Interesting find of Enfield armourer's tools.

I posted this on CGN and member Gibbs505 suggested I try Milsurps.com.

A retired smith who had sold me a bunch of Enfield parts last winter called me back and offered me his Enfield gages and tools. I purchased them so here's a pic.

From left to right.

Top row: Oiler, crowning tool, firing pin protrusion gage.

Middle row: Go/No-go chamber gages, bore gauges, bore condemnation and throat erosion gages.

Bottom row: Body & barrel assembly gages, home made barrel wrench and barrel vise sleeves.

Note: Some of the tools are marked with the C broad arrow, others have a company names (C.Oxweld ?, Canadian Arsenals) and some have part numbers stamped or electro-penciled on them.
As for the crowning tool, does anyone here know how the armourer aligned it with the bore ? There is no "pilot" system on this tool, was there another part that fit over the barrel and aligned the bore ? Can anyone here tell me how the crown repair cutter was operated ?

And how do you use the two bore gages (.308 & .310 in the middle of the picture) ?

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Extremely nice gage set! Each military rifle has a corresponding set of special gages, I have sets for the 20th century U.S. arms and have found the correct usage for the tools described in the armorers manuals for each rifle. I think you'll need to hunt one down, unfortunately I don't have that one or I'd send you copy's...Steve