Strength Of Lee Enfield Action

[Ridolpho]

Having seen some amazing "rants" on this and other forums I can appreciate the moderators difficulties but as a new Lee Enfield collector who plans to shoot his rifles I find threads like this extremely valuable. You have to integrate all your sources of info and weight the info according to apparent veracity of source but at the end of the day I'm developing an impression that right back to the first SMLE's (and maybe MLM/MLE) there have been no significant design or metallurgy issues that one needs to consider when deciding if a particular rifle is safe to shoot. All the comments would indicate that it boils down to wear and tear on the individual rifle and use of "normal" ammo. This is, in fact, quite a compliment to the original designers and, later, the Empires ability to maintain consistancy and quality in widely separated factories. Thanks again to all the experts that take the time to respond with details to these threads.

Ridolpho

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[No4Mk1(T)]

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Having seen some amazing "rants" on this and other forums I can appreciate the moderators difficulties but as a new Lee Enfield collector who plans to shoot his rifles I find threads like this extremely valuable. You have to integrate all your sources of info and weight the info according to apparent veracity of source but at the end of the day I'm developing an impression that right back to the first SMLE's (and maybe MLM/MLE) there have been no significant design or metallurgy issues that one needs to consider when deciding if a particular rifle is safe to shoot. All the comments would indicate that it boils down to wear and tear on the individual rifle and use of "normal" ammo. This is, in fact, quite a compliment to the original designers and, later, the Empires ability to maintain consistancy and quality in widely separated factories. Thanks again to all the experts that take the time to respond with details to these threads.

Ridolpho

Well I can’t disagree with your point in this case and I think you’ve summed it up quite nicely. A lot of this information can be useful. It can also end up being contradicting and therefor confusing to new Enfield owners and forum members. In the end the bickering and un-supported cut & past posts in past threads are what got under my skin to the point where it seriously undermined my desire to be a mod here. Thankfully this isn’t the case anymore.
Maybe I should work on a sticky post entitled “Before you make an Enfield Action Strength post read these relevant threads” where I can post links to all these threads for newbies.