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Last edited by Pinmaster; 02-26-2010 at 11:36 AM.
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02-26-2010 11:07 AM
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Not bad! I like shooting these rather more than '03s for some reason. Sights and safety are better, I think.
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Thanks jmoore
Does the rifle look like the original blue finish to you?
And for 100 yard shooting do you use the 200 yard sight and hold 6-8 inches under?
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finish looks to be parkerized.
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That looks like a very nice rifle. And don't worry about the parts mix if you are a shooter (as I am glad to say, you seem to be) rather than a collector. As Peter Laidler, on the Enfield forum, has often made clear (and it's common sense anyway), real armorers assemble parts to make a properlly functioning rifle, not nicely matching sets of stamps. And you checked out the headspace OK. Reload with neck-sizing only, using something like about 48 grains of N140 and the Sierra or Lapua 168 gn HPBTs, adjust the seating depth to be about 20 thou off the lands (using a "competition" micrometer-type seating die), and you will see that you have a rifle with great potential accuracy.
With my eyeballs, I would find that "dazzle-painted" target hard to aim at. You might find that it is actually easier to position the blade with the 6 o'clock hold on a good, solid, traditional black target - or am I just showing my age?
As to shooting performance, a good M1917 will make the Springfields sweat! The only real drawback is the limited click adjustment on the sight. Someone will tell you that not having lateral adjustment is a drawback. I disagree. Shooting at up to 1000 yards in variable winds, like on the ridge at Langeac, you just cannot keep adjusting the sights anyway. Those who can really read the wind adjust the hold-off in these circumstances, as if you keep on twiddling left and right you just get confused. I am lousy at that myself, but I admire those who can do it!
Just one last thought to check out: make sure that the barrel is not binding on one side of the barrel channel. This will cause a temperature-dependent scattering of the group, and must be corrected if it exists.
Enjoy your shooting!
Patrick
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