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At a gun show this past weekend I scored a rather nice "military" pattern E.A.L. Lee Enfield. The rifle is in quite good shape. The serial # is in the mid 5000 range.

I have a couple questions:
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A friend of mine has two 7.62 converted rifles, one is a "proper" DCRA conversion and one was done at a later date by a gunsmith, presumably with a leftover barrel. His CAL converted rifle has the...

Last fall I purchased a rather nice 1945 Longbranch DCRA 7.62 conversion.

https://www.milsurps.com/images/imported/2009/02/20090206010yc7th-1.jpg...

IMR 4064 is not going to be ideal for light loads.

What sort of bullet weight and velocity are you looking to obtain?

I had my "1903 Springfield" rifle out to the range the the other day. This rifle is a Rock Island Arsenal with a WWII High Standard barrel on it.

I was shooting bullets cast from wheel weight...

I keep the dehumidifier set to about 55% in my storage area and I've had no issues with rust or shrinking/cracked wood.

I've not seen any surplus 30/06 at a New Brunswick or Nova Scotia gun show for at least ten years. If I want cheap jacketed 30/06 I end up buying odd boxes of hunting ammo at gun shows, or ammo on...

I've done a fair bit of shooting using the 13 grains of Red Dot load, but almost always with cast bullets. It works well, and is clean and cheap. Red dot is bulky enough that a double charge is going...

Nice shooting - what were you using for ammo?

Sorry for the delay in responding - I've not checked in here in awhile!

To answer your questions -yes, I used gas checks - standard .30 cal Hornady crimp on gas checks. Bullets were lubed using an...

SA marked M-91 Mosin Nagant with VKT barrel, 5 rounds at 50 yards. Lee C312-155-2R, 160 grain sized .313 with Hornady gas check, 16 Grains of Hercules/Alliant 2400, Winchester primer, Norma brass,...

I picked up a used Lyman 311284 bullet mold at the last gun show I attended. I cast a few just to see what sort of diameter this mold example dropped. Whith wheel weight alloy this mold drops a 223...

I think the rising price of Mil-Surplus firearms is pretty easy to explain - low supply vs demand, and better communications, i.e. the internet.

When I started accumulating military rifles...

A year or two ago I bought an Ishapore 2A1 Lee Enfield from a friend, and today I finally got around to taking it down for a good cleaning and once over. I must say that this was one of the more...

I believe that there is a Huot in the Halifax Citadel Army Museum. Hopefully it is still there, it was about five years ago that I saw it on display in one of the cases. I was amazed to see one "in...

I found a photo of this scope mount on a C1A1 with "Sniper Scope C1, Leitz Canada" mounted to it.

See "Small Arms of the World", 12th edition, page 341.

Thanks for all the information.

While I do have an FN, it is an Indian 1A1 (not in the same class as an FN-C1 or L1A1, IMO) and putting this mount on that rifle seems like a bit of a waste. Not...

Gentlemen,

I just returned from a gun show in Granton, Nova Scotia. Had a decent day over there and enjoyed the show. Picked up some vintage mil-surp .303 ammo, some reloading supplies, a cheap...

East block ammo for this caliber is generally loaded with bullets measuring .310". As you have found .308 bullets do work, but in the vast majority of Mosin rifles a .311 jacketed bullet is more...

Somewhere in the distant past I recall hearing some target rifle guys talking about DCRA supplied ammo that was suitable only for use only in bolt actions. This ammo seemed to be highly regarded by...

If customs inspects this on importation they will confiscate it as it is clearly a replica of a real firearm and therefore a prohibited item. I know it's sucky and stupid, but it's the law...

Greetings,

Do any of you gentlemen have any information about the telescopic sight shown in this photo?

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Note that the original "No 32 Mk 3" has been struck out and the scope is marked...