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Hi everyone,

Got my first surplus the other day and I figured why not start out with Canada. Its a long Branch mostly. It needs a few parts changed around but the bore more then made up for the off pieces. Took it out to the range today and I'm pretty sure if I wasn't a terrible shot it would have preformed nicely :).

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Can anyone tell me if this is normal? The barrel doesn't really connect to the end and I can move it back and fourth. I mean its not flopping around or anything.

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Now for my terrible groups. I seemed to have a hard time judging how low to aim with the battle sight.

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WTB no1 mk4 ladder sight, Canadian sling and a Long Branch butplate
cheers,
 
Welcome to CGN, and a warning, Enfields are as addictive as drgs, you just can't own one. Soon you will have a complete safe full of them. Your first one is a nice looking rifle, what year is she? I would guess 1950?. And don't worry, the barrel sold be loose Like that at the end of the stock. You should be able to push up, left and right and it should move, but it should not move if pushed down as their should be a certain amount of upward pressure at the muzzle.
For shooting, here is a trick my old dad taught me. When using the Enfield aperture sight. focus on the front sight. This should leave the rear sight blurry. This blur will have a clear, pinprick of light in the center of the blury hole. This is the exact center of the hole and is where you line up the front site.

That rear site is correct for a Long Branch, although i Understand your want for a ladder site, I think they are better for shooting. Keep an eye out on Ebay, they sometimes pop up, with varying prices. Around $40 seems normal to me.
 
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Very nice LongBranch.
They rarely shoot bad. Give yourself a break: use a good solid 5 or 6" BLACK bullseye and you'll see your groups get better at 100 yards. Orange isn't that good at long distances.
PP. :)
 
Hope to be available to shoot one of my Lee Enfields on Nov 11th Sly Old Fox. But I don't have many as nice as the one pictured in this thread! Nice gun supa.

The forend should exert an upward pressure of 3 to 7 pounds of pressure at the Muzzle. The bedding of the forend does affect the accuracy; it's better when it's within specs.

Lou
 
Looks like a good one. It only took me about 400 rounds to get good at 100 yards. Remember that sight was only meant to hit a man sized target at 300 yards. it will take some practice to figure out the sight picture. Once you have it figured out the accuracy comes.
 
thanks guys,

I plan on going to the next level and stripping it down, grabbing linseed oil and reblueing the metal parts. I did the barrel tip in that one picture and it turned out quite nice for a test. I cant say this will happen anytime soon though, as I plan to shoot it alot more first :D
 
supa said:
thanks guys,

I plan on going to the next level and stripping it down, grabbing linseed oil and reblueing the metal parts. I did the barrel tip in that one picture and it turned out quite nice for a test. I cant say this will happen anytime soon though, as I plan to shoot it alot more first :D
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I wouldn't touch the metal. Give the wood a few rubs of linseed oil, but do not, repeat, do not re-blue. If you reblue, not only will you decrease its value to maybe half of what its worth, but you will also erase any character and history the rifle may have. Not to mention your rifle is still in Excellent shape and is far form needing a refurb.

But she is your rifle so if you want to re-blue, I recommend you get it professionally hot blued. The cold blue stuff in a bottle does not penetrate as much and wears off rather quickly. It will look even worse when all the contact points are worn while the rest of the rifle is not.
 
supa said:
sorry.. I like to tinker with things.. Ill take that advice though
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Don't worry, I like to tinker too. That's why I started restoring sporterized enfields back to original. Lou is an expert on it and has done quite a few and helped me a lot with my rifles that I restored. Its pretty cool when you bring home a beat up old enfield with the stock cut up and restore it. to a pretty full wood example, that you did.
 
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Don't worry, I like to tinker too. That's why I started restoring sporterized enfields back to original. Lou is an expert on it and has done quite a few and helped me a lot with my rifles that I restored. Its pretty cool when you bring home a beat up old enfield with the stock cut up and restore it. to a pretty full wood example, that you did.
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Well I consider myself to be still a beginner, but thanks! :D

Sound advice from LE41, indeed. Really supa you have the right approach - ask questions first, get many opinions, then you're better equipped to pick the best option for you. No shortage of knowledgeable people here, happy to share info with you.

Lou
 
supa said:
one more quick question regarding headspace.

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every casing I have looks like this, is this too much stretch?
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It doesn't look unusual to me.
I can't say for sure from just pictures though.
The LE is a rear locking bolt so theres going to be more stretch than in say a Mauser 98 for example.
If the headspace worries you you could get a go/no go gauge in .303 from Brownell's I believe? Or just take it to a gunsmith to have her checked.
HTH
Eric
 
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