Borden school unique 7,62 training rifle

[Biloba]

I got that rifle, from a friend, who bought it from a teacher at Borden. It supposed to be a training rifle fir the C3. It’s a cno7 receiver with a C3 barrel. Apart from the sterling mag, it’s as it came from Borden.

 

[diabeticfreak]

That's a cool looking rifle! I really need to get a good rifle with diaptor sights, thanks for the reminder.

 

[Biloba]

Everybody need a no4mk1 with a target sight!

 

[curseyou]

That is one very nice rifle. How does it shoot?

 

[Biloba]

I did not shooted with that one yet...
I just got back the aj Parker sight that was originally installed on it, from my friend.

 

[tiriaq]

I wonder if it may not have been made up for competition use at ORA/DCRA matches.

 

[Biloba]

Everything is possible. Will try to have more infos from my friend. But it’s definitely an interesting rifle.

 

[Magellann]

Its a great looking rifle, it appears to have been well cared for. I'd bet that it will be a very good shooter.

 

[maynard]

I wonder if it may not have been made up for competition use at ORA/DCRA matches.

My thoughts too. Ganderite came probably provide better information about rifles like this as he comes from a long line of DCRA shooters and may have shot this style himself or at least caught the tail end of it. This is what I remember (fading memory) from an old friend that did shot this style of competition.
At the DCRA there was 2 different competitions, Service Rifle A and Service Rifle B, Service rifle B now being what is called Target Rifle today. Service Rifle A was shot with an as issused rifle, Service Rifle B used aperture sights. At the time the target were the half black tin hat style aiming mark targets, so a blade front sight was used.
I am not sure what year the change over to the full round aiming mark came in, but I think some people still used the blade front sight on the full aiming mark. These days everyone is using aperture sights front and rear to center the round aiming mark.

 

[silverfoxdj]

Everything is possible. Will try to have more infos from my friend. But it’s definitely an interesting rifle.

You planning to tune it up and use it??

 

[Biloba]

I will for sure shoot it. When our young kids grows and let me more free time.

You planning to tune it up and use it??

 

[sillymike]

I wonder if it may not have been made up for competition use at ORA/DCRA matches.

All the DCRA rifles I've seen were built on Long Branch No 4... I'd guess someone wanting to make his own Enfield L39A1/L42A1

 

[Biloba]

7,62 Dcra rifles where converted mostly from long branch rifles, but also from any no4 receiver a client would had sent for conversion.
I have seen 7,62 Dcra rifle from savage and also British ones.
The rifle here, is not a Dcra conversion. It’s a rifle build at Borden, for training purpose. They used a cno7 receiver and a C3 barrel.

 

[rgg_7]

Can you post a picture of the barrel with the handguard removed. interesting that they would use a C3 barrel. Ron

 

[Biloba]

That’s what my friend, the last owner, told me. Never looked at it. Will make few pictures of the barrel soon.

 

[sillymike]

Can you post a picture of the barrel with the handguard removed. interesting that they would use a C3 barrel. Ron

If they did use a C3 barrel, it was most likely a barrel that had been pulled from a rifle that was getting refurbished...

 

[Biloba]

Who knows. Everything is possible. Especially with our beloved canadian Lee Enfields.

 

[sillymike]

As others have said, best bet would be to take it out of the stock and look for stamping on the barrel.

 

[Lee Enfield]

How long is the barrel?

Looks like a pretty typical target rifle based on the typical British pattern.

 

[Biloba]

One thing is sure, that rifle have been assembled by an armourer at Borden, Ontario.