Shootable No1 and No4 Enfields - The EMER's and alternative recommended reading.

[jss]

I just read this post recently on the FNFAL forum -:
Just a thought while re-reading this thread. Anyone that has one, ordered one or is even thinking of getting one of these commercial L1A1 rifles should get hole of the UK spec user handbook and if possible, a copy of the UK Military EMER. The last ones I saw in service here was in about 1993 and Armourers that know about these things (.....I don't mean those who have read about them...) are getting old.

On this subject, I called a leading British gunsmith recently to enquire if they might know where I could get a copy of the EMER's for the No1 and No4 only to be told that it would be impossible.
If the EMER's are not available, has anyone written a "workshop manual" for these rifles giving the acceptable tolerances and maintenance operations. If not, it appears that we are dependent on those few who have the EMER's, many years of experience or both.
How many out there have the EMER's or the tools and experience to work correctly on these rifles?.
This question(just one of many) arose from my noticing how far the front end of the bolt moved on closing when the ejector engages and wondering what the EMER specified limit is. i.e. When is a bolt too sloppy?. Without the EMER, who do I trust to determine if the rifle is safe?.
Or is it the case that the principles are the same no matter what rifle, and that any competent gunsmith, armourer or even experienced enthusiast will be able to advise?.

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[Peter Laidler]

Ask BDL and see what he has........

A great deal of the EMER's has already been written up in this very forum if you choose to look back a few years. Not strictly in EMER form of course but in easily understood language. I think your bolt movement question has been answqered here too. It's called 'primary extraction'. It is the mechanical leverage used to break the seal of the obturated cartridge in the chamber immediately after firing.

[Brian Dick]

OK, I'm in the process of getting a short run of No.4T/L42 and L96 EMERS printed. I'm seeing my printer on Friday. We'll have to sort out how to bind them properly because I'm not going to invest the money in doing these if they wind up copied and downloaded for free off of the internet. I've discussed this in previous threads here. I have many beautiful reprinted user handbooks, infantry training pams and EMERS here that have been rendered pretty much unsaleable except to very few for these reasons. Stay tuned.

[Peter Laidler]

That was an interesting observation Brian and on a similar theme, I had a call a few years ago relating to something 'wot I writ......' in a book a few years before so I suggested he turned to page X or so and I'd elaborate. There was a rustling of paper for a few moments and I asked if he had found it yet, to which he replied that it was a bit crumpled and faded.................. as his friend had copied his own photocopy of the book!

So I can fully understand...............