Sterling Lee Enfield 7.62NATO Conversion

[303 Collector]

Interesting question.
It currently is held on my FAC.
But I'm covered all ways as RFD and section 5.

It would certainly fire if it had a trigger. No doubt with a huge muzzle flash.
Could be a section 5 short barrelled firearm (pistol)
but my local firearms department say section 1.

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[Peter Laidler]

The Sterling brochure was written before the days when honesty and integrity were required in advertising. Let's just say those immortal words '......you wouldn't get away with it now!'

[Brian Dick]

The only DCRA conversions I've seen that were fitted with 7.62 magazines and extractors were the so-called "factory specials" and they have Enfield pattern magazines but the magazine wells aren't modified like the L8/L39/L42 series of rifles from Enfield. I'd guess the Sterling mag was fitted by a civilian shooter. Does the rifle have a 7.62 extractor fitted? The standard DCRA conversions retained the normal .303 extractor which worked fine in the single shot mode.

[Mk VII]

I've never seen a Sterling one that worked properly; all were requiring very forceful working of the action to feed.

[villiers]

My Charnwood conversion works like a dream. I had some difficulty at first with a tight chamber that had to be reamed.

[Peter Laidler]

The Charnwood 762's weren't Sterlings though were they? They had their own clone 'Enfield' magazines remanufactured. They were hybrids in effect

[CODFan]

Well after contemplating how to proceed with this less than perfect Sterling magazine situation, one of these appeared.

Problem solved!

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[CODFan]

One additional question.

Was an additional magazine issued with the L42A1 kit?

[Peter Laidler]

In short, no! There really shouldn't be a shortage of L42 magazines. The 1965 contract quantity was for 60,000 - and I seem to recall that the cost was 17 shillings each!

[CODFan]

Peter,

They appear to be scarcer than .... insert your own analogy ... here.

This one I acquired from England directly.