Quote Originally Posted by Towarzysz_Beagle View Post
No.

By good cleaning I meant, removed the bolt, removed the magazine, took forend off and gave it all a thorough cleaning removing all kinds of accumulated crud.

I did not disassemble the bolt past removing it from the rifle. Nor did I disassemble any part of the sear mechanism.

Edit: Just for clarity, I did not perform any function check on the half cock before this point. So this is the first time I've checked it's function. This issue could have existed before I picked up the rifle.

I would suggest that removing the forend counts as disassembly.

Everything is linked on the Enfield and moving one part can have a serious affect on the rest of the 'system'.

Removing the forend (did you do it correctly, or just, 'pull it off'), removing the trigger etc all affects the trigger 'group'.


I remember putting new (old) wood onto a No1 Mk3* Enfield and it would just not 'cock' something was wrong and interfering with the 'trigger group'.

These rifles are not plug & play and the worst thing seems to be that some folk just have to take them apart - and then say "it must have been like that before I started"

What's wrong with "if it 'aint broke don't try and fix it"