Tikka vs Lee Enfield

Mike Webb said:
And the jungle carbine is not renowned for its accuracy. Try a good no.4 and you would probably shoot even better.
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Then build up a No 4 in .45 ACP and have a ball! :)
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military peep sights weren't meant for MOA accuracy
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IIRC they were adapted from the target rifles of the day... For good reason.

Currently the only Enfeild I have left is a mixed part bubba'd Pattern 14. Personally I consider the the Pattern 14 and P17 to be better Enfields then the rest.

I was happy to see the number 4 I had go to extended family...if anything it taught me how to hate bubba the basement gun hack and his total ignorance of barrel harmonics.


RRCo. said:
If the Enfields were coming onto the market now in the condition of the Moisins for example, you'd never see the end of the threads on forums like this one, saying how fantastic, yadda, yadda.
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The Mosins needed the Enfield peep site and the Enfield badly needed the Mosins cartridge interrupter. If I had to choose I'd still rather have the Mosin...especially if the Mosin was modded by Tikka. :D
 
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RRCo. said:
Was he perchance on the receiving end of them at some time?;)
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Nahh, he was a pretty simple guy.
Just didn't care for junk and did say so.
One rifle man.......... Schultz $ Larsen
And one shotgun..... A-5
And an old Cooey 22 single shot.

Both the two top ones are here with me and my
dang cousins won't give up the third...... :(
 
I'm using a sportered 96 Mauser this year for the bush.

A little heavy with the heavy barrel, but it's been cut and recrowned, and shoots those 6.5 pills into tiny groups, even with the iron sights!

Best part is it only cost me $250! And I won't worry about dinging it up or knockin it around.

The prettier rifles are destined for thee tree stand. ;)
 
As far as the Tikka is concerned, nice trigger, nice action, and nicely balanced. Having second thoughts about the "Lite" version. Even with 30-06, it kicks pretty hard.[/QUOTE]



Pick up a limbsaver recoil pad for it. A world of difference, tones down the bite a lot.
 
I must me one of the lucky ones, as I've had several Lee Enfields go through my hands and I've never had one that couldn't shoot 2" when properly fired from a bench.

However, I also have a love-hate relationship with the LE, or more specifically the LE magazine. I've had so many instances of flimsy and finicky LE mags either spilling out ammunition, or not feeding, or what have you, that I have more than once felt tempted to get out the the Lee Enfield game completely, in spite of my love for the rest of the rifle.
 
Northman999- My friend and I both had a couple of mag issues, then I remembered, they were meant to be slammed, not finessed. I hate to be rough with an antique, but when I tried to gently feed a round, I had a couple of problems.

That's another advantage-Tikka. You can sneak a round into the chamber, almost silently.
 
kamlooky said:
Nahh, he was a pretty simple guy.
Just didn't care for junk and did say so.
One rifle man.......... Schultz $ Larsen
And one shotgun..... A-5
And an old Cooey 22 single shot.

Both the two top ones are here with me and my
dang cousins won't give up the third...... :(
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Each to his own, but they ain't junk, as has been well proven in war and peace.
 
I have stuck with peeps even though I'm stalking 60 real close. My No.5 is a dandy. It is a superb battle rifle steeped in Canadian history. Even today I could hit a tactical target at 500 paces often enough to offer good defence. Deer range would be 200 paces with a rest, probably 125 offhand.

However, in todays competitive hunting fields and shooting into open fields range can make the difference of filling a tag or not. I like my self imposed limits.

The precision of the scoped bolts is outstanding but iron sights are still capable just range limited. For me I use a flintlock sometimes and a skilled bow hunter got that way because of self imposed limits.
 
I often will grab an open sighted rifle and head into the deer woods instead of opting for a scoped blaster and sitting on the edge of a field. For me it all depends on the type of hunting I am wanting to do. The success rate on the edge of the field is almost always higher, but the satisfaction rate can be more at times still hunting in the forest.
 
Guys with the t3 lite you get a matchstick wrapped around a 30-06 action which will destroy most mortals. The 303 is more rifle even sporterized and it'll be easier to shoot if you are waiting/expecting the kick. Still loving my scoped A7 at 7.5 lbs.
 
Starting with my dad's old 303 some 20 years ago.... And various 18.5" custom sporters I've built over the years (4 or 5 now) , enfields have accounted for well over 1/2 of the big game animals I've taken over the years. I would say I've taken at bare minimum 25 to 30 animals (bear, deer, moose) with the no1 MK3's
I'm far from a collector but I love my enfield actions ;)
 
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