Lee-Enfield No.1 MkIII Jungle Carbine. HOLE in barrel! Is it safe to shoot? (Help)

[Peter Laidler]

I know that I'll be the odd man out here. I accept that I've never seen a No1 barrel burst or crack etc etc across the the cross pin but.......... It IS a weak point in that it is weaker that the remainder of the barrel. The rearsight bed reinforces that weakened point. and if it were me, I would leave the ring of steel that formed part of the old backsight bed in place. That's just the engineering physics in me telling me something. The strength of a tube is in its cylindrical form