Enforcer and No4 T at a 1000 yards

I went for a shoot with a friend who is an experienced target rifle shooter at Bisley on Friday. We started at 900 yards and then moved back to 1000. I had my Enfield enforcer with the parker hale sights and my No4 T. I have not shot at either distance before but surprisingly even with my knackered MK1 eye balls I was quickly in the black and even managed to get a few V Bulls!:madsmile:
Now the Enforcer performed brilliantly with standard RG 7.62mm NATO rounds and obviously has great potential over the longer ranges, but my eye balls don’t, I have the original Pecar scope which runs out of elevation at a tad over 800 yards and my question is has anyone mounted either different scope rings with a bit of a head start say +20 MOA or a different scope entirely?
Any advice?:help:
The No4 T was just a pleasure to shoot with just a sling using Privi 174 grain FMJBT. It was previously zeroed and shot at 300 yards and once wound up to the 1000 yard setting on the MK3 No32 Scope, I was on the black immediately. Just goes to show what a fantastic rifle they are. Even in the hands of a pleb like me I would have definitely been scaring the enemy and with Peters Accuracy international AW in 7.62mm (even though he’s a lefty) on the firing point we had a good selection of precision rifles from the 1940 to present day.

Great to hear from you Andy & that you had so much fun with the two rifles. Let me know when you're back up for Kingsbury shoots & I'll try & get down.

ATB.

If you are very lucky, you may be able to track down a set of Parker Hale RAHS5 scope rings; these are 30mm, and allow fitment of some modern scopes that have much greater elevation range - but without altering your rifle.

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Originally Posted by Thunderbox

If you are very lucky, you may be able to track down a set of Parker Hale RAHS5 scope rings; these are 30mm, and allow fitment of some modern scopes that have much greater elevation range - but without altering your rifle.

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Thank you Thunderbox
Sounds like I will be adding the rings to my list of other hens teeth items. you never know these things have a habit of turning up in the most unlikely places I brought my scout regiment telescope in a charity shop!

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Hello Roger
Ive sent you a PM with the details of my next visit to Kingsbury,or can I tempt you down to Bisley?

I'm a rare sighting but I have been known to venture down to Bisley!

Must also note the range office were really helpful loaning us a mat and the marking was very good. Anyone got a left handed 4T for sale?

Yes the marking was good Peter, but more importantly I was impressed with your atempts ( succesful I might add) to chat up the lady in the range office to gain a mat loan, it was like having Terry Thomas stood next to me. I had my mat which was good as I ran out of chat up lines with wife Number four. :super:

Talk to Roger about a No4 T Im sure he could help you out.......

Andy

You could try the following on your Enforcer

Armalon - Armalon Mounts

or Fultons do something similar.

I have the Armalon base and it works well.

John

You can shim the ring at the back with a bit of brass to gain the necessary elevation - that's what I used to do with my Enforcer and Pecar and it was good to go at 1,000 yards

Well thanks for the input guys, I think I am going to get some 30mm rings and a new scope that can cope....... bugger me Im a poet!
As soon as fund's allow that is , then it will be another trip to Bisley and I will report there after...:super:

Using shims on the Armalon rail is somewhat hit or miss (usually miss) affair (the Armalon comes with a couple of brass shims, but my receiver needs a diffenent thickness on each side). And the stress inducing fit does not exactly instil long-term confidence. I´m still on the waiting list for a standard LE scope mount, and wonder whether I should have the receiver milled to accept the pads?

One thing to consider as it would be best not to fit pads until you have the bracket you intend to use "for best", as variation in the machining is possible on the 2nd/3rd World repros. It's generally agreed that machining the front pad "seat" is essential; the body sides are not a controlled surface, if that is the correct term. I should add perhaps that since the rear pad mating surfaces were reportedly machined after the pad was fitted to the body, it might be wise to carefully run the end mill over that area as well before fitting a reproduction pad on which those surfaces are already machined.