Markings on Lee Enfield front sights??

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My hunting buddy has a #5 LE that he thought he might take to deer camp this year. He has quite an assortment of rifles, and tries to use them, but has never used this one. In shooting it at the 100 Yds., he found that it shot low with the battle sight, needed to have the long range sight set to about 300Yds. to get it to shoot right. He didn't want to start filing the front sight unless he had a replacement. I contacted Epps, they said they had a container full of front sights @$5. Is there a standard stamping on Enfield sights that would allow me to compare the numbers on his front sight and determine what stamping should be on the front sight that would bring the rifle back on target? If I just get a sight out of the pot, it could be worse than what he has in the other direction. Were these rifles not shot for accuracy before being issued, or was this a field armourers job? In a worst case, I know I can file the front sight, but that could take a lot of filing and shooting.
 
Try this:

SIGHTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ENFIELD RIFLE Page 2 (click here)http://enfieldrifles.profusehost.net/ti15.htm


CORRECTIONS (Rifle, No1 & No4, all marks)

Elevation

All adjustments are made to the front sight beginning with elevation, because to correct up or down the front sight may have to be replaced with a different height. It makes no sense to get your windage on, only to have to replace the front sight to correct for elevation.

The No5 Rifle (Jungle Carbine)

Zeroing at 25 yards the Mean Point of Impact (MPI) should be 1/2 an inch above the point of aim (POA).

Zeroing at 100 yards the MPI should be 3-1/2 inches above the POA.

The method and sequence for correcting elevation and windage on the No5 remain the same. However, the following differences apply:

Elevation: each blade height (.015) alters the MPI by 2-1/4 inches at 100 yards and 1/2 inch at 25 yards.

Windage: each blade width (.050) alters the MPI by 7-1/2 inches at 100 yards and 1-3/4 of an inch at 25 yards.
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Regards,
Badger
 
Thanks! The website is very informative and a new one to me. Maybe there should be a STICKY that will refer questions like mine and the one from Mattpiloto below, so the information is highlighted as available.
 
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