Any No1 Lee-Enfield barrel bedding gurus out there?

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I’ve got a customer wanting to install and bed a new walnut stock on his No1 smelly. I know enough to know it’s a bit of a black art, anyone in here with experience who I could steer him to?

Thanks!
Paul.
 
The No.1 uses a spring-loaded plunger that press up inside the barrel channel. I have a dozen found examples I'll share for free for asking.

The spring tell me, and someone who knows No.1s will have to jump in, that the barrel is arched upwards between the breech ring and the nose cap. The No.4 has downward pressure against the bottom of the foreend. Different mechanism of tuning.
 
maple_leaf_eh said:
The No.1 uses a spring-loaded plunger that press up inside the barrel channel. I have a dozen found examples I'll share for free for asking.

The spring tell me, and someone who knows No.1s will have to jump in, that the barrel is arched upwards between the breech ring and the nose cap. The No.4 has downward pressure against the bottom of the foreend. Different mechanism of tuning.
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IMHO, the saddle/spring assembly about mid barrel on No1 rifles was to dampen harmonics, which were likely created by all of the weight pressing down on the muzzle end, with the bayonet/nose cap weight.

There was a reason that nose cap wasn't included when they switched out to the No4 rifles.

I find that sportered No1 rifles shoot very well without the saddle/spring assembly and the weight off the fore end. An almost free floating barrel on the sporters works very well.

The 98 Mauser used a different system to dampen harmonics and it worked very well. They stepped the barrels in increments to the muzzle.
 
Maple Leaf Eh: Thanks for the offer! I may take you up on it if I cant find someone with previous experience to refer this job to.

Springs, shims, bedding compound all at various points along the barrel, so many pounds "Up pressure"... I can do a lot of things but I'd be bluffing if I told this guy I knew what I was doing in this case.

Anyone out there tuning these?

Paul
 
Yes, it's a a lot simpler, and a very quick fix when it works.

Just cut and trim the cork sheet to fit the pad in middle of the barrel channel, the forend and top handguard, put it all back together and go to the range. :)

Ted
 
Why not? said:
Yes, it's a a lot simpler, and a very quick fix when it works.

Just cut and trim the cork sheet to fit the pad in middle of the barrel channel, the forend and top handguard, put it all back together and go to the range. :)

Ted
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Agreed. We may be overthinking this question. At short range, stabilizing the flip to shoot off a rest, might be all the customer needs. There is a book that comes to mind for tuning the No.1. The Australians never used the No.4, only the No.1. If I recall the most prominent writer was James (?) Sweet. He put out a comprehensive book, but for us reading over a gap in time and several evolutions of technology, we might not understand all the nuances he expresses.
 
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