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- Central AB
An Old Lion can still Roar
- Thread starter Nightstalker
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I believe the idea with the middle finger was to have the finger contact the trigger, almost automatically, as you're closing the bolt. This guy is pausing after closing the bolt so the middle finger thing is accomplishing nothing. It is interesting to see them using spare mags and I don't doubt that having a few fitted mags is the fastest method with any LE. The MLM Mk I was issued with a spare mag and the primary mag attached to the rifle. I guess when ordered to switch to the magazine, the intent was to let the first mag fall out and hang there while slapping in the second one. 17 rapid fire shots. I would note that the mag in my MLM I* does not fit as tightly as any of my later MLE's which gained two rounds capacity but were meant to be used only as an "internal" magazine. The Remington-Lee precursor was fully intended to be used with multiple magazines (4 were issued with a rifle) and although only 5 shot capacity, period advertisements say they could give 68 aimed shots in 2 minutes using the mags. The British gave up on the fundamental concept of the Lee magazine and sent troops to the Boer War with rifles having no quick reloading ability. I've attached a photo of my M1879 Rem-Lee.
milsurpo
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That is, quite simply, beautiful.
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- Central AB
I'm a serious fan of the smle, and had the gun for a few years. But my collection is primarily sniper variants. So I rounded up photos of an original smle sniper, and took measurements of the mounts etc. Machined and mounted everything.
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- Central AB
Yes, the pictures of original guns had the volley sights, and the gun already had them, so I left them on.
antiqueguy
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- windsor ontario
pretty easy to put 30 aimed shots into a target in 1 minute its not going to be precession shooting but they will be on a torso sized target that 2 seconds a round don't even need to use the middle finger technique. the mad minute is something they come up with the replicate machinegun fire imagine a squad of guys putting 35 rounds down range in rapid fire.
Yes chargers need to be loaded properly. If you use the chargers I am sure you have had a miss feed or bugger up stripping the rounds into mag. If I had the choice between being handed 10 rounds loaded in a mag or chargers I going for the loaded mag.
Now for a real challenge for me is using the 7.62x54 charges in the Moises and SVt.
Now for a real challenge for me is using the 7.62x54 charges in the Moises and SVt.
Rob of Britishmuzzleloaders on youtube has done a series of videos covering marksmanship with the SMLE, in which he completed a "mad minute" - which included target analysis.
Bloke on the Range has also done Lee-Enfield mad minutes a number of times. He also has a video in which he compares charger loading versus switching magazines in a Lee-Enfield; and the conclusion that I recall was charger loading is a better idea.
Bloke on the Range has also done Lee-Enfield mad minutes a number of times. He also has a video in which he compares charger loading versus switching magazines in a Lee-Enfield; and the conclusion that I recall was charger loading is a better idea.
This is akin to the question of hitting the slide stop on a 1911 after lock back or pulling back on the slide to chamber the next round. Answer - whatever you are most practiced and adept at.
Eaglelord17
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
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- Sault Ste. Marie
I would take the chargers for a Enfield magazine. They are fragile magazines, which require fitting to work properly in the rifles. Not the same thing as say a M16 magazine or another modern interchangeable mag. That being said, those magazine are likely tuned to that rifle and since he is being handed them they are likely being taken care of carefully.
Nightstalker
CGN Regular
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- KaH-NaH-Da
Absolutely stunning , volley sight , mag cut-off etc..details on it ? incl type of scope ?
I have something similar, a Lithgow albeit without the scope
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- Central AB
The scope is a Hi-lux, from there Malcolm scope line. This particular one is a replica of the Winchester A5 per the original guns. Here is a link to a post I did awhile back with all my sniper rifles. Some Ww1, Ww2 up through Vietnam timeframes.
https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1199250-My-Sniper-Collection
https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1199250-My-Sniper-Collection
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- Central AB
She comes to the range with me quite often, at least did prior to the pandemic business. The scope is offset. This is one detailI changed from the original. The offset on mine is about 1/4 less than the original. I did this by moving the front ring back slightly so it would miss the sight protector ear. I did this because it makes the gun way more shootable than the original, but still looks correct. And in the end I'm a shooter. I'll attach some pictures that show the offset as well as closer pics of the mounts.
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And apparently converted a 1930's era EFD armorer's replacement stock to volley sights that were only ever fitted originally to 1919 (or earlier depending on factory) potbellied forestocks.
Cool looking rifle, but it would have been cooler still if it had been a real MkIII and not a MkIII* converted back.
How do you like the malcolm scope? I had the same scope on a rolling block and my examples was just trash. Soft screws, cheap wax cast mounts that deformed with use, etc. Hope your is/was better.
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- Central AB
You still use the right eye.
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- Central AB
As much as I'm a serious fan of shooting smle's, I know very little about all the variations. One of those subjects where you can really go down the rabbit hole, lol. I have 3 different guns with scopes from the malcolm line. All have been good. I've had a number of other Hi-lux scopes and red dots, no problems there either. But I know other people who have had bad luck with them.
