Friend, you have a very nice rifle there.

I have one here that actually IS an Aussie rebuild of sorts, but it is wartime and the forestock cracked in this lousy dry climate of ours. I had to repair The Damned Crack and touch up the bdding in a couple of spots. My barrel appears to be just about as decent as yours and it REALLY shoots.

I have published my test load for these rifles several times in this forum: 38 grains of 4895 with a Sierra 180 Pro-Hunter flatbase, seated to the OAL of a Ball round. Very accurate and NOT hot: just 2250 ft/sec MV.

If you check in the Stickies above, you will find links into the Military Knowledge Libraryicon, which is practically inexhaustable when it comes to information. It includes several MANUALS for you rifle, including Armourers' notes on what to look for when it stops shooting perfectly. There also is a really decent book, "Shot to Live: The Johnson Method of Musketry Coaching" which is built around the Number 4 but is equally applicable to your rifle. It will REALLY help you to get the best performance from your rifle. We used this book as our basic marksmanship manual in the Canadianicon military for many years after the Lee-Enfield was retired, simply because the book is so darned good.

BTW, I notice that yours is a very low-numbered post. Welcome aboard!

And be sure to have fun with that lovely rifle. We only see them that nice on very rare occasions.
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