Beerhunter,

Glad we are on speaking terms.

I was making reference to folks who had used rather blunt instruments to make the adjustment, so that an otherwise pristine example of a No 4 MK I/2 had the paint flaking off on the side of the sight base and sight protector where someone had used brute force to move the sight, as well as a slight indent on the sight itself. My recollection was it was one of the sight bases that had a screw to secure the sight post in the sight base.

One of the other issues I have seen is a mint No 4 MK II that was for sale that had had POFicon fired out of it with only a light hoppes cleaning. The rust fouling was clearly visible and the seller said that if I bothered to “shoot out the fouling” it would be bright and shiny.
Oh Vey…………..

Because here in the US Lee-Enfields were very cheap for many years and the relatively easy purchase requirements, it is not uncommon to see a nice example badly treated. It makes the Enfield fans weep.

Not excusing the relatively poorly worded comments, just giving the possible context.

Regards

FRS