LE No 4 Bedding

[I Dont Care About You]

If the bore is crisp, boattailed bullets will work well. If there is cordite erosion, flat based bullets will work better. With a sharp bore, take your pick.

This is the first time anyone said that before. I'd have prob bought a bunch more of the Hornady 174gr if I'd known this. My rifle is a minty Mk2 so no bore erosion.

I'm still pretty amazed at the accuracy this thing seems to be showing. Its still early days yet but I was a bit concerned about ending up w a 3+ MOA rifle.

 

[gyates93]

This is the first time anyone said that before. I'd have prob bought a bunch more of the Hornady 174gr if I'd known this. My rifle is a minty Mk2 so no bore erosion.

I'm still pretty amazed at the accuracy this thing seems to be showing. Its still early days yet but I was a bit concerned about ending up w a 3+ MOA rifle.

I would guess that 3 MOA would still be well within acceptable tolerance for an Enfield!

I don't think I have 3 MOA eyes! Beautiful rifle and it's a shooter to boot!

Enjoy!

 

[Potashminer]

Somewhere on Internet I read that the "T" No. 4's - so the sniper rifles used in WWII by the British - had to start by being "above average" from factory testing - then they were accurized by Holland and Holland - minimum standard to meet was 6 out of 7 shots at 400 yards into 10" circle - that is 2.5 MOA - so started as "above average", then "tuned" - all they had to do was 6 out of 7 shots into 2.5 MOA at 400 yards. Is probable that many did better than that. But so would most modern Savage Axis from a store - if one is focused only on "accuracy" of the rifle. I suspect that No. 4 T would also do that after falling out of an airplane and living / hiding out in a swamp or forest for several days. If your No. 4 does better than 3 MOA, you have about nothing to complain about - is WAY better than the average run-of-the-mill WWII Lee Enfield, which was often closer to 4.5 MOA at 100 FEET.

https://www.leeenfieldresource.com/accuracy-2

 

[enefgee]

The No 4 Mk2 was the best of the No4's from a quality and accuracy perspective - and pretty much every other way except for history. Post war built, so no one had to hide under their bench due to bombing, the materials were second to none - lots of excellent steel, it was lying all over Europe, and the folks building them had years of experience - much of the production was to keep the plants working, and most of them were never really used.