Ishapore SMLE MKIII* - What's the Prognosis?

[deadwood83]

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After cleaning, and adjusting white balance, I believe I have no cause for concern. The bits bridging the lands are just pittinggoing all the way across. Is the bore as pretty as the exterior? No, not really. Cleaning brought back some shine so there is some smooth metal in there.

The white balance is adjusted on my display to show neutral while under the influence of f.lux; meaning my display color balance is severely impacted to have a white point of about 2500K as I type this due to being some hours past sunset.

I DO have a rifle with a rather rotten bore, my Budapest -> Czech -> Steyr M95 Stutzen. For reference, it is below.

I don't think the M95 has a single square mm of smooth, white metal in the bore but it does seem to have a decent amount of rifling all the way to the muzzle. Attachment 116803

White balance is better because i tuned that during mid-day.

Well, now I can focus on the wood of the enfield. I'll find some natural turpentine and RLO for cleaning it up. It still oozes preservative oils when it gets warm and does indeed smell of cosmolene instead of the UK preservative grease. Smells exactly like my Norinco SKS and my Brother's hex Mosin.

I rolled the dice on an ethiopian K98 and No4 Mk1 from RTI. Took screenshots of the webpages, made printed PDFs of the webpages, and paid by credit card so here's hoping I don't get taken for a ride. This morning I augmented my swiss collection by giving the K31s an older sibling. A 1918 G11 from Simpsons. I really like dealing with those folks. This will be my third rifle mfg'ed in 1918 which is also the date of my maternal grandfather's birth, so that's cool (to me). He served in the Pacific as a Sea Bee, the Swede was in the north, the M95 in central Europe. So my 1918 global collection is just missing a South American Mauser and something from Africa built around then. (Musket maybe?) Idk, some of my collection criteria is a bit odd lol.


Thanks again for everybody's input. Once I have everything all clean and get some time off work I'll see how the SMLE shoots on paper (though I am a little scared to learn hahahaha)