Odds of finding an MK3 charger bridge?

[Buccaneer]

Recently picked up a 1943 GRI to restore and I didnt notice it didnt have a charger bridge....I was more concerned that it would shoot well...what are the chances of finding one now, 10yrs after this thread was started? lol

Probably about the same as when this post started.... Slim to none

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[Muzzlebreak]

Drop me a line...I have some that were never installed and in the white...

Any chance you still have one laying around?? (PM sent)

[BushyFromOz]

theres also a set of enfield parts on evilbay at the moment that contains some screws, a butt plate and a charger bridge as well.

[Peter Laidler]

Just be warned that getting the charger bridge will be easy. Once again, I say, aligning the rivet holes will be the difficult part. They are a matched set and that's the reason why the bridge and the rivets were never available as spare parts. While they're shown in the parts list you need to remember that the parts list is a list of PARTS and not a list of AVAILABLE parts.

Just think: No32 sight bracket with mismatched cradles................

[unevensplash]

i have a sle 1 mk 3 that i need to find a charger bridge for any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Dutchman54]

Hi folks,

Anyone have a line on:

-charging bridge
-top front and rear handguard
-Lower handguard
-Nose

Thanks for the help!

[jmoore]

Providing you've the required tooling:

If the holes aren't TOO far out of line, just ream the holes in the assembly oversize. Turn down a bit of mild steel rod and swage the ends. Dress flush. I'd use a rivet sweezer to minimize the possibilty of distorting the action body (it's not too hard to do damage here!) rather than a impact gun or hammer and bucking bar. But if you've no other option, it's do-able.

I'd probably limit the oversizing operation to not much more than 0.062", but would feel better at 0.030". (It's a stressed area, after all!)

[5thBatt]

A 1907 MkIII charger bridge has a slightly different shape, the later charger bridge is more beveled on the front edge.
I think the chances of finding one will be slim, but if you know what to look for, you might get lucky

Here's my 1907 & a 1911 MkIII, the 1907 being the top one.

[Bruce_in_Oz]

The other catch will be setting up to rivet the beasty on.

The attachment of the bridge is one of the many bits of tech info on which I have very little original information.

There are two different sizes of rivets used. Those I have drawings of in the big file.

I also have a receiver drawing. However i have not yet got round to either doing the maths on the hole alignment nor loading the drawings into a 3d modelling programme.

The other question is whether the riveting process was hot or cold. I don't recall seeing anything to indicate either way, nor do I recall seeing any details of what jig was to be used for the job.

I will rummage through the drawings and see if there are any annotations.

And as per previous posters; the 1907 bridge has several differences in contour. I also have no drawings of that earlier version.


Best of luck.

[Rumpelhardt]

Numrich has them but as Peter Laidler said you probably are not going to get the rivet holes to line up. I put one on a Lithgow but it is a DP rifle that is just a wall hanger so I epoxied it.