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Just a follow up (late) about the rebuild of the two Enfield rifles, the new owner says it still shoots great and has been deer hunting with it since he bought it, no, he wouldn't sell it back to...

If I do get the Ranger rifle, I will be glad to have another Enfield with a good background.
One of the biggest moose I ever shot was with an all original No1MK111 that looked like it had been...

It's going to be a hunting rifle not intended for two legged varmints.

If the rifle is good, I don't care where it came from or what story is attached.
It will be a hunting rifle and will be used in the manner it was intended, self defense from big fuzzy things that...

The reason I ask is because I met a Canadian Ranger that has his No4Mk11 Enfield, he is willing to sell to me with all the accompanying paperwork and pics of him with the rifle.
He already has his...

Now that the Canadian Rangers 303 rifles have been replaced by the C19 in 308, does this affect the price of the original 303 Ranger rifles if you can purchase the older rifles?

Time to renew this post to show a good restoration is possible when the odds are against such things working out.:D
Happy restoring and have a good year.

Right thought, wrong spelling....................:madsmile:

I know the ten targets wouldn't be "discussing" my accuracy, by then I can let'er cool of and reload for the next ten lucky buggers who wish to have a word about the 303 round.:D

I have a new to me 1946 No5Mk1 that I took for a new years stroll, I did some shooting at a local gravel pit.
I shot at 200 yds , the targets were rocks about the size of a soccer ball, 10 shots, 10...

I would love to shoot the rifle more, but the fella I sold it to said he was going to keep it forever and ever.

It looks like it can be restocked to "look" original, too bad bubba got to it.

My only point was that the Krag brass seems to last longer due to the measurement at the base, it is a bit bigger making the brass last longer for me anyways.
I have some 303 case drawings in front...

Over the past two days I have been testing the No4 again, I applied the bedding as per Mr. Laidlers instructions.
I tested the rifle with the same rest, same ammo , same distance, same target on...

I just measured the new unfired Winchester 30/40 Krag brass I have.
it is 11.43 mm at the base.

303 British
Federal 11.38 mm.
Imperial 11.43 mm.
Winchester 11.40 mm.
Remington 11.41...

Lubing cases?? I was always under the assumption that lubed cases are not good for any rifle.

I had a few new Krag brass laying on the bench and decided to make some 303 Brit from it, one pass through the Brit neck die and a trim and it was done.
I seated a 174 grain RN bullet over 37 grains...

I had a good read of Mr. Laidlers articles on fore end fitting, it makes a lot of sense and I will be trying his methods.:thup: 3 to 7lbs sounds more realistic than the 45 lb that was there due to...

I have no doubt that there is a correct amount of upward pressure and I will revisit it and do some shimming to find the correct pressure for my rifle.
I shot it before doing anything to it at...

I would definitely take that out to get some venison in the freezer, nicely done sporter.

Hi Brian, I got an answer to an email that I sent to Ian Skennerton, I asked him about the bedding of the No4 barrel.
He replied that the muzzle bedding was eliminated during the war years as it...

My No4 was FTR'd back in WW2, the ROF rifle was stocked with Savage wood and muzzle bearing appeared to be more wood swell as it was very uneven and was tighter on right side of the muzzle than the...

I read it as "designed with a heavier free floating barrel", this was done to overcome the problems with the No1Mk111 bedding issues.
The No1mk111 rifle is more complicated than the No4 as it has...

Brian, I will look through the writeups and web stuff I have and let you know what I find, I hope it didn't deleted when my computer crashed last year.
I remember the 20 thou free float in the...

This No1Mk111 took a bit to get it to shoot after the restoration, I had to take it apart a few times to get the bedding right.
The best result ended up being when I put a wrap of greased cardboard ...