SMLE III (No. 1 Mk. 3) Lee Enfield

[Eaglelord17]

I got the rifle out shooting today, and I am now very happy with it again. It might not be all correct but it functions beautifully. After sighting in the rifle, I did a quick attempt at a mad minute. Found out that just like the P14, the Lee Enfield needs the longer bullets to function properly (I was using .310 123grn pulled 7.62x39 bullets). That being said, the bore is VG on this rifle, and it has no problem with the .310 bullets (unlike some Lee Enfields). Even the brass is coming out not misshapen like what is so common on most Lee Enfields, I guess this rifle missed having its chamber enlarged.

I am going to have to buy some larger bullets for proper mad minute practice, however for the moment, I am fairly happy. Things I also noted was if the magazine cut-off comes on even slightly it can cause the right hand side round to be unable to be picked up by the bolt, and the charger guide on this rifle doesn't kick out the chargers when I close the bolt, so they will have to manually be removed. At least I have a good idea for the areas I need to pay attention to for practicing the drill.

Here is the shooting. The spread out stuff was the mad minute attempt, the tighter groupings was me figuring out where to aim.