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- Thread starter l.denison
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Not really. Just don't be like one of the other thousands of clowns out there who went and cut down RUINED a nice full military stock into a sporter stock. You do tend to lose a bit of accuracy going from a full stock enfield to a sporterized stock from what I've read.
Are the synthetic stocks worth buying or are they more of a pain then anything? i've heard mixed opinions on them, has anyone tried any of them?my local gun shop said he keeps them in stock and it would be a good choice for the area i hunt, but im unsure if theres much involved in installing them?
Thats what my buddy has and he loves it!
Reports vary from "no problem, drops in like the adverts say, took five minutes" to "gave up after a few hours/days, paid a gunsmith/threw it away." I bought a No.5 with an ATI stock. The seller said he hadn't finished fitting the forestock. When I got it, it rocked slightly (vertical movement.) The gun shot as well as he had claimed, but when I tried to finish fitting the stock I found a problem with the gun that prevented it dropping all the way into the forestock. I took it to a gunsmith, who fixed the problem on the gun only to discover when the action was fully seated that the stock was bent just ahead of the action so from there it went at an angle down and away from the muzzle.
(I don't how it could have been made that way from the same mold that is presumably being used to make ones that work. But I also can't see how it could have been bent after manufacture. Since I got it on a used gun, I have no receipt for it and no recourse to the retailer who sold the stock. I might send it to ATI for curiousity, but it is probably scrap.)
bluemike807
CGN Regular
- Location
- Eastern Ontario
Rust and bore condition would be the first thing. Make sure it isnt too dark, or rusted inside, and that the rifling seems sharp. If you can, arrange to test-fire it, or at least have the present owner shoot it to verify its ability to produce a half decent group.
As for the shorter magazine, its an aftermarket thing some sporterizations may include; it sacrifices the full 10-round capacity for a 5-round capacity, in order to make the magazine flush with the stock. Quality varies.
As for the shorter magazine, its an aftermarket thing some sporterizations may include; it sacrifices the full 10-round capacity for a 5-round capacity, in order to make the magazine flush with the stock. Quality varies.
Bullet weight is matched to animal size and weight.
Therefore a Tyrannosaurus Rex would take the biggest bullet you could find, shot from the biggest and tallest tree stand you could build.
Question:
How do you kill a Tyrannosaurus Rex?
Answer:
Very carefully!
(with the right caliber reloads)
Original magazines come up from time to time on the EE, and sometimes dealers have them. New manufactured five round and ten round magazines by H.K. Precision of South Africa are sold under the name K-Mag. There is at least one dealer in Canada that I know of selling them - Bits of Pieces in Delta, B.C.
