Enfield .308 Markings

Not sure what you mean by it is a No 4 303 mag. But it fits the 308 good. i used it on my old 303 that I converted to 308 for about 10 rounds and worked good. Only thing it had difficulty was loading the round in but I had to do a lot of shaving on the reciever to get it to load the 308 round. About 5 yrs ago a myself and a friend who is good with a lathe rebarrled that old .303 to .308 just to see if we could do it but mainly because that old .303's barrel was no good.
The only markings on the mag are U.C.F on the floor plate and then a very faint what looks like a B on the mag catch. I just tried chambering a round into the Enfield and it cycled it good. Ejected and loaded the round no problems. This mag was made for .308 not 303 I remember that. I remember when I was searching I couldn't find any in Canada for sale at that time and I managed to find some at Midway. I just don't remember if it was made for the Indian 2A rifle.

Just to add it wouldn't chamber the last 2 rnds as the spring wouldn't push the casing up high enough to load it. AAlso when I load the 303 round into it it is just a bit longer than the 308 rnd. It also fits kinda tight in the Enfield too.
What do you think? I have no idea now what this really is I just know what I have done with it.
 
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It's a .303 mag. The shape is distinctive. Definitely not a 7.62 mag. That doesn't mean it won't feed a few rounds but not made for it.
The aftermarket .308 mags on ebay are squarish looking, Ishapore 2A1 mags are squarish, Enfield and Stirling conversions are squarish. You have a standard .303 mag.
Nice rifle overall though. Very interesting milled out muzzle brake, never seen one like that either.
 
You have a Canadian made No4 mag....the "B" is actually an "L" superimposed on a "B" which means Long Branch. "UCF" is a manufacturer of followers.

If you put one or 2 in the 303 mag it may well feed however if you put more and cycle the rifle it will jam. The geometry of the mag is for the 303 rimmed cartridges that stagger in the mag. A 7.62 mag has a relatively flat bottom different follower and feed ramp.

Bear in mind that the DCRA rifle was set up as single shot with a 303 mag serving as the load platform...there's a couple of websites that explain this with some pic's....one of them is "The Offical Enfield Site".
 
Ok so then it is a .303 mag? That kinda sucks because I remember Midway advertising it as a .308 mag and me asking them on the phone?
It is slightly different than the old .303 but that could be because of the age too. It is very slightly narrower than the old .303 mag at the front and the tabs are closer together where the front of the round sits compared to the Lee Enfield mag.
So from you guys are saying it will be very hard to find one and expensive and it has to be as you described with the flat floor plate and different follower and feed ramp?
 
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Shoot to Live said:
Ok so then it is a .303 mag? That kinda sucks because I remember Midway advertising it as a .308 mag and me asking them on the phone?
It is slightly different than the old .303 but that could be because of the age too. It is very slightly narrower than the old .303 mag at the front and the tabs are closer together where the front of the round sits compared to the Lee Enfield mag.
So from you guys are saying it will be very hard to find one and expensive and it has to be as you described with the flat floor plate and different follower and feed ramp?
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Don't worry about it too much. You don't really need to change anything. DCRA shooting was single shot anyway.
 
Well I can see it isn't a .308 mag I looked at the 2A mag and it is quite a bit different. Doesn't really matter anyways I am going to take it out and shoot a few rounds to see how accurate it is then it will become my display queen after that. I appreciate everyones input on this.
 
stencollector said:
Could be that the bolt was used in place of the standard pin/rivet so as to tighten the stock onto the action in an attempt to further accurize the rifle. It would aslo appear to be peened so as to not loosen with firing.
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Seems to be a common alteration on target rifles actually.

I've got a few done this way, and seen many more.
 
I would imagine that the brake was cut into the barrel, and the globe sight fitted after the rules had been relaxed, and rifles no longer had to be issue configuration. Do not know what DCRA/PRA rules were at the time respecting use of brakes. They are not permitted now on target rifles. Some were modified a lot more than this one. When you take the rifle apart you may find that the bedding has been redone. Various methods were tried.
 
you will need to get an enfield or sterling 7.62 nato magazine to make it work properly. these magazines are not easy to find.
 
My 7.62 DCRA/Long Branch has that same screw and nut combination through the forend as well, only it goes through from the other direction. Classy.
 
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You have a Canadian made No4 mag....the "B" is actually an "L" superimposed on a "B" which means Long Branch. "UCF" is a manufacturer of followers.

If you put one or 2 in the 303 mag it may well feed however if you put more and cycle the rifle it will jam. The geometry of the mag is for the 303 rimmed cartridges that stagger in the mag. A 7.62 mag has a relatively flat bottom different follower and feed ramp.

Bear in mind that the DCRA rifle was set up as single shot with a 303 mag serving as the load platform...there's a couple of websites that explain this with some pic's....one of them is "The Offical Enfield Site".
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Here's the proof....

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Left hand side is a .303 No4 and the other one is a .308 Ishapore.

I still had to do some tweaking to make it feed the left side round......

and seat properly in a No4 and No5.... :)

But, no ejection.

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