2A1 Ishapore terrible accuracy + other problems

[Roger Payne]

Absolutely. I agree entirely with the comments about the forend, hence my remarks about whether a standard Mk3/3* SMLE forend is identical, & perhaps easier to source as a replacement. However, I was just wondering if there could be something else as well.........in his opening post the OP stated that the rifle was producing two foot groups at 50 yds..............that's pretty bad............