308 Lee Enfield. What have I got here?

[bdft]

I bought this 308 Lee Enfield from a fellow CGNer earlier this summer. Has been rechambered to 308 but still has the .311 barrel. I added an Ishapore 2A1 mag. Here's all the markings. Do I have anything interesting here or just some FTRed No4 in 308?

 

[oops]

How can you rechamber to a 308 from a 303 chamber...Is the barrel set back?
Any markings on the barrel?


I have a couple made by PArker Hale.....not RYAN!!

 

[CanAm]

ask Ryan

 

[davemccarthy707]

more pics are needed

 

[cyclone]

Former Longbranch , anyhow.....

 

[Ryan500]

I hope .308 Ryan is a cartridge lol... I'd buy one.

 

[Brandon3]

Have you actually tried shooting it with .308?

 

[bdft]

Shoots just fine with 308. Its got a .311 bore. Aside from that its a bone stock No4 Mk 1/3.

 

[browningautorifle]

We need some pics of the front end too.

 

[Stevo]

If it's still .311, why not seat .311 bullets in the .308 cases if/when you reload?

.311 Winchester, it's .003 better than .308.

 

[tiriaq]

How do you know that it has a .311" bore?
Has the barrel been set back?
.308 is shorter and fatter than .303. If a .303 barrel is simply rechambered, fired cases will look odd.