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i have some questions on the lee enfeild rifle, how much would i be looking at, whats the max range of it, and how much does it hold? thanks
i wan't to buy a lee enfeild
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a) depends on the qualities you're looking for. What's your intended use? Hunting, plinking, competition? You can pick up a truck gun for around $125.00, or get into target rifles or collectors stuff at considerably more.
b) Lee Enfield .303's have been used in target shooting competitions out to 1200 yds at Bisley in England, and 1000 yds here in Canada.
c) magazines hold 10 rds.
b) Lee Enfield .303's have been used in target shooting competitions out to 1200 yds at Bisley in England, and 1000 yds here in Canada.
c) magazines hold 10 rds.
Eye dew hev mi owen trubles @ that butt eye em imprewving.
Yeah, it sure would be nice.
In the meantime, we still can save the wrecked old Lee-Enfield rifles which are running around, bringing them back to their former glory. We can save the last Rosses from the scrap-dealers. We can bring back the old-time target shooting matches: have the club load up enough ammo for everyone, buy your shells from the club so that everybody is shooting the same stuff. Might be fun to try it the old-time way.
There are lots of things we can do.
As for our friend, yes, the Lee-Enfield rifle holds 10 rounds in the mag plus one up the pipe and it is effective on man-sized targets out to a long range. Only fly in the ointment is that only about one person in 100 can hold it well enough to make use of the potential. Most of them are used for relatively short-range shooting: 300 yards and less.
Stick around this forum and you can learn a lot.
And all-important: do have fun.
Yeah, it sure would be nice.
In the meantime, we still can save the wrecked old Lee-Enfield rifles which are running around, bringing them back to their former glory. We can save the last Rosses from the scrap-dealers. We can bring back the old-time target shooting matches: have the club load up enough ammo for everyone, buy your shells from the club so that everybody is shooting the same stuff. Might be fun to try it the old-time way.
There are lots of things we can do.
As for our friend, yes, the Lee-Enfield rifle holds 10 rounds in the mag plus one up the pipe and it is effective on man-sized targets out to a long range. Only fly in the ointment is that only about one person in 100 can hold it well enough to make use of the potential. Most of them are used for relatively short-range shooting: 300 yards and less.
Stick around this forum and you can learn a lot.
And all-important: do have fun.
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My Lee Enfield addiction started with a $125 sporterized No4Mk1. I still have it, it's scoped and perfect for going in the woods, not being afraid to drop it in a pond, in mud or whatever. So if you're just looking for a tool to shoot .303br, you don't have to spend too much (on the rifle. the ammo, that's a different story...)
Then there's the perfect first milsurp (in my opinion), a No1Mk3. Here's one I recently finished bringing back to its full military configuration:
These can be found for around $300, give or take. More collectable specimens will cost more of course.
The No4 can also be found for similar prices in its full military dress, and I find it easier to aim with the peep sight.
Lou
Then there's the perfect first milsurp (in my opinion), a No1Mk3. Here's one I recently finished bringing back to its full military configuration:
These can be found for around $300, give or take. More collectable specimens will cost more of course.
The No4 can also be found for similar prices in its full military dress, and I find it easier to aim with the peep sight.
Lou
One of the best features (to me) of the SMLE is the half-cocked feature. I'm not sure if it exists in the No. 4 etc. The only two I've ever seen were sporterised models at a gunshop. I was telling my buddy about how these rifles at half-#### were safe and would not fire, thus allowing one to have a ready-to-fire chambered rifle. So I half cocked the bolt and proceeded to pull the trigger. I nearly jumped out of my skin when the firing pin fell with a resounding SNAP!! I guess not all of them had this feature.
Ahhh.... somebody has a problem at the interface between the sear and the cocking-piece. Careful inspection will show if it's a human problem or a mechanical problem. Sears are not expensive, neither are cocking-pieces.
As to that louthepou character, I think he deserves a kiss from the Enfield Fairy for that one!
Very pretty!
Keep smilin', all!
As to that louthepou character, I think he deserves a kiss from the Enfield Fairy for that one!
Very pretty!
Keep smilin', all!
Better "Lou'd" than SCROOD, which is what an awful lot of them have been.
I just got an SKS, my first. It's a 1956 Tula, end of production, very nice and apparantly unfired.
I'm not going to paint it silly colours or put on plastic crap or counterfeit M-16 parts. I'm not even going to Super-glue or weld genuine US M-1913 Picatinny Rails all over it. It will never have a flashlight, a laser, a laser rangefinder, a monopod, a bipod, a telescope, anti-aircraft sights, a flamethrower, a radar, a rocket-launcher or even a genuine Israeli-Army surplus beer-bottle opener from a Galil mounted to it.
It's going to be kept completely original and it's going to be shot with good ammo.
In 20 years, it will be the only one of its kind left in the world and I will be able to sell it for enough money to buy my own ISLAND in the Caribbean!
Whaddaya thinka them apples?
Have fun!
I just got an SKS, my first. It's a 1956 Tula, end of production, very nice and apparantly unfired.
