As a side note to the photos posted above showing vertical stringing, this was my first Enfield and a Century import which came from Turkey. The wood was very dry and inspections over several years showed that many Century Enfield stocks were extremely dry. These Turkishicon Enfields never had a Britishicon armourer touch them and the maintenance was not up to British military standards.

Also on a wooden stocked rifle it can be bedded to perfection and your hand loads have it grouping tightly to perfection. You can then go out to the range six months later when the temperature and humidity have changed and the rifle groups and be much larger or left or right of center.

You also can not rule out the old surplus ammunition that is being used which can have much larger than normal fluctuations in chamber pressure and velocity which can greatly effect group size.

From my experience the majority of accuracy problems on the Enfield rifle are bedding related caused by lack of TLC from a trained armourer. The manuals state that issued Enfield Riflesicon were inspected four times per year, three mini visual inspections and one complete tear down inspection.

You are now your Enfields best friend and Armourer and here is something else to check. The receiver sides should not be touching or exerting side pushing forces. One manual I have states the sides of the receiver should have .010 clearance between the receiver and stock.



Also constant steady up pressure can change and vary with humidity, please look at the shims added in the photo and drawing below.

The shims added below help keep a constant up pressure at the fore end tip, they were added to the National Canadianicon rifles used in competition and also on the pictured Australianicon range rifle.



These shims prevent the rear of the fore stock from moving upward and the corresponding loss or decrease in up pressure at the fore end tip.

Know thy rifle...........................and read the manuals. (RTFM)
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