Lee Enfield Gunsmiths?

[pirranna]

There's a great gunsmith who works out of Shooter's Choice in Waterloo that know Enfields exceptionally well. I'd trust him to look at it.

 

[Potashminer]

Signs of insipient case head separation or excessive stretching of the brass compared to an unfired cartridge.

That probably is the case for a rimless cartridge, but not for a "rimmed" cartridge - like 303 British - or a "belted" cartridge - like 300 Win Mag - at least what a "headspace gauge" would show - a gauge for 303 British is only measuring the room from closed bolt face to whatever stops that rim from going forward - it has nothing to do with the diameter or length of the chamber. I think you will find that "incipient" case head separation, or actual case head separation, or "case body stretching" is a result of some war time shenanigans - you can have a rifle completely within head space tolerance and still have incipient (or complete) case head separation.

But the post is correct - I often visually compare what I put in there, with what comes out after firing - they should look about the same. If you reload, within reason, you can make the brass fit the chamber - it might not be to SAAMI spec, but it will be safe to fire. Original British military were not into reloading, at all - their military would fire a round "once" - hopefully it did not blow up or burst most of the time, then on to the next "new" round.

 

[pounder]

I have posted this in the WTB in the milsurp section but I thought I might try here. I am looking for the screw that attaches the magazine cut off to the receiver on a SMLE . Any other places I can look would be much appreciated.

 

[Claven2]

There are online sellers in the UK you can order from. I don’t know of any Canadian retailers that stock those screws.