Rifle No.7 .22 LR

[Peter Laidler]

On the UK No7 rifle subject, does anyone out there possess one of the alternative magazines that were issued for them? I never hear them mentioned when the No7 rifle and magazines are spoken of. It was a usual outer magazine but internally it had a small platform that was spring loaded at the front and fairly articulate at the rear. The rear incorporated a small knib that acted as the ejector. It was purpose made for single shot loading. |The reason being that while the Army No8 and Navy N9's were single loading in any case, the RAF No7 was magazine feed only and this was not permitted in some competitions, You weren't permitted to single shot feed the No7 because in doing so, it could distort the auxilliary extractor support which could cause it to slam fire when you closed the breech. They were issued one per gun and there were still some in the RAF Cadet armouries for many years plus a couple in my sons old school Cadet Armoury cupboard

Anyway, there's the question and the reason. Yet another bit of useless Enfield info And before you ask, yes, of course we've got one!

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[jona]

Was told that it was the standard BSA .22 magazine with the catch reversed. Friend of mine in Canada said he successfully converted several BSA magazines by doing the "reversal." From what I have seen, you would have remove the catch, reverse it, then drill a new hole for the retaining pin/rivet.

[Alan de Enfield]

Was told that it was the standard BSA .22 magazine with the catch reversed. Friend of mine in Canada said he successfully converted several BSA magazines by doing the "reversal." From what I have seen, you would have remove the catch, reverse it, then drill a new hole for the retaining pin/rivet.

If you look at my post above (number 23) you can see the differences - mag on the right is a No7 Mk1 whilst the one on the left is a 'standard' BSA mag.
Reverse the locking catch, drill the pivot hole and 'trim' the tinwork a little - and away you go.

[Buccaneer]

On the UK No7 rifle subject, does anyone out there possess one of the alternative magazines that were issued for them? I never hear them mentioned when the No7 rifle and magazines are spoken of. It was a usual outer magazine but internally it had a small platform that was spring loaded at the front and fairly articulate at the rear. The rear incorporated a small knib that acted as the ejector. It was purpose made for single shot loading. |The reason being that while the Army No8 and Navy N9's were single loading in any case, the RAF No7 was magazine feed only and this was not permitted in some competitions, You weren't permitted to single shot feed the No7 because in doing so, it could distort the auxilliary extractor support which could cause it to slam fire when you closed the breech. They were issued one per gun and there were still some in the RAF Cadet armouries for many years plus a couple in my sons old school Cadet Armoury cupboard

Peter I have just been reading the NRA Historic Resource Centre article on the No7, It states that these single shot magazines were electro pencil etched on the base with an RAF part number 7B/1061/M, it also says they are not to sure when they were used, perhaps you could enlighten them... http://www.rifleman.org.uk/Enfield_Rifle_No.7.html