Concerned: Will disassembling damage my rifle?

[Peter Laidler]

The absolutely WORSE tihng that the average enthusiastic amateur can do is destroy the accuracy of his No1 or No4 rifle by removing the fore-end by pulling it down from the muzzle. You must push it DOWN from the rear. Next and probably as bad is trying to unscrew the SMLE stock bolt. Later in its life the squared-off stock bolt was declared obsolescent and the interchangeable No4 bolt and a simple thackray double coil spring washer was used to keep it tight. But STILL they won't learn and plough on regardless.................

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