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My bolt has the original s/n.

My comment re: wear meant that I was amazed how little visible wear it takes to render the safety inop, not how quick it wore.
The only marking on the bolt head is...

My gauges are marked 1.630 and 1.634. If the RFI spec is 1. 633 then I am really short!

The bolt will lock up (albeit snugly) on dummy cartridges made with a variety of brass (US, S. African, and...

I have a set of Forster .308 go/NOGO gauges.

If it was a problem with bolt setback, wouldn't the head space be too long? It's measuring a short chamber. With the GO gauge the bolt won't close...

Well the headspace problem is solved - I think. The extractor hook tip was bent back and it had about a gajillion pound spring in it (it was also full of dried grease) With the extractor removed it...

It gets uglier/more confusing. If I hold the safety lever back firmly, it works as it should. I continued the checkout and discovered that it doesn't headspace - the chamber is a bit short; a GO...

I have a .308 Ishapore that I've never shot, mostly because (I think) the safety acts funny. The only other SMLE I have is a .22 trainer, so I don't really have much of an understanding how these...

I shoot an original 1851 Cadet smoothbore in N-SSA competition. We are not allowed to use paper wads or cloth patches, just round balls and lube.

There are lots of methods towards decent accuracy...

Just joined. Have a very mixed collection of stuff; Civil war black powder muzzleloaders and carbines, 22 trainers, a pile of Swiss Vetterli's, Mausers in several flavors

I have acquired a Canadian (?) 22 cal trainer built on an old (7XXX s.n.) #3 BSA. It has a globe type front sight and a rear sight I can't identify. I don't know from SMLE's; the only other one I...