My #4 Mk 1 Rebuild.

kjohn: I have been well received here. I have found that when you broach the territories of so called "experts," feathers will be ruffled. I just left. I was actually chided for "Arrogant Backchat!" I did not know that such a thing existed? oh well,,, live and learn.

RRco: The gun is working very well with the new trigger pull and the rear sight. My Cast Boolit loads are not performing as well as expected so more work to be done there. The rear sight answers inputs exactly at 100 yards IE; 1" needed movement Equals 1MOA on sight exactly. I was very impressed with that, as other sights on my guns don't always work that way.

The thing is a joy to shoot and all I have to do is get it to deliver Cast Boolits in something resembling a group. I just ordered some Prvi-Partisan 150gr Factory ammo and will see how it shoots with jacketed bullets. If it shoots jacketed bullets it will shoot cast as well, just a matter of finding what it likes.

On the Enfield's 29" sight radius, a movement of either the Front or Rear Sight of .008 Equals 1 MOA at 100 yards. So any Screw Thread Pitch that is divisible by 8 or 2 is very easy to translate into a predictable move. A 20 pitch thread would have yielded about 1MOA per flat, and I felt this was too coarse. 40 threads per inch would have been 1/2MOA per flat and nearly ideal. Unfortunately there aren't any common thread sizes with 40 threads per inch that are big enough diameter to be practical for this application. The 1/4-28 thread pitch yielding 3/4 MOA per flat was the best choice for this application. IE: commonly available screw. I also used a Thread Forming Tap as opposed to a Thread Cutting Tap so the threads would be stronger.

The tool is being looked at by Brownell's as we speak, and they sound enthusiastic about it. I will also be making a spanner driver for the grub screw on some of the Enfield #4 Front Sight Bases so a guy with one of those can have a decent tool to loosen and tighten that screw properly. So far the feed back I have gotten on the product has been all positive and no one has had to make more than one move to achieve their desired result. The whole idea from the beginning was to make this tool as simple as possible to get good results from.

I will probably make some small cosmetic changes to the production tools like laser engraving the company Logo and maybe a reference hash mark, and a note stating 3/4 MOA per Flat.

You should put your original tool in a safe place so it doesn't get hurt, and use one of these instead.w:h:

Randy
 
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WR Buchanan, your post on that other forum was off toplc for that forum, thats it, nothing more, nothing less, your attitude & that of Plonkers (who is a mod on 2 other forums & so should know better) was what erked everyone there, sporters are welcome there but they are only an acceptable topic if you are asking "what do i have" or "i wish to restore this" this applies to many forums.
 
5thbatt: the whole point here is that "Everyone" was NOT erked. Only a few haters came out of the woodwork as soon as someone said something negative and piled on. The fact was that virtually everyone else was supportive and enjoyed my posts. I got many PM's from different people expressing their disgust with the way I was handled.

I might add that I got no PM's from the "Moderators" or any other communication from them about the matter.

Sooo,,, if they didn't see fit to warn me about my "Alleged Conduct," then exactly who did I piss off? As a courtesy I always respect the communications from Moderators no matter what, However they were absent in this case. All that occurred was the shutting down of my thread with no explanation. So when Moderators are that spineless, I don't need to be there any more.

This is all water under the bridge, I am not a contributor there any more, and I don't miss it one bit, and you are the only one from that crowd that has followed me here.

nuff said.

Randy
 
Randy, very nice work indeed! I've also gotten in trouble on the Military Collectors Forum for doing custom work on old military arms, so I sympathize with your plight. Like you, I had a degree of support, but some very scathing denouncements, so don't sweat it.
One curious note on my part, did you try to source a Parker Hale 5C target sight for the rifle and if not, why not? They are a thing of beauty and made specifically for the No.4 family of rifles. They give very fine adjustment as does any quality target sight, and would have been more correct for the rifle. The only things you would have needed were the longer ejector screw through the receiver and the mounting screw that replaces the rear sight pin. It seems to me that I saw a few of the sights for sale on ebay, and some were complete with the mounting screws as well. I have one for my '43 Long Branch that I put on when I'm testing new loads.
 
