Noob needs help

[Chunky Monkey]

Picked up an old cruddy cosmolene caked No1 Mk4 today. Starting to disassemble and clean so I can see what I got.

Looks like I need a striker removal tool. Where can I get one?

Are there also any other special tools I will need?

Thanks
Kevin

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[Badger]

Hi ..

Perhaps download a complete set of manuals for the Lee Enfield, which includes operating and armourer's maintenance instructions.

The manuals may be found in the Technical Articles for Milsurp Collectors and Re-loaders (click here)


2002 No.4 (All Marks) .303 Rifle Manuals (click here)

Complete Set includes:

- 2002 No.4 (All Marks) .303 Rifle Data Summary
- 2002 No.4 (All Marks) .303 Rifle Parts Identification List
- 2002 No.4 (All Marks) .303 Rifle Operating Instructions
- 2002 No.4 (All Marks) .303 Rifle Equipment Description
- 2002 No.4 (All Marks) .303 Rifle Maintenance Instructions


1991 No.4 (All Marks) .303 Rifle Manuals (click here)

Complete Set includes:

- 1991 No.4 (All Marks) .303 Rifle Operating Instructions
- 1991 No.4 (All Marks) .303 Rifle Maintenance Instructions

Note: The difference between the 1991 set of No.4 Manuals and 2002 No.4 (All Marks) .303 Rifle Manuals, is that the 1991 manual contains armourer's information on how to properly "bed" the No.4 rifle, whereas the newer 2002 manual does not.

Hope this helps...

Regards,
Badger

[Amatikulu]

I'm not sure if you have a No.4 Mark 1 or a No.1 Mark 3 from your description.

Either way they use the same striker removal tool. Try bdlltd.com

[RobD]

Here's my method: How to make and use a Lee Enfield striker removing tool.

Before you start: Unscrew the locking screw on the cocking piece. This is there to stop the striker unscrewing, and needs to come out 1st of all.
Unscrew the bolt head. Look in at the striker, you will see by the light of a torch that the striker has two flats. Those you need to grip with a tubular spanner, which you can make for free:
A. Get an old golf club with a tapered metal shaft. This is the toughest, springiest metal tube money can buy
B. Slice off a length of the diameter which will just fit inside the L E bolt. Use a Dremel, the hacksaw will have difficulty with this steel
C. Grind two points which will go down alongside the two flats of the striker. Aim for about a 30 degree angle on the point. Grind the points blunt. Don't have to be too precise.
D. Put on a knob or handle. You will struggle to get the drill bit through the steel, if you get fed up then either epoxy on a knob or use a vice grip to turn it.
E. If the striker doesn't unscrew, screw it inwards a bit, in case the threads have been peened at the back. Then unscrew.

[Pattern14]

One would think that with all the removal tools sold over the last several+ years some one would come up with a tool that did not shear off the pins when trying to remove a firing pin.

I only had to remove the firing pin from one No 4 bolt since 30 years of collecting Enfields and that one sheared the pins off the tool. Usually you only need to soak in a solvent to remove the crud.

Regards, George

[Chunky Monkey]

Hi ..

Perhaps download a complete set of manuals for the Lee Enfield, which includes operating and armourer's maintenance instructions.

The manuals may be found in the Technical Articles for Milsurp Collectors and Re-loaders (click here)


2002 No.4 (All Marks) .303 Rifle Manuals (click here)

Complete Set includes:

- 2002 No.4 (All Marks) .303 Rifle Data Summary
- 2002 No.4 (All Marks) .303 Rifle Parts Identification List
- 2002 No.4 (All Marks) .303 Rifle Operating Instructions
- 2002 No.4 (All Marks) .303 Rifle Equipment Description
- 2002 No.4 (All Marks) .303 Rifle Maintenance Instructions


1991 No.4 (All Marks) .303 Rifle Manuals (click here)

Complete Set includes:

- 1991 No.4 (All Marks) .303 Rifle Operating Instructions
- 1991 No.4 (All Marks) .303 Rifle Maintenance Instructions

Note: The difference between the 1991 set of No.4 Manuals and 2002 No.4 (All Marks) .303 Rifle Manuals, is that the 1991 manual contains armourer's information on how to properly "bed" the No.4 rifle, whereas the newer 2002 manual does not.

Hope this helps...

Regards,
Badger

Thanks, thats what I'm using to disassemble the gun.

I need to get the forend stock and stock off so I can clean them up. I will work on getting the stock off but from what I am reading it appear that the forend stock does not come off. Is this correct?

[RobD]

Yes, the fore-end stock comes off - the upper wood is in 2 pieces, the lower is in one.
Have a look at the exploded diagram at Elwood Epps Sporting Goods Military Rifles page

Rob

[Chunky Monkey]

thanks for the help guys!!! very much appreciated!

[Chunky Monkey]

Well I got it all apart except the bolt. Most of it has been cleaned in mineral spirits and oiled and put into bags (so I don't lose them).



Hope to work on the wood tomorrow. Can these pins be driven out of the fore-end stock or would risk breaking it?



Without everyones help I would not have made it this far. The British guns are new to me. Man, they sure are different from the US gun I have cleaned.

[Steve H. in N.Y.]

Those pins should come out pretty easily. Note that each one has a very small flat ground at either end. When reassembled the flats should face each other so that the band can hold them in place.