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    Question for Capt Laidler, indexing No.4 barrels

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    How were the No.4 barrels indexed to the action??? was it something like placing a straight edge on the barrel flat and another on the charger guide bridge??? or did it just relate to the extractor slot??

    Of course it its not done accurately the foresight block wont be vertical thus necessitating a large displacement of the blade to get lateral zero.

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    Search "Breeching Up" by "Peter Laidlericon" in your search thinggy. I'd link to it but don't know how.

    ETA Thank you, Badger. I'm not the fastest thinker- It came to me on the drive from work to the "clubhouse". D'oh! Address bar!

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    The question of aligning the foresight up with the backsight and body wasn't answered but the method we used in service has been well documented here before too. But, in short, we were taught the standard method, found it rubbish, so reverted to a more satisfactory method that I'v mentioned here previously

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    Dear (expletive deleted) Whiterider

    Did you ever wonder why pilots fly 200 miles past the airport where they were to land? Its called target fixation, the pilot was fixated by the centerfold in the playboy magazine.

    If you would put down the Playboy magazine and take the time to READ your own countryman's books on the Enfield Rifleicon you wouldn't be getting sarcastic replies from American aircraft mechanics.

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    Yep Ed, those are the gauges we were taught to use, but they were designed by a committee. As a result, they were a tad worse than useless! Everywhere I served, we used a sheet of plate glass, two 'vee' blocks a 4" length of ground 9SWG/.144" diameter rod.

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    Mr. Laidlericon

    It doesn't really matter explaining all this to Whiterider, he is an Australianicon pilot with a drinking problem and he lost a very good paying flying contract with the World Wildlife Fund.

    Below is a photo of the landing Whiterider made moments before he lost his job.



    Also Whiterider really doesn't understand complicated mechanical issues and thats why he pays exorbitant gunsmith bills just for tightening the screws on his Enfield Riflesicon.

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    barrel indexing

    thanks Peter, Badger and others. I was un aware of that excellent thread on breeching up but it answers many questions.

    As for Edward Horton I thought he was expelled.....again.....

    And how was I to know that bloody giraffe would walk out in front of me...just as I was turning to the 'big boobs of the month' section of playboy...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter Laidlericon View Post
    Yep Ed, those are the gauges we were taught to use, but they were designed by a committee. As a result, they were a tad worse than useless! Everywhere I served, we used a sheet of plate glass, two 'vee' blocks a 4" length of ground 9SWG/.144" diameter rod.

    thanks again Peter. But I just have another couple of questions after reading your excellent post on 'breeching up'. I understand the use of the breeching washers to get the correct torque or 'underturn'... but how do you ensure in the No.4 that the forsight block is going to be vertical??? is that taken care of by your method above?? and how are the vee blocks, sheet of plate glass and rod set up???

    Was there another 'gauge' for the No. 4 or was the same one used as in the No.1 Mk 111?

    thanks in advance.

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    I'm not going to go through it all again because it's all been written up before. Can someone bring it up again...., again!

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