Rubbing handguard?

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I had a similar thing with my T the action was loose to the extreme and I mean really loose, also the draws were smacked to bits so I had it rectified by a reputable stock maker in such a way the draws will never need doing as the action now thrusts against a block.
I am sorry for this some what unethical way of doing this to a T but I reasoned my stock maker will eventually retire and I have no intention of selling the T whilst I am still vertical to the earth that is up to my son what he does with it.

I strongly recommend you listen to the advice given here as the crew have honestly been there and done that with these weapons and to go against or not follow their knowledge may lead you down the track where you compound a simple fix into a nightmare costly.
And trust me there may have been 20 million (rough guess I saw this figure somewhere) of all types of the 303's built but parts (genuine)are drying up or getting mighty expensive, there are some really good people here and I say that with sincerity well trained or have fallen into the pit and have passed on the knowledge to others so they do not suffer the same fate.

So we need pics, range shot, barrel wear (get barrel gauges for it) mine range from the .295 - 303.5 in .05 increments, is the crown on the barrel O.K, load data = projie type, primer, case, powder type charge weight, Head Spacing I use .64 gauge and have a .67 and a .72 No Go (Re head space it by a gunsmith) there was an emergency one of .74 but boy it is what it says (Do not use gunsmith time)
Anyway that will keep you typing for a bit just trying to give you the road to go down so the good guys can help you sort it quickly and correctly and not get frustrated like I did with some of my 303's due to shear lack of knowledge.

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Brian Dick may be able to help you with the Ammo bit cannot say, I cringe when I think of all those thousands of rounds and 303's that were turfed into a deep sea trench by the army out of an LC near Rottnest Island here in Western Australia a long time ago.

You could try cartridge collectors but again they may not part with it and if they do it is expensive, steer clear of the Indian Mk VII P.O.F ammo it is pure sh*te I used it for a while and would have done better with a handful of wheat.

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[browningautorifle]

would have done better with a handful of wheat.

[Cdn303]

@Ridolpho. As close as I can ascertain the difference between with the collar and without is 0.025".

@ Bindi2. When I first got the rifle the stock was very dirty. So I scrubbed it with 0000 steel wool and a 50/50 RLO/Turpentine mix. It kept soaking it up, so I kept applying more till it stopped soaking it up.

I am kicking myself in the butt that I didn't catch the movement around the front trigger guard screw sooner.

[Brian Dick]

I'm not sure what's available in your area. If you can't find decent surplus Mk.7 or Mk.7z, then try to find some new factory Remington-UMC as it's made with flat base 174 grain projectiles to Mk.7z specification. I know others in Canada who are shooting it so it must be available somewhere.

[browningautorifle]

I know others in Canada who are shooting it

Remember, IVI still makes it. If you have the right connections, you get brand new Mk7Z...

[Lee Enfield]

Remember, IVI still makes it. If you have the right connections, you get brand new Mk7Z...

Hi Jim,
You are incorrect, IVI manufactures MkVIIIZ (for unfathomable reasons) and 180gr soft point which is issued to the Rangers. I have also seen Winchester "White Box" on issue.

Five years ago, the (now former) CF "Small Arms Life Cycle Manager" told me that he had directed the Rangers who were lucky enough to have been issued a No4MkI*(T) to mark the scope turret with "white out" for zeroing purposes rather than use the range graduations on the scope.

That was the official "solution" to the complaints that the scope graduations did not match the trajectory of the issued ammo.

Totally ignoring the fact that the open sights won't work either...

[Peter Laidler]

If you want to re-fit the fore-end all you've got to do is follow the detailed instructions in an article I wrote a couple of years ago. It also details how to go about calculating the correct length of fore-end collar. It's not magic or scientific or difficult. Just time consuming. BUT, it is stupidly easy to make a mistake and have to patch up and start again. But hey....., that how we learn. That's how I learned as an apprentice.

But I have to say, we STILL don't know at what distance you fired those scatterings. And I have to say that in my limited experience, loose indefinable 'groups' like that ain't the fault of a fore-end. A loose fore-end causes two general patterns. A distinctly straight lined string or a large but distinct oval 'group'. Difficult to explain but once you've seen them, as we did, displayed on Mr Vineys classroom wall, you'd recognise them

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what distance you fired those scatterings.

Best terminology I have heard in a long time for a rather dismal group......

[Brian Dick]

Jim,
Does IVI offer .303 Mk.7z ball for commercial sales or strictly for and military, (Ranger), use? I know the CF probably don't require it anymore.
Brian

[browningautorifle]

Does IVI offer .303 Mk.7z ball for commercial sales

AFAIK Brian, IVI won't sell anything for commercial use. The stuff I saw procured came directly through the hole in the bottom of the bucket...I'm sure some of these current serving Rangers can confirm or deny that.

I know you'd like a boxcar full...but...