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To add to this, I discovered by accident that if you zero the rifle with the original service method, PPU 174gr factory ammo shoots close enough (on military Figure series targets, anyway) to the Mk...

I had my gunsmith import a Criterion barrel from the US for my No.4. I can't comment about fitting it but my smith seemed more than happy mating it up to my tired old mid-war Maltby receiver. The...

Does anyone out there happen to have an elevation table in minutes of angle for PPU/Prvi Partizan 303 ammunition?

I'm thinking of something similar to the table here (PDF)...

It is indeed a 303. I vaguely remember the Lothar Walther barrels a few years ago but I can't remember who was selling them.

Convert to 7.62/.303? Do you mean one or the other? Or is there an...

My dear old bitsa No.4's barrel is now unquestionably shot out, to the point where even a cheapo Chinese USB borescope picks up the agricultural state of the throat. It just about groups inside a Fig...

I shoot my No.4 in increasingly formal competitions. I've just shot the NRA Falling Plates and the Methuen Cup - top tip, did you know that a UK Figure 12 target is near-as-dammit the same width as...

Don't forget H up the top! We used it a few times in the ATC for the Green Howards Country Life match, to save the poster printed targets. From memory it moves the point of impact 27" higher than the...

Where does the forum stand on the topic of rifles where the bolt, foreend, magazine, etc have all had the same number applied by a gunsmith assembling them from parts bins? Or even refinishing them...

I do things slightly differently. With factory PPU 174gr I zero so point of aim and point of impact are the same at 200yds. It then so happens that 2 clicks down gives me a bottom edge point of aim...

A friend recently gave me a No.8 rearsight that I'm refurbishing. It had 3 clicks of backlash and the range markings were almost unreadable through 65 years of accumulated use.

I noticed after...

Nothing special about the rifle, just a run-of-the-mill Parker-Hale 1200TX in factory standard condition with original barrel, although the Palma Match stamp is a unique touch. Nice medals though.
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It's worth remembering that the L59 was an Army creature. Certainly in my neck of the Air Cadet woods about 10 years ago all the DP No.4s had been DP'd by drilling vertically through the chamber,...

From the screw holes and their associated flat, it looks like it would fit a Parker-Hale 1200TX receiver.

For normal post-firing cleaning I use 009 on a soft bristle brush, with a Parker Hale rod and jag. Patch out afterwards until they come out acceptably clean from the No.4 (bore's long past shot out!)...

As the title says, when was the last L42A1 rifle withdrawn from unit service in the MoD?

Years ago I remember seeing an advert in Gun Mart (I think it was) for the "last serving Lee Enfield rifle"...

I don't know. Quite a few of the stamps with crowns on the receiver look like military proof marks, and the receiver alone has been renumbered at least once.

I was looking through the illustrated parts list again (the 711) and noticed that as well as the 8 lengths of bolt head, it also seems to list 8 different complete breech bolt assemblies - drawings...

The Freedom of Information Act is a wonderful thing!

They're mainly a UK phenomenon because of our weird old laws. I'm thinking a lot have been rebarrelled back into .303" because the few that do come up for sale now carry quite a premium price.

From AESP 1005-L-203-522, which is the repair instruction manual:



On firing pins, it says:



Later on it states the protrusion is to be between 0.038" max and 0.034" min, with a radius of...

I was about to say, you've got the complete manuals already! :p

There is a J H Steward optician's shop on Bisley Camp at the moment. I don't know whether it's the same London firm with an outpost or someone who snapped up the rights to the name, though.

I...

There is a minor snag with the AESPs. The MoD accidentally put the cover and first page of one manual onto the body of another when they were photocopying them to send to me.

I have the correct...

Cheers, will do. I've downloaded my fair share of manuals from there and figured I should put something back into this great resource.

I recently acquired a full set of current (May 2014) AESPs for the .22" No.8 rifle. They're very lightly redacted and in PDF format. What's the best way to share them with you guys? :)