Combining a DP Enfield, a Shooter and a Gunsmith ended up with catastrophic failure!

[Badger]

Hi folks ..

Let's not beat a dead horse to death ...

Bottom line, please be careful out there and I really would hate to read about any more of these kinds of incidents, particularly in regards to the Enfield Rifle, which I think is one of the best and safest designs of old milsurps available to collectors.

I was astonished to read about this incident, but I do have to give the Old Joe a LOT of credit for having the courage to speak and post pics of his accident. He could have just moved on and not mentioned this accident to anyone.

I conversed with him via email and he's obviously embarrassed, but he really wanted to get the message out to other collectors, even at his own expense, just so the extreme importance of safety training and gaining knowledge before we go shooting any of our collectible pieces remained high, particularly for new collectors.

In my opinion, I do think a qualified gunsmith should have at least pointed out that this particular rifle was NOT to be fired.

However, regardless of fault, I appreciate him posting about this incident and again, I just thank God it wasn't worse.

Regards,
Doug