I just bought my first first milsurp Enfield from J and G in Prescott, Arizona. I've been surfing as many sites as I have the time for just looking for general information about these rifles.

I did happen to stumble onto a Britishicon forum post that had a similar story. Don't know if it was the same fellow. May have been, since I recall a statement to the effect that he'd posted his search for some drawings on different forums.

Distressing to know that such things as this are possible. Distressing but, not really surprising.

My brother-in-law's neighbor in California suffered such a catastrophe with his newly purchased rifle with store bought ammo. Don't know the particulars. Only that it happens from time to time.

The extent of my knowledge about Enfield Riflesicon includes only the caliber; (303) I don't presume to know any more than that. I've come to the conclusion after reading this guys story that it will be a good idea to let a qualified gunsmith to check my Enfield before I attempt to shoot it.

I must say that after reading the story, -if it was the same story- what I read there and what I'm reading here seem to be somewhat contradictory on some points.

When I was a kid, we used to play a game where we'd have one of us kids whisper something specific into the ear of another chosen kid. Then we'd have that child whisper what he'd heard into the ear of the next kid; and we'd repeat that whispering till we ran out of kids.

Without exception, after about the fourth or fifth kid, the thing that had originally been whispered into the ear of the first kid was completely skewed.I suspect that the same thing has happened to some extent here.

As I recall from reading what I think you're referring to; although your assessments may be spot on, there seem to be some discrepancies in the interpretation.

At any rate, I'll be looking for a competent gunsmith in the next few days. I'll have a better idea now on what to ask this gunsmith to look for.

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