2a accuracy

[simo99]

Hi there looking at a reasonable 1964 2a. Barrel is nice and shiny. Looking for opinions on accuracy. Will be shooting mild handloads out of it if I get it. How do they compare accuracy wise to a good standard No1 Mark111 303? Thanks.

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[jmoore]

Not as good as your average .303 in my experience, but others have reported surprisingly fine results.

Of the five or so that I've tested, 3-4 MOA is about it. Not great but not terrible, either. This with standard and match ammo. No custom tailored loads.

[Thunderbox]

There is no published Ishapore data, but we assume that 2A1s are probably just intended to be 3moa rifles, much like the No1s. (No1 factory pass test was about 3-4 moa)

Thus any accuracy over 3 moa is a nice bonus (and most Enfields have the potential to do much better), but there would be nothing "wrong" with the rifle if it won't go better than 3 or 4 moa.

Worth reading about the bedding of No1s, and the extreme sensitivity the rifles can have to the inner band screw/spring tension and the nosecap fit, etc. Although 2A/1s do behave differently from No1s (probably due to different round & barrel vibrations, etc), i have found that they also can be sensitive to apparently trivial adjustments.

(I had one 2A that went from about 8 moa down to about 2 moa, simply by removing and refitting the same nosecap. No change to the rifle at all!)

[DamonL]

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My 2A1 @ 100m using 200gn Matchkings, 39gn 2208 in ADI brass.

It is untouched bedding wise. It was probably a fluke but ill take it.