"Blind" mag for .303 Lee Enfield Sporter
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If it is a No4 there may be a plate of some sort of plate inserted to prevent loading cartridges in the magazine. If it is a No1MKIII or an earlier model, most of these were fitted with a magazine cuttoff plate which is slid across the top of the magazine to prevent rounds feeding from the magazine. The cuttoff can be quickly shifted to allow the rounds to feed from the magazine when required. Some of the very early No4 rifles were also fitted with magazine cuttoffs at time of manufacture.
The magazine cuttoff was a military feature which allowed the rounds in the magazine to be held in reserve with the rifle being operated as a single loader. In practice it proved to be redundant-kind of like fitting a car to be hitched up to a team of horses.
The magazine cuttoff was a military feature which allowed the rounds in the magazine to be held in reserve with the rifle being operated as a single loader. In practice it proved to be redundant-kind of like fitting a car to be hitched up to a team of horses.
A blind magazine is a fixed magazine with no floorplate; the stock forms the bottom of the magazine. This is commonly found on sporting rifles. Most military rifles with a fixed magazine have a floorplate, although a tool (such as a bullet tip or punch) is often required to release it, rather than a push-button release.
Edit: A P14 is one example of a rifle having a fixed magazine with a floorplate.
Edit: A P14 is one example of a rifle having a fixed magazine with a floorplate.
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All P14 rifles have blind mags. 5 rounds internal in a Mauser style action. No removable mag.
Oh yeah, a very good, extremely strong rifle. If in .303, you'll never hurt it. People built big magnum calibre rifles with that action.
I pity the deer you shoot with it...
