My Enfield No.4 Mark I
- Thread starter Dake21
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Nope.
Just means that it is a likely a replacement and that whoever did the work didn't know what they were doing.
If it is sitting a bit to the RIGHT, it isn't done up far enough.
If it is canted to the LEFT, it is too far.
Either case can be handled by a shop with somebody who knows what they are doing and a Barrel Vis with a good Action Wrench. Any shop that does barrel work should have these.
On assembly, there was a thin lead WASHER installed between the Barrel and the Body of the rifle. Being that the Extractor Cut is fairly wide, it is possible to NOT tighten the barrel far enough OR to overtighten it and still have the rifle work. If the barrel is canted to the RIGHT (as you sight along it from the Breech end), then it just needs to be tightened a few degrees. If it is TOO FAR, then it should come off and a new Washer (just thin lead) installed and then the barrel tightened to where it SHOULD be.
Once it is IN there and solid, it won't move by itself.
This is a HUMAN problem, not a RIFLE problem...... and it is easy to fix.
Having the barrel canted, though, WILL make a difference to your shooting, so it is best to have it straight up-and-down.
Hope this helps.
Just means that it is a likely a replacement and that whoever did the work didn't know what they were doing.
If it is sitting a bit to the RIGHT, it isn't done up far enough.
If it is canted to the LEFT, it is too far.
Either case can be handled by a shop with somebody who knows what they are doing and a Barrel Vis with a good Action Wrench. Any shop that does barrel work should have these.
On assembly, there was a thin lead WASHER installed between the Barrel and the Body of the rifle. Being that the Extractor Cut is fairly wide, it is possible to NOT tighten the barrel far enough OR to overtighten it and still have the rifle work. If the barrel is canted to the RIGHT (as you sight along it from the Breech end), then it just needs to be tightened a few degrees. If it is TOO FAR, then it should come off and a new Washer (just thin lead) installed and then the barrel tightened to where it SHOULD be.
Once it is IN there and solid, it won't move by itself.
This is a HUMAN problem, not a RIFLE problem...... and it is easy to fix.
Having the barrel canted, though, WILL make a difference to your shooting, so it is best to have it straight up-and-down.
Hope this helps.
Barrel VISE.
A VISE is an implement for holding something very solidly.
A BARREL VISE is specifically designed to hold onto a Gun Barrel.
A VICE is a terrible moral flaw, such as hanging around with sleazy little wimmin who want to do shocking things to your anatomy.... or buying too many Lugers.
What am I talking about?
You can NEVER have too many Lugers.
OR sleazy little wimminses who want to do shocking things to your anatomy, for that matter.......
A VISE is an implement for holding something very solidly.
A BARREL VISE is specifically designed to hold onto a Gun Barrel.
A VICE is a terrible moral flaw, such as hanging around with sleazy little wimmin who want to do shocking things to your anatomy.... or buying too many Lugers.
What am I talking about?
You can NEVER have too many Lugers.
OR sleazy little wimminses who want to do shocking things to your anatomy, for that matter.......
Pop over to milsurps dot com, take out a (free) membership and get into their Military Knowledge Library.
Likely it is the single BEST assemblage of information on military rifles anywhere.
Download "The Lee-Enfield Rifle" by Major E.G.B. Reynolds. This is a basic history of the type from invention to (almost) the end of manufacture and Milsurps in the ONLY place you can get a LEGAL copy of this book. It has been out of print for almost 50 years and copies are worth their weight in silver.
Then download "Rifle - 1942", the WW2 manual on both this rifle and on the earlier SMLE.
Then grab a copy of "Shoot to Live!" which is the best book ever written on shooting with iron-sighted army rifles. It uses your rifle as a teaching tool and is superbly illustrated. It is ALSO Canadian; many of the guys on here were taught from this book, in the late '40s through the early '70s.
Those will get you started.
Any problems, come back on here and ask or PM someone for help.
Enjoy!
Likely it is the single BEST assemblage of information on military rifles anywhere.
Download "The Lee-Enfield Rifle" by Major E.G.B. Reynolds. This is a basic history of the type from invention to (almost) the end of manufacture and Milsurps in the ONLY place you can get a LEGAL copy of this book. It has been out of print for almost 50 years and copies are worth their weight in silver.
Then download "Rifle - 1942", the WW2 manual on both this rifle and on the earlier SMLE.
Then grab a copy of "Shoot to Live!" which is the best book ever written on shooting with iron-sighted army rifles. It uses your rifle as a teaching tool and is superbly illustrated. It is ALSO Canadian; many of the guys on here were taught from this book, in the late '40s through the early '70s.
Those will get you started.
Any problems, come back on here and ask or PM someone for help.
Enjoy!
- Location
- On a resonably direct route in NS
Well for one thing, you can't read: that's a small-bore target you're peppering with .30 cal. holes. What do you think the Allen Company of Broomfield, CO, would say about your mis-use of their paper?
Kidding aside, looks close to ten inches at a hundred yards (or are the rings spaced closer?); that's not competition accurate, and not ideal for one bullet, one deer, either. Do you usually expect to shoot better than that with your other guns? Did it *feel* comfortable when you were shooting, and a good sight picture, or was it a struggle? The No.4 rifle is capable of better, so it probably needs some stock work.
How's the crown look?
- Location
- Beaverlodge, Alberta
That's not a bad start. Do you shoot aperture sights often? That's about where I was when I first started shooting a number 4 a couple years ago. If you read shoot to live and practice its drills you will improve a lot very quickly. If you are more experienced then as the others stated I would check your rifle over.
If it makes you feel better I shoot a little bigger group than that still shooting offhand. I really need to shoot in more positions than just prone. Ha ha.
If it makes you feel better I shoot a little bigger group than that still shooting offhand. I really need to shoot in more positions than just prone. Ha ha.
Thank you, I'll download that for sure!
lol I picked what was available at walmart. Each circles are 1 inch apart. It's my first time shooting this enfield and I was not expecting a tight grouping, because of my inexperience. I don't like open sights on rifle, I will eventualy buy a ladder sight for my enfield. As for the crown and the stocks, here are some pictures. I am affraid the barrel isn't straight.
I was actualy expecting worse than that lol. I think I would have shot better with an apperture sight because they feel more natural to me.
