No4Mk1 accuracy

[Frederick303]

Well.....Capt. Laidler says otherwise, he has written several times that in terms of absolute accuracy the front loaded No4 rifle did better than the center bedded. I seem to recall that Major Reynolds in his 1960 book on the Enfield says the same thing. Major Reynolds was involved with the entire adoption of the No4, so you have two first hand sources saying the same thing.

Given that the sniper rifles were hand tuned, if the center bedded method was better I suspect the UK would have gone to it. Still for competitive shooting with a sling the center bedded method seems to work about as well as any method.

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[brent65]

Well.....Capt. Laidler says otherwise, he has written several times that in terms of absolute accuracy the front loaded No4 rifle did better than the center bedded. I seem to recall that Major Reynolds in his 1960 book on the Enfield says the same thing. Major Reynolds was involved with the entire adoption of the No4, so you have two first hand sources saying the same thing.

Given that the sniper rifles were hand tuned, if the center bedded method was better I suspect the UK would have gone to it. Still for competitive shooting with a sling the center bedded method seems to work about as well as any method.

Well it seems you are somewhat conflicted on the issue having read your comments on the matter in another thread, anyway its clear that your now sold on which is method best. Me personally I will stick with what works better well at least for vast majority of competitive shooters since the 60's and little ol me anyway.

[Frederick303]

Not so much sold, as willing to admit that if Capt Laidler says something, I stop and listen.

One thing is today for the most part we shoot regular single base powders in our rifles, the supply of match grade MKVII cartridges that doe not show hang fires being rather non-existent.

I have found in a long career in engineering that assuming previous generations got something wrong means you have missed one or more constraints they were operating under that made their decision rational.