What round to shoot through my LE no.4 mk1

You load the Enfield with "chargers" not stripper clips.
Now while removing the magazine may be easy, just think about doing that when someone is shooting at you! Charger loading, cartridge rims should be stacked _-_-_
By some mysterious occult force, this will line them all up properly when inserted in the rifle.
 
John Sukey said:
You load the Enfield with "chargers" not stripper clips.
Now while removing the magazine may be easy, just think about doing that when someone is shooting at you! Charger loading, cartridge rims should be stacked _-_-_
By some mysterious occult force, this will line them all up properly when inserted in the rifle.
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Ha.. HA! I do stand/sit corrected:redface: "chargers" quite correct:)
 
My experience, in regards to the original question is the Remington is the most accurate of the factory loads,(but only marginally so), the Fereral is good too but the dirtiest of the three, and the Winchester is the best brass (which is the only reason I buy factory loads anyway). Now on the issue of magazines, the mag was only meant to be removed for cleaning and reloaded with chargers from the top. That said everything about the Enfield is robust, you're not going to wear out the mag by properly removing it between sets, I just wouldn't be doing tactical reloads. And there isn't much to be said about the safety it's simple, it's made to be operated with the right thumb and it works well back=safe, forward=fire.
 
Just buy 5 boxes the same, not federal, because you're going to reload eventually. 100 rounds of winchester should tide you over till you get a press and dies :)
 
I'll buy a bunch if I can make it to the range, kind of makes me nervous firing where I live in the county, I'm not counted in the towns 'No shooting' bylaw because we;re a few streets over from the cut off line.
I live on 40 acres, so a .22 isn't bad, but man, with the kick from that .303 I can only imagine how far a stray could run..
 
Actually, only about twice as far as a .22 will run, and that only if you have the rifle eleated. You will get maximum range between 29 and 45 degrees elevation.

Remember, Mister Gravity doesn't take coffee breaks. If you're standing up with the rifle perfectly horizontal, the muzzle is about 5 feet from the ground. Mister Gravity pulls the bullet downwards at 32 feet per second per second: 16 feet in the first second, but this accelerates from zero to full-fall so it's a trig function and I flunked math. Your bullet will drop that 5 feet to the ground in about 450 yards.

Dangerous, yes, but not as dangerous as commonly believed.

When we were building a private range out by Oak Lake Beach, the RM got involved (in support!) and cooled off a little old lady who was worried about our bullets whizzing through her dishes. She was 9 miles away!!!!! We would have needed something like an SfH36 15cm to bother her canaries.

Hope this helps.
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smellie is correct

Not as far as you might think. bullet drop is a function of time and the gravitational constant of 9.8 meters per second per second figure that a 303 round transits 100 m in about .1 second (this is a rough figure). If the bullet could maintain its muzzle velocity ( it can't unless you are in a vaccum) it could travel less than 500 m provided the barrel was dead parralel to flat gound. But barrels are hardly ever level. In fact to be effective it must be angled muzzle up by some amount governed by range and MV. That is why a rifle sighted in at two hundred meters will hit above POA at 100. There are a lot more things that effect drop to greater and lesser degrees temperature, humidity, wind and angle of shot.
 
I'm figuring the 174gr FMJBT @ 2520 from my No4 is good for about 3700 meters at 30 degree angle of departure.. Thats 3.7Km,.... so know your back stop and make sure it's pointed downrange when discharged.
I believe the MkVII Ball round was rated max range at 3000yds from SMLE. I have never actually fired to this range and could be mistaken , however I feel it will exceed the Mk VII by many yards.
Anyone who has fired and spotted fall of shot to maximun range, please feel free to jump in here.:)
 
absolutely

The figures that I and smellie gave are not maximum range figures more like typical shooting scenario figures . In fact smellie specificaly states that at somewhere between 30 and 45 max range will be achieved. That be being said, grab a magnetic angle finder and attach it to your barrel then elevate till the finder reads 30 degrees you won't believe how silly it looks.
 
I am in a tent far from my bookshelf at work. Would someone in the CF kindly pull out "TRAINING SAFETY" and see if a Mk VII or Mk VIII .303 Ball cartridge template diagram exists for the No. 4 Mk. I* still in Ranger service. Thanks.
 
"...has a detachable clip..." Magazine.
As mentioned you really need to try a box of as many brands as you can to find the ammo your rifle shoots best. The price of said ammo means nothing.
The No. 4 Rifle was issued with 174 grain ammo, but 180's will do.
Go here and rummage around. On Part 2, near the bottom, there's info about the sights and how to load a charger when you find some of 'em. Buckets of other useful info on the other pages too.
http://www.enfieldrifles.ca/main.htm
 
I have a SMLE Lithgow Sporter 1944 in .323. What round should I use for best performance? 170 200 220? I think making my own would be preferential unknown if unit is an 8mm-06 or a 7.92x57mm I'm not familiar with euro rounds. I saw something about Winchester making a short mag that is listed at 325 but is in actuality a 323?
 
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