Concerned: Will disassembling damage my rifle?

[Alan de Enfield]

If thing are good my feeling would be don’t disturb the bedding,

I can never understand this desire to take something apart when it is functioning as it should - maybe its just me ?

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[Renard]

I can never understand this desire to take something apart when it is functioning as it should - maybe its just me ?

Hi Alan, in truth, I was actually thinking the same thing too. I wasn't sure if stripping the rifle is a wholly good idea because I know there are owners who advise against it for various reasons. While I did mention that replacing the woodwork was an idea I had in mind (largely because the handguard was chipped during shipping it to my home state), I wasn't sure if it was really a valid enough reason to take it apart, with another reason being cleaning and maintenance.

[Alan de Enfield]

Hi Alan, in truth, I was actually thinking the same thing too. I wasn't sure if stripping the rifle is a wholly good idea because I know there are owners who advise against it for various reasons. While I did mention that replacing the woodwork was an idea I had in mind (largely because the handguard was chipped during shipping it to my home state), I wasn't sure if it was really a valid enough reason to take it apart, with another reason being cleaning and maintenance.

I think it comes down to the British Army not allowing 'anyone' to fiddle about with their rifles - no 'field stripping' - everything should be done by someone who knows what they are doing.
You can oil it and you can use a 'pull-through' that's about it.

There is a saying :

"Put a squaddie in solitary confinement and give him 3 steel balls. Within 12 hours he will have broken one, lost one and sold the other one"