Mr Buchanan,
Thanks for sharing all you have done with one of the greatest battle rifles ever made. In my personal experience, I have found it to be languishing in interest here in Canada over the past couple decades. They were converted to sporting arms en mass in the years after WWII and as such, they were a cheap yet effective sporting arm that were very familiar to Canadians; Especially those who carried them in battle during the war years.
Currently in Canada, there has been a recent initiative to re-equip the Canadian Rangers with a rifle which fires a current NATO cartridge. Specifically the NATO 7.62x51. The number one problem with this is that there are still many .303 No. 4 Mk1 Lee Enfield rifles in War Stores and the second problem is that it is such a darned good rifle, even though it is over 70 years old. It would be like handing out the '03 Springfield to Alaskans and then trying to replace it with another rifle that would be considered equivalent. They are both excellent calibres and are perfectly functional in purpose, as would be expected with a military rifle.
As far as replacing the "Ranger Rifle", only time and urgency will tell. Perhaps urgency will be the telling factor.
Thank you again and welcome to Canadian Gun Nutz. I hope you find that the problems you experienced on the other site will not be found here. I like to think we Canadians tend to be more tolerant of the opinion and thoughts of individuals and to not condemn them for "the little things' that really don't amount to a hill of beans in the big picture...
 
How's the bedding on your No.4s?

Maybe you can find some 1/4-28 bolts with a line centered on each flat, that would save a bit of trouble.

Would it be easier to cut the adjuster out of one block and radius the top corners by running the end mill outwards to half its diameter or a little more so that you get the clearance for the square corners of the sight protector, but save the trouble of making & fitting the cap you have screwed on in the photo above? And you might consider adding a small hole in the top over the sight blade to let some light in and allow observation of the blade movement/position.

I just gauged it and my original adjuster has screws of 26 TPI

And to others whom it may concern, I don't think the readers of this forum want to hear an attempted rehash of what may have happened on some other forum. One such post above was wisely deleted. Others should follow suit IMO.
 
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W.R.Buchanan said:
5thbatt: the whole point here is that "Everyone" was NOT erked. Only a few haters came out of the woodwork as soon as someone said something negative and piled on. The fact was that virtually everyone else was supportive and enjoyed my posts. I got many PM's from different people expressing their disgust with the way I was handled.

I might add that I got no PM's from the "Moderators" or any other communication from them about the matter.

Sooo,,, if they didn't see fit to warn me about my "Alleged Conduct," then exactly who did I piss off? As a courtesy I always respect the communications from Moderators no matter what, However they were absent in this case. All that occurred was the shutting down of my thread with no explanation. So when Moderators are that spineless, I don't need to be there any more.

This is all water under the bridge, I am not a contributor there any more, and I don't miss it one bit, and you are the only one from that crowd that has followed me here.

nuff said.

Randy
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Randy, i have read the thread a few times over & i only see yours & Plonkers replies to be the aggressive ones, (especially theats made in post #27) the others were only voicing their opinions on if the topic belonged in that forum, which it did not.
Stuart.
http://forums.gunboards.com/showthread.php?372349-My-Enfield-Project-4Mk1-Sporter
 
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From RRco: "And to others whom it may concern, I don't think the readers of this forum want to hear an attempted rehash of what may have happened on some other forum. One such post above was wisely deleted. Others should follow suit IMO"

Like I said Stuart ,,, Nuff Said.

Randy
 
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Lawrence N: I had looked at PH5C's but they have all been either won by others or went way too high. I almost had one from the UK but my top bid of $155US was converted by Ebay to 155GBP which was over $200. I backed out of the purchase and the seller understood perfectly what happened and offered the option to me. It didn't have the screws with it.

I am sure they are great sights and if I can find one at a reasonable price I might buy it. I also saw an A J Parker 8/53 NIB go for $250? recently. Luckily my sight adaptation requires no change to the gun at all. So I have the option of going back if I choose.

I have already sold several sight adapter plates to others in AUS and NZ, and that product is going to Brownell's for evaluation soon. As was stated above lots of these guns are circulating in your country, and many have been Sporterized. The addition of a good 2 axis adjustable Peep Sight to these guns would enhance their sporting use greatly, and probably bring lots of them out of the closet. This was my intention in designing this adapter plate. It can also be made to mount many different readily available versions of these sights just by drilling and tapping different mount holes. The basic plate is accompanied by the lengthened Ejector and replacement Pivot Screw, so the guy can just remove the issue sight and mount the new receiver sight and go to the range. Simple is the key to success here.

I also have some unique 1.5" wide web slings headed there as well. They are for a different application.

RRco: Many ways to accomplish the same task. Thanks for your last comment in your post as well.

Randy
 
W.R.Buchanan said:
From RRco: "And to others whom it may concern, I don't think the readers of this forum want to hear an attempted rehash of what may have happened on some other forum. One such post above was wisely deleted. Others should follow suit IMO"

Like I said Stuart ,,, Nuff Said.

Randy
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Well mate, stop bringing it up & delete your comments then, simple.
 
Moving on...:rolleyes:...the Parker Hale 5Cs aren't much of a sight compared to the Twin Zero and your Redfield is at least as good as the Twin Zero.
 
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