Why all the hate for Ishapore?

Wooden plug, altered magazine? Sounds like they needed to bring back the magazine cutoff for the 10th time �� haha.
I saw a sporter .410 Lee Enfield and it had the wooden plug. Looking back I wish I had picked it up, as I’ve never seen one again at a gun show
 
Of course, the "purveyor of fine weapons" rifle will be rare, mint, and have belonged to Ghandi. (sarc. off)
 
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cantom said:
That's odd. Salter's .410 has a magazine (or at least a shell). Most I've seen of the type had a wooden block installed in the mag well of the forend.
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^my understanding...but I know very little about them. When looking at a gun listed like that, safe to assume it won't shoot modern .410 shells?
 
So folks, in the spirit of this subject, which Lee Enfield factory issue rifle has the best accuracy iron sights reputation?
Exclude the P-14 rifle of course, also exclude and 303 rifle built by Holland & Holland. Also exclude anything modified to a single piece of rifle stock.

Curious....
 
Brutus said:
So folks, in the spirit of this subject, which Lee Enfield factory issue rifle has the best accuracy iron sights reputation?
Exclude the P-14 rifle of course, also exclude and 303 rifle built by Holland & Holland.

Curious....
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Long Branch Lee Enfield obviously! No Canadian pride or bias here!
 
Brutus said:
So folks, in the spirit of this subject, which Lee Enfield factory issue rifle has the best accuracy iron sights reputation?
Exclude the P-14 rifle of course, also exclude and 303 rifle built by Holland & Holland. Also exclude anything modified to a single piece of rifle stock.

Curious....
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Realistically, probably a Faz No.4Mk2.
 
I’ve always been told that the Ishapore .410 has two different chambers and one could shoot modern 410 and the other could not and was for an older brass shell load. On the topic of Ishapore rifles I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on this and if it’s the case how to tell them apart?
Thanks
 
My 1945 Ishapore is a fine rifle. I don't subscribe to the snobbery either.

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EL34/6L6: Beautiful old rifle! I own some Ishapores, including a nice one that was restored (not by me), two .410's, and a couple others. The restored one started off as an Enfield, was redone to a .410, the redone back to .303, all duly marked. The old girl shoots pretty good, too.

**Edit: I guess the restored one is actually an Enfield original build, put to .410 by Ishapore, and likely (?) put back to .303 by Ishapore.

And guess what...They all have that ISHAPORE SCREW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :runaway:
 
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My Ishapore 410 barrel is marked as a 303 with a 1918 date. Obviously, it was rebored: cheapest way to do the job.

BTW, an Ishapore to be on the lookout for is one of the very few dated 1936 which had the Royal signet for Edward VIII. They are NOT common.
 
Is anybody shooting their .410 Ishapore SMLE? Are they chambered in 3 inch and I'm assuming the barrels are smoothbore?
I do quite like .410s and Enfields..
Lastly, WHY did they bother to rechamber? Are there a lot of grouse in India that the army needed to take care of?
 
BOHROK said:
I believe they were converted to be police/ riot shotguns
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Could be wrong, if so, correct me, , but I think they go back to the colonial phobia with weapons getting into the wrong hands and they use a special cartridge only available in limited supplies.

Grizz
 
Edburns117 said:
I’ve always been told that the Ishapore .410 has two different chambers and one could shoot modern 410 and the other could not and was for an older brass shell load. On the topic of Ishapore rifles I was wondering if anyone could shed some light on this and if it’s the case how to tell them apart?
Thanks
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They used a 2.5" brass 410 shell from factory. Its a un necked 303 case. ( firing a 303 in a 410 shotgun will form these shells) or magtech makes a 2.5" brass shell.

The ones that can shoot the three inch shells were rechambered once they hit north america
 
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