Lee Enfield Scope Mounts

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Mike Webb

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I was wondering about availability of a good strong mount for a Lee Enfield.
It is a 1918 manf., I think a number 3, not to sure about Enfield details. It has the mag charger guide and action outside is radiused not flat like a No.4. It has what looks like a Weaver TO base on top and standard .22 scope rings with 3/8 dovetail clamps. It's a poor set up as the scope moves ahead under recoil no matter how tight the rings are tightened to the base.
I would like a base and mounts with a recoil lug.
Anybody know where to get one in Canada?
 
Weaver T0-1 mount is prett much all thats out their, Parker Hale made some nice ones, but the company has since gone belly up. Simple solution is too put a screw in front of one of the rings to keep the recoil from moving it forward, smith that did mine did that and no problems so far.
If you know a machinist, or am one yourself, a more complicated fix yet still pretty simple project is too mill off the rails on the T0-1 mount and screw or solder a standard weaver base or whatever your favorite base is on to it. Probably would take less then an hour and would let you use standard rings. This is what I want to do with mine, people who said they did it says its way better.
 
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Mike Webb said:
I was wondering about availability of a good strong mount for a Lee Enfield.
It is a 1918 manf., I think a number 3, not to sure about Enfield details. It has the mag charger guide and action outside is radiused not flat like a No.4. It has what looks like a Weaver TO base on top and standard .22 scope rings with 3/8 dovetail clamps. It's a poor set up as the scope moves ahead under recoil no matter how tight the rings are tightened to the base.
I would like a base and mounts with a recoil lug.
Anybody know where to get one in Canada?
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Some of the guys were recently talking about machining the top of the T01 mount flat and then installing a flat Weaver base on to it. Apparently that works really well.

Not much out there for the LE No 1 Mk III rifle.
 
I've got 2 Parker Hale scope rails that I would sell. Your rifle needs to be drilled and tapped if it already has not been done. Pls PM.
 
I am interested in a rail, I'm assuming I need a set of PH rings.
PM me a price and address.
Tried to PM you but it says username not found, must be doing something wrong.
Thanks,
Mike
 
The TO-1 mount needs rings of the Weaver TO style, specifically with serrations or teeth ground in the clamp to bite into the base. I have tried other rings with this set-up only to have them fail, some miserably and at extra cost to replace scopes.
 
Lee Enfield bases.

I make a base similar to TO-1, but uses standard Weaver or Burris zee rings.
I mill it out of aluminum stock. $50.
If I use the TO-1 base, I use the Burris steel medium .22 rings. They are strongest and lowest.
 
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