My " midget" No4 Mk1

5440fight said:
OP: Nice job! It's cute, until you shoot it. I bet it rocks your world. I would suggest a slip on recoil pad, and a welding mask to avoid singing your eyebrows. Cheers!
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Pre 1898- For sure, this rifle is going to kick and fireball! Ever shot a Jungle Carbine?

One thing people have done is get some 7.62 x 39 Russian ammo, pull the components,(bullet and powder) and reload them into .303 brass.

Aside from being about the cheapest way to reload .303 hardball, it might make some more pleasant ammo for your new toy.
 
This one doesn't. There is a way of retaining the bayonet lugs. The muzzle end of the barrel may be retained, and bored out as large as possible. This is then sleeved over the turned down muzzle of the shortened barrel. The carbine illustrated in this thread had already had its barrel cut, and the muzzle section was gone. In addition, it was drilled and tapped for a Weaver scope base. The bore was perfect. In other words, it was the ideal candidate for this sort of project.
These days, I would be hesitant about cutting an intact barrel with a fine bore for a carbine conversion. There are lots of sported rifles with shortened barrels. Years ago, I could buy new in the grease BSA No. 4 replacement barrels @ 3/$100. Wish I had bought more, and stockpiled them. Only have one left; am saving it should a very special restoration come along. A sported 4T or some such.
 
To late we grow too smart to soon....
I used to sell Ross 1910 bayonets at the Army and Navy for 99 cents and it was a fight as the Pat. 1907 were only 89 cents and longer !!!!
Mind you, THAT was a few years ago.
 
cantom said:
Pre 1898- For sure, this rifle is going to kick and fireball! Ever shot a Jungle Carbine?

One thing people have done is get some 7.62 x 39 Russian ammo, pull the components,(bullet and powder) and reload them into .303 brass.

Aside from being about the cheapest way to reload .303 hardball, it might make some more pleasant ammo for your new toy.
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Oh yeah, I own a no.5mk1, and a M44. "BOOM!" (rocks backwards, briefly points at sky, blinks to regain composure, grins like an idiot)
 
cantom said:
Pre 1898- For sure, this rifle is going to kick and fireball! Ever shot a Jungle Carbine?

One thing people have done is get some 7.62 x 39 Russian ammo, pull the components,(bullet and powder) and reload them into .303 brass.

Aside from being about the cheapest way to reload .303 hardball, it might make some more pleasant ammo for your new toy.
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Since I will be using it mostly to plink and shoot gophers, I bought some chamber converter sleeves to shoot Tokarev 7.62x25 and .32 acp and .32 S&W. If I could find a way to use the magazine I would convert it permanently to 7.62x25 by lock tighting the adaptor in the chamber and making the extractor work. 303 ammo is too expensive just for fun shooting !
 
Pre-1898 said:
Since I will be using it mostly to plink and shoot gophers, I bought some chamber converter sleeves to shoot Tokarev 7.62x25 and .32 acp and .32 S&W. If I could find a way to use the magazine I would convert it permanently to 7.62x25 by lock tighting the adaptor in the chamber and making the extractor work. 303 ammo is too expensive just for fun shooting !
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That's what reloading and cast bullets are for. What was the final barrel length?


Mark
 
Pre-1898 said:
About 18 1/4 inches long
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thats what I would have thought.

I did one a few years back, I took 2 sporter stocks and spliced them together using the front barrrel and to cover up the splice. the top wood started out as a bubba butt stock that i split down the bolt hole and cut and sanded it to fit. Metal nose cap was made out of a scrap of metal that I pounded into the correct shape and heat blued. Turned out nice.

I crowned mine at 20"
 
Pre-1898 said:
Since I will be using it mostly to plink and shoot gophers, I bought some chamber converter sleeves to shoot Tokarev 7.62x25 and .32 acp and .32 S&W. If I could find a way to use the magazine I would convert it permanently to 7.62x25 by lock tighting the adaptor in the chamber and making the extractor work. 303 ammo is too expensive just for fun shooting !
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Buying some 7.62 x 39 cheap corrosive ammo and reloading the components into .303 brass with nice clean new Boxer primers is the best way to use this shorty. Easy on everything concerned, your wallet, your shoulder and your eyebrows!
And the magazine will feed them perfectly.
 
cantom said:
Buying some 7.62 x 39 cheap corrosive ammo and reloading the components into .303 brass with nice clean new Boxer primers is the best way to use this shorty. Easy on everything concerned, your wallet, your shoulder and your eyebrows!
And the magazine will feed them perfectly.
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I like this idea a lot but I have a few questions:
What kind of accuracy could I expect from the smaller bullet?
Would I need to use some kind of filler with the lesser amount of powder in the 303 case and if so, What to use?
What is the best and safest way to dispose of the empty primed 7.62x39 brass?
Thanks in advance for the answers, G
 
gerard488 said:
I like this idea a lot but I have a few questions:
What kind of accuracy could I expect from the smaller bullet?
Would I need to use some kind of filler with the lesser amount of powder in the 303 case and if so, What to use?
What is the best and safest way to dispose of the empty primed 7.62x39 brass?
Thanks in advance for the answers, G
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Safest way to dispose of the empty brass...maybe fire the primers off in an SKS? I also don't like the idea of disposing of primed brass.

As for the other questions, have been wondering about that myself.
 
Wait till you have a nice big campfire going on up at the fishing camp this spring.
Wait until the lads are all oiled up and dozing off.
Dump in cardboard box filled with Commie brass.
Run.
 
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