lee enfield mounts

[douglass]

hi all,
looking for any advice on a good set of mounts and best type of scope to use on my Number 4 enfield, price hinders me as nothing toooooooooo great
any help appreciated
douglas

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[Badger]

Hi Douglas ..

Look up and to the right of the web site screen and you'll see a white search box there titled Google Custom Search. Type the phrase (without the quotes) "enfield scope mount" and also try "enfield scope pads" and see what turns up.

You may also want to try other phrases as part of the search process.

Regards,
Doug

[Alan de Enfield]

B-Square Military Weaver-Style Scope Base with 1 Rings British SMLE #4 Mark 1 and #5 Gloss from JJK Shooting Supplies

[gregorymp01]

Howdy...saw your message and thought I'd report what I'd done. Numrich is selling a reproduction of the original mount the British used for the sniper rifles. As with the originals it requires gunsmithing to install but the mount is rock solid!!!!!!! I am thrilled with the way it turned out. I have a No4 Mk1.Greg

[xa-coupe]

I am in the process of getting together repro stuff to put mounts on two No4s. I figure that if I do anything that requires drilling, I should put on mounts that were tested to the rigours of combat rather than tested to the rigours of least cost.
If you don't want to drill, then there are plenty of non drill mounts that look good.

[Peter Laidler]

My opinion for anyone going down the route of putting a telescope onto a No4 is this. Sorry to be a bit brutal, but it's what I call the bleedin' obvious. If it means drilling and tapping the body then don't bother. If you MUST, then just get yourself a repro set of No4T pads and bracket and mount them instead. This way, at least you'll have yourself a replica/repro No4T for when the real scope turns up (yes, it will, later, when you're least expecting it.....) If you do it any other way, when the real scope DOES turn up, you've got to start again and sell the now worthless bit of tat that you've got

Thinking about putting a telescope onto a No4, then read that again..................

[Bindi2]

Just get a Fultons no drill mount

[Peter Laidler]

Fultons no drill mounts - the very BEST of the cheap options in my opinion (sorry for that Fultons.....) Bindi. But as I prophesied an hour or so ago, even replica telescopes are available now so what is there to stop anyone wanting a telescoped No4 from getting themselves the replica bits to make up a reasonably good No4T replica. You won't fool anyone but you've got a good passable rifle that will give many years of pleasure - at 1/4 the price.

Not only that chaps, but think about this. On this very site is all the know how, written down for all to see, about how to do the job properly, first time. With the pads, brackets and now the scope, albeit decent replicas, available, what more do you want. Another small point is that when you come to sell it, while it won't be original, it'll still be worth twice what you paid for it and valued at more than the sum of the parts. That's only my opinion though!

[Bindi2]

No aurgument with you Peter only that the majority will not get the alignment right and Botch the job leaving a collectable rifle Bubbadd or somebody else with a rifle that wont shoot to where it should.

[Peter Laidler]

Oh ye of little faith Bindi........ If they follow the instructions to the letter, they'll crack it. Already a couple have tried and succeeded including Oxford Andy and a couple of others who's names I've forgotten (It's age you understand.....).

If anyone else out there in Forum land is doing it, or getting someone more proficient than themselves to do it, don't forget that YOU tell THEM what you want and they've got to follow the instructions. If you're using all-new from scratch, it should be relatively simple. The good bit about this way is that with the pads soldered to the rifle while you are aligning/collimating/borsighting everything, you don't mark, drill or tap anything until it's all done and dusted

Sorry if I sound toooooo enthusiastic!