Quote Originally Posted by Norton1 View Post
Yes - that is what is being talked about is that a longer place of contact makes up for a worn out barrel. And at risk of beating a dead horse - once a barrel is worn to the point of not fully engaging the bullet it does not matter what size or type of bullet you use. The rifling will not engage any better with a long bullet once it has hit that point.

The ONLY remedy is to replace the barrel.

I think the only reason I am pointing this out is that folks can spend a lot of money on what they believe is a fix when it isn't even a band-aid. I've spent enough money on what I thought were fixes only to have to return to the original premise and replace the item in question.

And if one puts too large an oversize bullet in a worn out rifle it is possible to be too large to really go down the barrel and excessive pressure could build to the point of destroying the rifle and possibly parts of your body. The grooves only have so much depth and once the rifling wears to the point of not engaging the bullet you're chancing stuffing a bullet into too tight a space. I have seen destroyed rifles where we were not certain what really caused the problem. Just a theory but I'd rather be safe when it comes to shooting.
it is possable to reline it all the way through the chamber (theres some 1/2" liner witch just makes it) this will stop the liner from shooting out the gun . best way to get accuracy with a worn lee enfield is a throat sized cast bullet most are going to be around .314-.316 its best to slug and see unlike jacketed bullets cast will swage down so a over size cast will not be overpressure one because cast bullet loads are lower pressure to start with and they dont wear the barrel down at all if any they are also not as harsh on the gun like jacketed loads not to mention if you can get it wheel weight alloy is good enough and can be had free or next to nothing i dont pay a thing for my bullets. i do have to pay for my gas checks though and theres no .311 gas checks you got to use .308 witch i think would not protect the bullet i use .32(.323) on my bullest there pushed through my .316 sizer this sizes the gas check and locks it on