Hey all , I was talking with another Enfield owner about bi pods . Where would you attach a bi pod mount on a full wood Enfield . Would you attach it to the fore stock ??, Or could you attach it to the mount lug for the bayonet . Enfield in question can take a 1907 style bayo
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Troll, I hope?
So do i lol.
The only bipod for a Lee enfield is a Bren Gun training Bipod RARE (ref Collecter Source)
Made by Parker Hale to fit SMLE rifle to simulate a Bren Gun for WWII training purposes since acutal Brens were in short supply.
RARE and unusual item for advanced collector. Complete with bipod and carrying handle that clamp to the SMLE rifle.
Made by Parker Hale to fit SMLE rifle to simulate a Bren Gun for WWII training purposes since acutal Brens were in short supply.
RARE and unusual item for advanced collector. Complete with bipod and carrying handle that clamp to the SMLE rifle.
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Nowhere.
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That's friggin' cool. Is it functional? Are you able to properly stabilize the rifle with it?
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Use a sandbag and a sock instead of drilling holes in historic guns bubba.
Cut the legs from the knees down off an old pair of jeans, sew yourself a couple of sandbags. Fill them with WHEAT: lighter than sand and just as solid.
Nice part is that you will not disturb your point of impact.
Attaching a bipod to a Lee-Enfield is guaranteed to change the POA because it will CHANGE the barrel harmonics.
Using a sandbag..... with the rifle stock resting on the bag and the bag in the same position as your left hand would be in.... does NOT alter where your bullets go and is useful on the range.
NEVER attach a bipod to an SMLE rifle..... not even to someone else's SMLE!
Nice part is that you will not disturb your point of impact.
Attaching a bipod to a Lee-Enfield is guaranteed to change the POA because it will CHANGE the barrel harmonics.
Using a sandbag..... with the rifle stock resting on the bag and the bag in the same position as your left hand would be in.... does NOT alter where your bullets go and is useful on the range.
NEVER attach a bipod to an SMLE rifle..... not even to someone else's SMLE!
Usually I don't reply to name calling in my posts
But if there is a chance you CAN read ? it was mentioned in op about mounting to fore stock or mount lugs for bayonet . Not drilling , cutting , welding etc AND this is a 2A that gets used , not a museum piece don't waste your time worrying about it . LOL
I did find post 5 interesting
"But if there is a chance you CAN read ?"
Insulting enough, one might think, especially considering that gallen270 is often one of the first to try to HELP someone.
MY comments, on the other hand, were not based on any historic arguments but on my own experience on the range with the Lee-Enfield series of rifles. This experience began in 1963 but there are people on here who predate my experience and they all will tell you the same thing.
Altering the support points on the SMLE rifle is a darned quick way to change your point of impact. That's WHY sandbags were suggested so many times.
When the SMLE rifle came out, it faced almost universal criticism. It was too short, the barrel was MUCH too light, the sights were terrible: anything you could ask for. Yet, in worldwide competitions, the SMLE rifle proved to be the equal of almost ANY other Service rifle built. It is difficult and tricky to bed properly, but some of us DO know how to do it. Some of us have proved that, with a good bore and the right tools, almost ANY SMLE can be induced to shoot VERY nicely indeed. 1 MOA is NOT unheard-of for the SMLE; I have 3 here which will do it IF you can hold it -- or rest it -- the way it WANTS to be held.
THAT is what people were trying -- seriously -- to impress upon you.
But (LOL!) you don't want to hear that.
Enjoy!
Insulting enough, one might think, especially considering that gallen270 is often one of the first to try to HELP someone.
MY comments, on the other hand, were not based on any historic arguments but on my own experience on the range with the Lee-Enfield series of rifles. This experience began in 1963 but there are people on here who predate my experience and they all will tell you the same thing.
Altering the support points on the SMLE rifle is a darned quick way to change your point of impact. That's WHY sandbags were suggested so many times.
When the SMLE rifle came out, it faced almost universal criticism. It was too short, the barrel was MUCH too light, the sights were terrible: anything you could ask for. Yet, in worldwide competitions, the SMLE rifle proved to be the equal of almost ANY other Service rifle built. It is difficult and tricky to bed properly, but some of us DO know how to do it. Some of us have proved that, with a good bore and the right tools, almost ANY SMLE can be induced to shoot VERY nicely indeed. 1 MOA is NOT unheard-of for the SMLE; I have 3 here which will do it IF you can hold it -- or rest it -- the way it WANTS to be held.
THAT is what people were trying -- seriously -- to impress upon you.
But (LOL!) you don't want to hear that.
Enjoy!
Well if you gonna cry about some internet ribbing, I’m not gonna tell you to remove the screw from the upper band and use a Harris style bipod designed to attach to a sling stud passed through the hole. If it don’t fit, you could buy a second band cheap enough to drill out, preserving your original.
When yoy take the screw from the front band, and pull the sling loop out, you'll see the thickness of the loop tab. Get another piece of metal of that same thickness, drill a hole so you could instsll it in the band, in place of the loop. Remove it again, and thicken the other end of the tab, and adapt it to whatever bipod you happen to have. Definitely a bubba project, but zero damage to the rifle.
Or Gallen's idea should be doable too, just use a spare band, or be very careful to not damage the thread in the band. Might have to decrease the diameter of the bipod pins.
Enjoy a great gun, your way.
Or Gallen's idea should be doable too, just use a spare band, or be very careful to not damage the thread in the band. Might have to decrease the diameter of the bipod pins.
Enjoy a great gun, your way.
Kayser Sose
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It's a 2A? Is that one of those AIA 'Enfields'?
Upon rereading, is your rifle out of Ishapore? I'm missing something here.
Be sure to predrill your screws, wouldn't want to crack the stock. I think also they make deck screws that won't back out.
Upon rereading, is your rifle out of Ishapore? I'm missing something here.
Be sure to predrill your screws, wouldn't want to crack the stock. I think also they make deck screws that won't back out.
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Best is not to. Enfields are supposed to be stocked up in such a way that the tip of the front of the wood stock puts slight upward pressure on the tip of the barrel. Put a bipod on the tip of the barrel and you will get too much upward pressure. Mounting it to the wood stock would be the closest to a sandbag in terms of how it will affect accuracy and point of impact. Of course it would be sacrilegious to put holes in a 100 year old rifle.
