Cock on Opening Lee Enfield conversion kits

[303Guy]

Interesting. I thought about shortening the anvil but then the stiff MLE trigger would remain. I'd have thought shortening the seer would achieve the same result and lighten the trigger considerably without changing the bent to an unsafe angle. Of cours one cannot simply shorten the seer but I was wondering whether the kit had a shortened seer and a stiffer spring.

On an aside, I've always had a problem with the strait sided cocking piece - yours is a solution to that.

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[jmoore]

I thought about shortening the anvil but then the stiff MLE trigger would remain. I'd have thought shortening the seer would achieve the same result and lighten the trigger considerably without changing the bent to an unsafe angle.

Not sure what an "anvil" is, but you can adjust the pull weights somewhat by controlled angle changes. Any significant sear face alteration does run the risk of having the safety no longer function, but that's true of most bolt guns. Can't tell you how many Winchester Model 70s I've seen with non-functioning safeties! Unless the pull is particularly hideous, I'd just leave it be.

Just exactly which L-E type are you wanting to mod?

Not much meat left on this cocking piece:



And obviously the safety is useless:



It was only done because the cocking piece was already broken!