.303 chamber problem?

[tiriaq]

Would it be possible to see photos of the rear of the receiver and the trigger guard? Love to know how the action was converted to use a one piece stock.

 

[lledwod]

Yes I will take photos and post them here. Won't be for atwo or three weeks though.

 

[tiriaq]

Thanks! Looking forward to seeing them!
I have a SMLE receiver with a badly damaged rear trigger guard screw lug (mashed flat). It would be great for such a project.

 

[lledwod]

Some photos of the action and trigger guard,

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[tiriaq]

Thanks for posting the detailed photographs!
Whoever did the conversion as skilled!

 

[bigedp51]

Thanks for posting the detailed photographs!
Whoever did the conversion as skilled!

If I remember correctly you should be able to find a article on this type conversion at Milsurps.com in the Knowledge Base Library.

 

[tiriaq]

Here is a receiver which would be an ideal candidate for such a conversion.



It is a Mk. III* Lithgow made in 1942.
Someone has thoughtfully squashed one of the trigger guard screw lugs.

 

[tiriaq]

I have one of the 7.62 one piece stock conversions for DCRA competition. Probably set up by Jim Duggan. Robertson synthetic stock, S&L barrel, converted No. 7 receiver. Short striker fall, Canjar trigger.
Several years ago at a gunshow, I saw a semi-finished stock blank for a one piece conversion. I should have grabbed it.
bigedp51 - I will search around the milsurps site.

 

[bigedp51]

tiriaq

Stupid question, where is the safety on the OPs converted Enfield?

 

[tiriaq]

I have a bad feeling that the safety is the half ####. You can see where the safety was; it has been filled with weld.
When I was experimenting with that salvage grade receiver this afternoon, I tried a No. 4 safety. I'm confident that it could be fitted, with a standard No. 4 safety spring.

The front wall of the butt socket (above the screw boss) forms the recoil lug.

Note that the lug for the cutoff has been removed from the receiver. Improves the lines, no bulge on the right side.

 

[bigedp51]

Another problem is having the trigger on the trigger guard and still having trigger pull problems. On a normal Enfield with the trigger on the trigger guard the fore stock had to be replaced if you had .010 wood crush below the receiver and above the trigger guard. And this is why the trigger guard was bent on fore stocks with excessive wood crush. And why the later Enfields had the trigger hung from the reciever and bedding didn't effect the trigger pull.

 

[tiriaq]

Yes, the inletting of the trigger guard would have to be done very carefully. Probably a good idea to use pillars on both front and rear action screws.