Refurb of 7.62 Range Rifle No4Mk1/3

[xa-coupe]

Looks great TBone. I ain't got a chance with what I have at my disposal. I think I am going to have to farm out some work, such as the foresight. I would have to use a file and a lot of swearing to get it done here!

[lee_enfield223]

good job so far did you soft solder the forsight block onto the barrel as it looks like you did ???

[tbonesmith]

Yes, no dramas, easy to index, but I'll need to run a bit through to allow the foresight protector screw through. Hence the clamp.

[tbonesmith]

Sanded the wood, submerged in hot boiled linseed oil for 3 hrs, left for 2 days to drip dry, machined a new wood crush collar (because I had none), fitted foresight protector, fitted central sight plate, renumbered the forend and bolt(with a "TB" prefix) and got it back together ready to give it a severe caning on the weekend.
Mag won't feed properly, so while I'm loathe to do it, I might have to make mill the relief in the bottom of the receiver, fingers crossed it doesn't come to that. Ejection is also not perfect, so I might need to put in the second (forward ) ejector screw.
Anyway, testing for accuracy this weekend and I'll go from there.
As far as looks go, it's precisely how I envisaged it at the outset.

[xa-coupe]

it looks sheet hot TBone. I had to fiddle with the mag to make it feed properly. I find the enfield is a finicky piece in general ( 303 or 7.62 ) but once they are sorted they are so much fun !
Waiting patiently for the range report !

[tbonesmith]

Thanks to some sound advice from Peter Laidler in the Enfield forum I managed to get the magazine to feed, and eject without the requirement of milling the receiver, or drilling the second ejector screw ( at least with dummy rounds). So shooting on the weekend just started to look a bit more fun.
Will post range report over the weekend.

[tbonesmith]

Today I shot the rifle at 300m, I shot service on a figure 12 and got 19/20 hits with 4 centres (4"bull) during snap with 4 second exposures. I then went to the full bore range and also at 300m shot a 46.1/50. I was very happy with this for the first day out. The rifle functioned very well, but does need a couple of tweaks. The top guard kind of slipped over on the forend which I noticed at the end of shooting, so I need to make that locate a bit more posotively, and the mag misfed once.
This week I'll do the cheekpiece, and sort out the little issues, and that should be the game.

[xa-coupe]

at 300m I think I will need to call in an airstrike to hit the target For day one that is a great effort. As you get used to it and tweak things I suspect it will be one hell of a tack driver.
I'll be paying extra attention about the cheekpiece .. I have one to do soon ( my 7.62 coincidentally ) and the no4 303 when I get around to doing the repro sniper conversion.

[paulseamus]

Tom

yet another project that that is both eductional and entertaining. to watch it take shape.

Thanks for taking the time to photograph the steps and share.

After seeing your skill with timber. i would like to see some pics of boats you have built.

Paul

[aiae308]

Very nice mate, you are a craftsman !