitrdun said:
most threats that I've ever heard from looser residing behind the safety of their computer screen or half a world away are ususually spewed out from a gapping hole surrounded by a glazing of fresh doughnut garnish.
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Please at least correct your spelling if you're going to insult me, indirectly or directly.
And you're right, there is safety behind a computer screen.......from people like you.

gitrdun said:
And for your information, my post expresses an opinion towards a rifle make and caliber that which is known to have the dubvious reputation of having wounded the largest amount of animals in Canada.
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And your original answer reflected this how??

gitrdun said:
No personal attacks in my part, and this "read between the lines" threat is your form of reply - who's the retard?
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Do I really need to answer that?
You are the person who has blamed a rifle type, not the bunch of inhumane users, for wounding game.
Pharaoh2 and cooleyc are no more impressed with your logic than I.
Mmmm, I wonder who needs a hug now??
How about we let bygones be bygones, gitrdun?
I'll continue on my happy way and you can continue to be misinformed.
If you prefer, I'll even avoid pointing it out to you.
Two people beat me to the punch this time afterall.
 
fat tony said:
Hey Kombi, I'm looking at using the S&K 'insta mount' weaver base for use with my 1918 SMLE #1MKIII*, the one you have, was it drilled and tapped? you don't happen to have a website link for the manufacturer/distributer do you? Best regards FT.
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Hey, FT.
Here's the link to Lynx's site in Africa:
http://www.lynx.co.za/

And here's the Aussie site:
http://www.lynxoptics.com.au/

If you really want one and can't find a distributor in Canada I can probably sort out to send one to you if we work out how to get the funds to me.
If you have concerns about my reliablity ask Amphibious......I lined up some dies for him about 18 months back.
The mount is drilled and tapped and use a stud mount ring like Hillvers which is much more stable than Weaver rail IMO.
 
Firstly, I'll begin with an apology to the mkonecny for having redirected his thread to this barage of insults.

As far as my statement concerning the rifle and caliber, it isn't derived from an imaginary friend. Speer Reloading Manual number 11, page 254. "The .303 cartridge has probably killed more game in Africa than any other cartridge, and also wounded more." also, "Many surplus SMLE arrived in the US in poor or questionable condition." I haven't the time nor the inclination to search for the source which made a very similar statement concerning the wounding of animals in Canada.

As far as letting by-gones be by-gones ... for sure. ;)
 
gitrdun said:
"Many surplus SMLE arrived in the US in poor or questionable condition."
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Yet again, this is the wrong tool being blamed. How many of us get a rifle from a store, or a another shooter, grab a box of shells and take it hunting without taking to the range? If you go out like that, you just can't blame the rifle for poor performance. If you do know the gun isn't worth taking out, and you still take it out how can you blame anything but yourself when you miss, or gutshot?
Regarding Mk1 No4's, in Rifles of the World, 3rd Edition it is written 'Canadian guns were regarded as very well made...' I picked one up 2 weeks ago, made in 1943 by Long Branch. Although I'm not proficient with the peep sites, I have every confidence in it and I should I want to take it hunting. For such an old gun, which has seen a lot of lead through it, that it still shoots that well is amazing.
The Lee Enfield was distributed throughout the Commonwealth. It's been everywhere, done everything. In sheer quantity alone, can you see how this can affect the statistics? I'm not denying that the .303 has wounded animals, but to blame it and the Lee Enfield entirely is just plain wrong. Most everything to do with shooting depends on the guy pulling the trigger, pure and simple.
 
gitrdun
As far as my statement concerning the rifle and caliber, it isn't derived from an imaginary friend. Speer Reloading Manual number 11, page 254. "The .303 cartridge has probably killed more game in Africa than any other cartridge, and also wounded more." also, "Many surplus SMLE arrived in the US in poor or questionable condition." I haven't the time nor the inclination to search for the source which made a very similar statement concerning the wounding of animals in Canada.

-- That's also one man's statement. --

Most Americans call the 303 and the Enfields down (with the noted exception of John Sukey) I think it's mostly ENVY . It sure would be a different story if they had invented it.:eek:

I won't be taking a Lee Enfield out but I will take a Martini Enfield in 303 also an 1895 win in 303.

Rich
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gitrdun, it may be true that the .303 cartridge has killed more game and wounded more game in Canada than any other, but that is only a reflection on the extent that it is used. The reason Honda Civics are high on the list of cars stolen in Canada is that they are high on the list of cars bought in Canada. With correct bullet selection and correct shot placement, the .303 British will humanely kill any N.American game. With poor bullet selection or bad shot placement, whatever calibre you are using is just as likely as the
.303 British to send the animal on its way, to suffer a slow death or recover to a crippled state.

An Enfield in serviceable condition used within it's capability by a competent shooter is no more likely to be a poor hunting rifle than whatever rifle you use if you keep yours in serviceable condition and use it within its capacity and maintain your competence as a shooter.

Please cite a credible statistical study that shows that people using Enfields are more likely to be using them in poor condition with poor skills than people who buy the latest thing in modern hunting rifles and expensive scopes are to be using them without properly setting them up and practising.
 
RR said:
gitrdun
As far as my statement concerning the rifle and caliber, it isn't derived from an imaginary friend. Speer Reloading Manual number 11, page 254. "The .303 cartridge has probably killed more game in Africa than any other cartridge, and also wounded more." also, "Many surplus SMLE arrived in the US in poor or questionable condition." I haven't the time nor the inclination to search for the source which made a very similar statement concerning the wounding of animals in Canada.

-- That's also one man's statement. --

Most Americans call the 303 and the Enfields down (with the noted exception of John Sukey) I think it's mostly ENVY . It sure would be a different story if they had invented it.:eek:

I won't be taking a Lee Enfield out but I will take a Martini Enfield in 303 also an 1895 win in 303.

Rich
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I wonder who that would be? Could it be this C.E. Harris mentioned in the 'not the enfield faq'?
 
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