something I have never seen before !

[RCS]

I found this photo on the CMP forum last week. It appears the owner decided to add this large ring to the cocking piece as some sort of improvement ? Maybe he had a large number of old cartridges that required a number of firing pin strikes to fire the primer ?

I really do not have any idea why someone would do this to the Lee EnfieldAttachment 80224

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[mmppres]

could possibly be some type of handi cap or missing some fingers

[CINDERS]

Definitely an add on I for one would say the item would be rather close to the face under recoil still you would get used to it. BSA Shirley M47C pity we cannot see the left side of the receiver

[Eaglelord17]

Interesting, kinda gives the Enfield a Schmidt Rubin type look. I suspect whoever added it was having issues detonating rounds (I heard the Pakistani surplus was terrible for hangfires and duds), though that might cause more problems than it solves as by adding all that extra weight to the cocking piece you are slowing down the striker unless you put a stronger spring in the rifle (which in turn would also make it harder to cock and cycle). Slowing down the firing pin would cause less solid strikes leading to a greater need to recock the rifle. Its a vicious circle!

[browningautorifle]

add this large ring to the cocking piece

NICE!

[mike16]

Hmm? I'm only speculating... But having seen a similar problem's solution executed differently.. maybe it has something to do with safely operating the rifle in cold weather. The smidthrubin solution to bad pakistani ammo... or maybe it to was operated in inclemeant weather where gloves were used. I've seen Mausers,arisaka's and austrian manlichers with similer solutions.

all kidding aside and presuming that pakistan never made swiss, japanese or austrian ammo...I suspect itwas something a hunter probably cobbled together to hunt safely until ready to shoot.

cold weather would do as much to slow the combustion process as a slower moving striker.

Pakastani primers/ammo? I would never want to know about.

it could be an adaption to accomodate a prothetic device.

I recall seeing somewhere a "t" shaped handle doing the same thing on another enfield. it wasa very nice job with knurling and diamond pattern cuts in the inside of the t.

[CINDERS]

Not a new type of forward assist is it!

[Surpmil]

Might have been better ergonomics to weld it on at 90° to that position so that the finger approached from the top rather than the side. Safety screw head needs the same treatment the guard screw got. Looks like the spring keeps coming loose; could that be the undersize 'axis pin' or is that just a shadow?

[Thunderbox]

Its hard to understand the purpose.

E.g. if your bolt works properly, then you have no need of manual cocking - whatever the spring pressure. If the bolt does not work properly (e.g. maybe it drops onto half cock) then you'd of course be better off having the rifle fixed in the first place.

Why would you need, say, a prosthetic conversion, if there is no need to manipulate the cocking piece anyway?

If you hold the rifle in a normal manner, then that ring is going to impact your thumb and/or your face!


P.s. Is it actually a shooting rifle, or is it converted as a line thrower?

[Evanguy]

The only reason i can guess is he doesnt like to walk around with a loaded cocked rifle while in the bush so he holds the trigger depressed while closing the bolt to miss the catch and then would need to quickly cock the rifle when he sees somthing.
i know i strongly disslike/ wont do it, carry a loaded cocked rifle over my shoulder. Even with the safety on. I dont like the stored energy that sits in the bolt. Loaded, unckocked is how i carry my rifles unless its in my hand and im activily ready to shoulder it to shoot, like already heard an animal and now stalking. And then its uncocked before it goes back on my shoulder via the sling.