Fixing No.4 Stocking up? (Update)
- Thread starter LeeEnfieldNo.4_mk1
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Remember, a four inch group with five rounds was considered to be an acceptable standard with issue ammo when those rifles were produced. The post war No 4 rifles seem to be built to a much tighter standard.
SO, took it to the range recently, I had some Canadian 1943 "DI" surplus lying around so I figured I would run five rounds of that.
First round was not even on paper, thought it was a bad start, however the next four printed a nice little 2" or so group, six inches low but dead center at 100 yards. I figure the bore was clean so once some fouling got in the grooves it figured itself out. Figure a better shot could do better but the rifle is shooting quite nice considering the lack of muzzle pressure. Also ran five rounds of 174g BT prvi ammo through it, didn't like it as much as the DI stuff and left a 4-5" group.
Used a forward rest by the way, I'm not that good.
First round was not even on paper, thought it was a bad start, however the next four printed a nice little 2" or so group, six inches low but dead center at 100 yards. I figure the bore was clean so once some fouling got in the grooves it figured itself out. Figure a better shot could do better but the rifle is shooting quite nice considering the lack of muzzle pressure. Also ran five rounds of 174g BT prvi ammo through it, didn't like it as much as the DI stuff and left a 4-5" group.
Used a forward rest by the way, I'm not that good.
