longbranch sniper build with modern scope. the purists are screaming..........

[mil-surp60]

I am astounded how you can hold and fire a rifle with a telescope that far rearwards. What about eye relief.....? Just where does your head/cheek fit in relation to the butt and even more so, the eye rim of the telescope. Having been well and truly bitten by a recoiling L42 - but only once..... - maybe one of your pals can take a picture ogf you shooting it! Just amazed that's all!!!!!!!

Well maybe if you READ my entire post and looked at the pics you would see it has a 2 inch removable recoil pad for that, the average american GI had much longer arms than the average britt did at the time, And enfields DO NOT KICK HARD LOL. in fact compared to every other bolt action mil surp i own, all like my springfield 06,p17 06, various mosin nagants, and the many 8mm mausers i own, the enfields are quite the pansie as far as recoil goes compared .Puts my eye directly where it needs to be with pad installed,would it hit me in head without the pad ,? most likely, im not dumb enough to try , it works just fine as is and i have pics of me shooting it, i have pics of my 4 ft 10 inch 102 lb wife shooting it, does not have that stout of recoil in comparison to any other milsurp i own. Maybe next time you can read the entire post before barking my friend. And how can ya miss that pad on back plain as day lol??????????? and that is a very expensive vintage German scope my man, great working scope. And hits everything i aim it at with ease. thats kinda funny actually enfields kick hard lol since when? Maybe if the man holding it is, meek, recoil shy and scared of it , i am not. i fire much much larger on regular occasion , kick hard lol , not even a little to me compared to those. MY hunting rifle in .308 has stouter recoil. Kinda shaking my head on that 1 lol like i have to prove i shoot it , what ya think it just sits in safe ,well you are very wrong theres at least 200 rounds a yr goes through that rifle if not more. still laffing at that 1 lol srry.but thats funny. Did i not say as soon as the weather gets warm again i would range report it? lmao @ get a buddy to take a pic lol?, what is this romper room lol. I can dig ya up a few pics of it being fired as is above you need 1 that bad. Another i need proof, need to be shown type of guy huh lmao well that can be done as well np. Got quite the laff out of that 1 my friend thanx for the afternoon chuckle. What are you 5 ft 4 150 lbs lol im a 6ft 2 215 lb man. Recoil from an enfield? laughable.

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[Patrick Chadwick]

Well maybe if you READ my entire post and looked at the pics you would see it has a 2 inch removable recoil pad

In support of Peter's fair comment, it must be noted that the post makes no mention of "2 inch ..." and the photo does not show the entire assembly, cutting off before the end.

Looking carefully at the photos, it seems to me that if the front ring was attached to the scope behind the turrets, this would permit the rear ring to be mounted two notches further forward on the rail, and this would remove the large overhang of the scope to the rear. How about it?

[mil-surp60]

In support of Peter's fair comment, it must be noted that the post makes no mention of "2 inch ..." and the photo does not show the entire assembly, cutting off before the end.

Looking carefully at the photos, it seems to me that if the front ring was attached to the scope behind the turrets, this would permit the rear ring to be mounted two notches further forward on the rail, and this would remove the large overhang of the scope to the rear. How about it?

Tried that not enough room to move it anymore forwardd, i tried, Rings wont fit the pad makes it work and i did mention the pad at bottom of thread very plainly.And it shoots sub 1.58 or smaller moa at 150 meters , im good with that , someday ill find a german rifle for that scope and replace it , till then the pad works just fine or someday ill find correct rings that fit that scope that are thinner.