Sorry. It is a quote from an observer of the Charge of the Light Brigade, in the Crimean War. People use it when referring to dashing, but doomed, enterprises. It's meant to be slightly amusing.
Rob
Hey Thank you
I'm pretty ignorant about all the wars. and lingo, and there has been many.
Guess I'm to busy surviving in my own world.
Have a great day. I have to work on my tractor and snow blower today.
Fixing it from yesterday hard work.
Hope to get back to my rifles and gun work soon, parts still not here for Enfield which
maybe a good thing.
Sorry. It is a quote from an observer of the Charge of the Light Brigade, in the Crimean War. People use it when referring to dashing, but doomed, enterprises. It's meant to be slightly amusing.
Rob
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Just got off the tractor with the snow blower all is good .
So for your entertainment
Check it out
Hello did not quit the Enfield thread just be snowed in for weeks trying to dig out.
So no work done the project.
We had another Blizzard yesterday. %%$^^$^^#%
One of my German Shepherds coming in for the kill LOL
If you haven't had it apart then from yiur description it'll probably be a fault with the inner end of the actual LOCKING BOLT that you rotate to the rear when you engage safety mode. The end of this shaft has a half moon on it which disengages the cocking piece from the sear and therefore the trigger too.
Easy to obtain and generally interchangeable too. But make sure that you look/photograph the original locking bolt and safety catch before you reassemble the two and replace in the rifle.
When safety is engaged, it Is possible to still pull the trigger, the trigger is never locked.
With safety "on" the sear is disengaged from the trigger, (and cocking piece locked) so the gun can't fire, and when the safety is pushed to 'Off", the sear should re-engage with the trigger, and be ready to fire.
Does this sound like what is happening with your rifle?
Hi
Finally got back to the rifle after 4 blizzards here on PEI
Bolt is just about done.
Thank you for your help.
Question did some of these rifles have a trigger safety ??
When safety is engaged, it Is possible to still pull the trigger, the trigger is never locked.
With safety "on" the sear is disengaged from the trigger, (and cocking piece locked) so the gun can't fire, and when the safety is pushed to 'Off", the sear should re-engage with the trigger, and be ready to fire.
Does this sound like what is happening with your rifle?
Richard.
Richard - thanks for getting back to me. When I rock the safety to the rear position, it does lock the bolt but the trigger will still fire the rifle. I was orienting myself to the operation of the rifle and it dry fired when I pulled the trigger while the safety was to the rear and theoretically engaged. Something I think is wrong as the sear appears to remain engaged.
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And while we're here - I think my rifle is somewhat of a hodgepodge and possibly of Indian origin. The sights are 800 (meter? yard?) sights marked "RFI" which I presume is "Rifle Factory Ishapore". Other than that it seems to be a mostly complete No 1 MkIII* BSA rifle.
The brass disk on the buttstock is marked "TULC" and "RA" or "RK" - that one is very hard to read. I've seen elsewhere that these are either Indian or Canadian markings. Anyone have any clues to the life of this rifle?
The University of London College as in St Edwards College at the University of Oxford? Royal Artillery section?
Maybe we ought to cut to the quick and just say that locking bolt rear = safety ON or ENGAGED. Locking bolt forwards = safety OFF or DISENGAGED. now we know that the cockimng piece cam on the end of the locking bolt axis shaft is broken off.
In the great scheme of things, this is the WORST possible scenario because the safety catch part locks the bolt which is NOT a critical safety feature whereas the cocking piece cam prevents the rifle from being fired which I argue is a fairly important safety feature
PM
Originally Posted by RobD
