My restored Long Branch

[daveboy]

Here are a few detailed photos of my "new" Long Branch.
I know very little about Enfields, as I mostly collect American milsurps.
However, I ran into a great deal on this rifle. A previous owner had carved his initials into both sides of the buttstock, and carved a design into the lower part of the stock.
He had also cut away part of the lower handguard. So, a new handguard, and some careful, but judicious sanding, along with stripping, staining, and BLO, the wood was once again good.
Some fine oil, and bronze wool removed the surface rust and leaves me with a pretty nice looking No. 4. I fired a few rounds today and I have a horizontal stringing issue.
Vertically, at nearly a hundred yards, all my rounds were within an inch or so.
Horizontally, they were separated by about 18 inches.
Now, that may just be trigger control because the Enfield trigger is nothing like what I am used to. But, assuming it is not me, is there any common reason for horizontal stringing in these rifles? I really like this rifle, just gotta get a little better shooting it.Attachment 109107Attachment 109108Attachment 109109Attachment 109110Attachment 109111Attachment 109112Attachment 109113Attachment 109114Attachment 109115Attachment 109116

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