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Thought I'd post pics of my Enfields I picked up. One was bought at a gun show while the other was put together from multiple pieces. Both are in great shape and were FTRed in the 50s.
I think smellie might like the No4 mk1 Long Branch as I am fully restoring it to military stock before I sell it. The scope rail is the B-Square so no drilling required. The one thing that caught my attention was the entire barrel tip was intact, usually cut off when sported......defiled!!
The tactical was already defiled by it previous owner when they installed a T01 rail.......badly so I went further. I removed the rail after the screws snapped and installed an ATI Weaver. The stock was crumbling as well so I decided to try Ram-Lines synthetic stock since I still needed a hunter. Some smarta.... spraypainted the metal so I spent a few bucks and reblued it myself. The last thing I did was install the 6-24x42 scope. I recently pegged a coyote chasing cattle at the 1800 yrd mark, I'll check the load but it was a 308 dia (Barrel has issues with anything bigger...ie gets red hot after 3-5 shots). On the side in bold stamp are FTR-1953, the records I found indicate this rifle served in both WW1 and WW2 with some time in Korea as well.......thats where the paper trail ends.

If anyone is interested in either of these PM me for more info or just leave a comment.http://s898.photobucket.com/albums/ac182/Trakker262/Rifles/?albumview=slideshow
 
.... And, I'd be interested in your source of "records indicate' that this rifle served in WW1,WW2 and Korea. ... No.4's were not even on the Drawing Board during WW1, or perhaps I misunderstood your "post' ? .... David K
 
How much hold over did you do to hit the 1800 yard Yote? Awful small target to hit at even 1000 yards with a 6x24 scope. I have a rifle so equipped and would not even try such a shot at 1800.
 
When I read the title I thought it was going to be a post about me :redface:

By the way, I heard how you go about shooting 1000 yard groundhogs, and I think it would work for the coyote. Walk out the front door of your house and start counting your paces. Once you have reached 1000, shoot a groundhog. :D
 
kjohn: The shot was exactly 1797 yards, for the 303 and someone that knows how to use it that is not an extremely hard shot. Any rifle in the right hands can be a thing of art.

David K: The Tactical is a No1 Mk3 with an almost new barrel, crisp rifling and deadly accuracy, not a No4.

Winnipeg Toymaker: Don't ask me to tell you how I do it. I was asked once by a US Ranger sniper to write the math down......I had no idea where to start. In all truth my neighbor said it: how the F*** do you do that!?!
 
If anyone has a good barrel on their Enfield get a radio controlled truck and see how well you can shoot.......if you can find an 800 yard plus range. Personally I find hitting a moving target is more fun.
 
Ya think?..... Let's assume a factory load would drop about 5 feet from 200 yards to 500 yards, and that it looses about a quarter of its velocity in that distance.... add another 1300 yards to that and.... well.... you do the math.

I'm with Desporterized, I'll pay to see it... and so would ALOT of people.
 
Trakker262 said:
For most, just remember the 303 was a fav sniper on both sides and some of the Canadian Reserve Forces prefer them over an R700 today.
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Which reserve forces?? Seeing as no CF reserve unit employs snipers...there may be a reservist or two out there with the qualification that they either carried over after their CP or may have lucked on to a basic sniper serial in the past (unlikely) but no reserve unit employs snipers.
 
ABCZAR said:
Which reserve forces?? Seeing as no CF reserve unit employs snipers...there may be a reservist or two out there with the qualification that they either carried over after their CP or may have lucked on to a basic sniper serial in the past (unlikely) but no reserve unit employs snipers.
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True, very few have the quals for sniping anyways. The only major user around here is the cadets with the old 22s. I have seen a few of the CF Reservists using slightly modified Enfields at the CF practice grounds. Most only are sported and scoped. I was in the CF Regs and actually had my Sgt throw an R700 down to pick up an Enfield, said it was more reliable and easier to work with....DUH!!!
 
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