I'm not going to paint it silly colours or put on plastic crap or counterfeit M-16 parts. I'm not even going to Super-glue or weld genuine US M-1913 Picatinny Rails all over it. It will never have a flashlight, a laser, a laser rangefinder, a monopod, a bipod, a telescope, anti-aircraft sights, a flamethrower, a radar, a rocket-launcher or even a genuine Israeli-Army surplus beer-bottle opener from a Galil mounted to it.
It's going to be kept completely original and it's going to be shot with good ammo.
In 20 years, it will be the only one of its kind left in the world and I will be able to sell it for enough money to buy my own ISLAND in the Caribbean!
Whaddaya thinka them apples?
Have fun!
Thanks for the kind words folks. (And thanks for the fine machining work Aric! 
)
I'll follow up on smellie's comment by saying, one good thing to remember when shopping milsurps, I found, is to learn to ask the right questions. Not that I doubt most people intend on selling shot-out, crud-filled rifles,; rather, that some don't know enough about them to properly describe the status of a 100 years old rifle that's been sitting in a cupboard for 25 years.
For example, for a Lee Enfield No1Mk3, rather than simply asking "how's the bore", now I will be more specific; "is the rifling as good near the chamber as it is near the muzzle"? When there's a mag, I won't take for granted that it's the right one for that rifle (No1Mk3's and No4's are slightly different); simply to better know what I'm getting.
Also appreciate smellie's comment about keeping it original. If the urge is too strong and you MUST disguise (not to be confused with "improve") a milsurp, at least take the time to find one that's desecrated passed the point of no return, or an imitation (like a commercial Chinese SKS...). Or, keep the mods reversible. One of the SKSes I have is a really ugly Russian SKS (spray-painted metal with sand encrusted in it... yuck), I put a ScoutScope on it, which is (AKAIK) the only no-gunsmith mount that works, and it is fun to use with a red-dot. When I remove the mount, all comes back to original status.
Gotta go, coffee's ready
LOu
)I'll follow up on smellie's comment by saying, one good thing to remember when shopping milsurps, I found, is to learn to ask the right questions. Not that I doubt most people intend on selling shot-out, crud-filled rifles,; rather, that some don't know enough about them to properly describe the status of a 100 years old rifle that's been sitting in a cupboard for 25 years.
For example, for a Lee Enfield No1Mk3, rather than simply asking "how's the bore", now I will be more specific; "is the rifling as good near the chamber as it is near the muzzle"? When there's a mag, I won't take for granted that it's the right one for that rifle (No1Mk3's and No4's are slightly different); simply to better know what I'm getting.
Also appreciate smellie's comment about keeping it original. If the urge is too strong and you MUST disguise (not to be confused with "improve") a milsurp, at least take the time to find one that's desecrated passed the point of no return, or an imitation (like a commercial Chinese SKS...). Or, keep the mods reversible. One of the SKSes I have is a really ugly Russian SKS (spray-painted metal with sand encrusted in it... yuck), I put a ScoutScope on it, which is (AKAIK) the only no-gunsmith mount that works, and it is fun to use with a red-dot. When I remove the mount, all comes back to original status.
Gotta go, coffee's ready
LOu
I will add to Lou's post. I just finnished my first No1MkIII reserection and have learned lots in the process.
Most importently is to know what your looking for down to the specifics. Looking for parts was an adventure, the most interesting part of it all was the stories you get from people that want to sell you stuff. You can spend lots of money if you are not careful and have done research beforehand as to what the part names are, what they look like etc...
I had the most luck here on CGNs EE....always found what I needed. This is an excellent resource.
Most importently is to know what your looking for down to the specifics. Looking for parts was an adventure, the most interesting part of it all was the stories you get from people that want to sell you stuff. You can spend lots of money if you are not careful and have done research beforehand as to what the part names are, what they look like etc...
I had the most luck here on CGNs EE....always found what I needed. This is an excellent resource.
Hahaha - tell me about it.
"this gun is an all original ross MKIII sniper - original factory barrel length"
Question - How long is the barrel?
Answer - Original barrel length.
Question - And how long is that?
Answer - 21 1/4.
I prefer the discounted guns that have "something wrong with them". Like the mosin that won't chamber (solid block of cosmolene in the chamber). The enfield that won't fire ( so much rock hard cosmolene in the bolt it had to be boiled to disassemble), and the lever gun that was not safe to fire (still can't figure out what was wrong with it... there were two loose screws but that's it.
Its amazing what you can stumble over with out really looking , i bought a 1915 MkIII BSA tonight . sporterd , but blueing and metal look new and all matching i paid $75 for it . and as its in such sweet condition its going to be un bubbad when Marstar gets there enfield furniture and hardware in
BSA`s seem to be falling out of the sky for me lately , after i bought the comercial BSA Mk III 1935 at the weekend ( the apparent portuguise issued one)
BSA`s seem to be falling out of the sky for me lately , after i bought the comercial BSA Mk III 1935 at the weekend ( the apparent portuguise issued one)
