+ Reply to Thread
Results 1 to 4 of 4

Thread: No. 4 hanguard ring

Click here to increase the font size Click here to reduce the font size
  1. #1
    FREE MEMBER
    NO Posting or PM's Allowed
    bow's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2010
    Last On
    03-26-2023 @ 05:03 PM
    Location
    Italy, Perugia
    Posts
    199
    Local Date
    03-28-2024
    Local Time
    11:29 AM

    No. 4 hanguard ring

    How to fit the ring that holds in place the upper handguard?
    I suspect that barrel centering in her groove results from ring correct fitment. Mine doesn't touch fore end forwards trogger screw hole , and it should be ok but the wooden shoulder of fore end, where it sits, seems to be shrinked. Right side soulder is almost tight, while the left one is a bit longer. I also suspect the ring swings at the right fore end shoulder pivoting from left side, that's more firm and tight. Could i restore it with laminate wood or it's a waste of time?
    Sorry for my poor technical terms: i called "it" a ring, and the thin parts of wood where it contacts i called "shoulder".
    Information
    Warning: This is a relatively older thread
    This discussion is older than 360 days. Some information contained in it may no longer be current.

  2. # ADS
    Friends and Sponsors
    Join Date
    October 2006
    Location
    Milsurps.Com
    Posts
    All Threads
    A Collector's View - The SMLE Short Magazine Lee Enfield 1903-1989. It is 300 8.5x11 inch pages with 1,000+ photo’s, most in color, and each book is serial-numbered.  Covering the SMLE from 1903 to the end of production in India in 1989 it looks at how each model differs and manufacturer differences from a collecting point of view along with the major accessories that could be attached to the rifle. For the record this is not a moneymaker, I hope just to break even, eventually, at $80/book plus shipping.  In the USA shipping is $5.00 for media mail.  I will accept PayPal, Zelle, MO and good old checks (and cash if you want to stop by for a tour!).  CLICK BANNER to send me a PM for International pricing and shipping. Manufacturer of various vintage rifle scopes for the 1903 such as our M73G4 (reproduction of the Weaver 330C) and Malcolm 8X Gen II (Unertl reproduction). Several of our scopes are used in the CMP Vintage Sniper competition on top of 1903 rifles. Brian Dick ... BDL Ltd. - Specializing in British and Commonwealth weapons Specializing in premium ammunition and reloading components. Your source for the finest in High Power Competition Gear. Here at T-bones Shipwrighting we specialise in vintage service rifle: re-barrelling, bedding, repairs, modifications and accurizing. We also provide importation services for firearms, parts and weapons, for both private or commercial businesses.
     

  3. #2
    Advisory Panel Thunderbox's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Last On
    01-10-2022 @ 02:07 PM
    Posts
    1,150
    Local Date
    03-28-2024
    Local Time
    11:29 AM
    The "rear handguard retaining ring" should not affect the receiver bedding in any way: even when the receiver is in the forend and the front trigger guard screw is tight, the rear handguard retaining ring should still have some movement. If the ring is being trapped between receiver and forend, then you should adjust the channel where it fits.

    On some rifles (especially when fitting brand new oversize wood, or if the forend is warped), you may need to create a small cut either side of the forend, so that the rear handguard retaining ring is free to sit a bit lower.



    (Very hard to describe bedding issues in words only!)

  4. Thank You to Thunderbox For This Useful Post:

    bow

  5. Avoid Ads - Become a Contributing Member - Click HERE
  6. #3
    Advisory Panel
    Peter Laidler's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2008
    Last On
    03-24-2024 @ 09:52 AM
    Location
    Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The home of MG Cars
    Posts
    16,507
    Real Name
    Peter Laidler
    Local Date
    03-28-2024
    Local Time
    01:29 PM
    Thunderbox is right about describing fore-end fitting using words only..... or ANY fitting now that I think of it. Our instructors used to set us homework to describe one part of fitting a fore-end or a sear etc etc JUST to see whether we described it a) accurately and b) with absolutely no ambiguity whatsoever. Try describing bolthead overturn in words alone!

    It was a bit like describing a spiral staircase without using your hands!!!!!!!!

  7. Thank You to Peter Laidler For This Useful Post:

    bow

  8. #4
    FREE MEMBER
    NO Posting or PM's Allowed
    bow's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2010
    Last On
    03-26-2023 @ 05:03 PM
    Location
    Italy, Perugia
    Posts
    199
    Local Date
    03-28-2024
    Local Time
    11:29 AM
    Thread Starter
    Quote Originally Posted by Peter Laidlericon View Post
    It was a bit like describing a spiral staircase without using your hands!!!!!!!!
    Ahahahah I chiseled out a tiny scrap of wood just under the two small cuts made some years ago to fit the handguard ring, because i found (with talcum trick) that there was an unwanted contact between the ring and fore end. As TBone wrote there's a bit of free movement of the ring itself. But comprehensive bedding is the same: perfect bearing at the draws i patched last week, perfect bearing around trigger guard screw and past for half an inch. No contact at the reinforce and barrel sit to the left at the fore end tip. It should be a warped fore end, but not the worst. So i'm going to patch the reinforce and to chisel out some wood at fore end tip to make the barrel fit "in the groove".. are there other solutions?

+ Reply to Thread

Similar Threads

  1. RC - CE 41 - Marking on Barrel Ring
    By Nickjc in forum Mauser Rifles
    Replies: 7
    Last Post: 06-30-2011, 01:12 PM
  2. Odd ring marks on no.32 scope
    By vintage hunter in forum The Lee Enfield Knowledge Library Collectors Forum
    Replies: 3
    Last Post: 02-24-2011, 04:41 AM
  3. 03 A4 Ring Set - FYI only
    By Mike Haas in forum M1903/1903A3/A4 Springfield Rifle
    Replies: 6
    Last Post: 04-20-2010, 12:21 AM
  4. Need help on M1903 A3 hanguard clip
    By Fortis120 in forum M1903/1903A3/A4 Springfield Rifle
    Replies: 3
    Last Post: 01-02-2010, 07:56 PM
  5. what is the ring for?
    By goo in forum Milsurps General Discussion Forum
    Replies: 3
    Last Post: 06-23-2009, 08:00 AM

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
Raven Rocks