Spotted an L39A1 this weekend

[spinecracker]

So true - I love going to the range with my old-fashioned rifles, being given depreciating smiles and comments by the guys with their tricked out AR15s, Remington 700s, etc, then hitting targets at the same distances as they are. More than once I have seen guys leaving the gun range in a huff because they can't hit poop with their brand spanking new "tactical" and/or sporting fireams. I think I will stick with Enfields and an occasional Mosin Nagant.

I do like the idea of the challenge shooting with an Enfield. Modern rifles do not hold any interest for me. If the rifle comes out of the box already able to shoot sub-MOA, then where is the challenge?

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[Mk VII]

depreciating smiles and comments

sounds just plain rude. Do you have many people like this in your country?

[spinecracker]

sounds just plain rude. Do you have many people like this in your country?

A couple. I did go into 1 local gun shop earlier this year to see if they had any Lee Enfields, and the owner asked me why I wanted to buy "that old sh^#" for, then tried to sell me a mummy-wrapped No.4 Mk.2 for $1100. I have not gone back.

I do get some compliments from time to time at the gun range, and several of the people I talk to had Lee Enfields as their first gun - but that was when you could buy them for $10 out of a barrel at Woolworths...times have changed. One local gentleman apparently has a No.4 T, but I have yet to see it.