Viewpoint - British Army Contract for L96A1 Sniper Rifle (by Gil Boyd B.E.M)

[Lee Enfield]

I'm not sure that I would agree with that L-E, thread 108 above. There were in fact TWO locking rings available in much the same way that there were 4 bolt heads available for the L42. While this was a novel idea, it made adjusting the CHS a barrel removal job too! As for the interchangeability of the bolt and body, well, they were interchangeable......., but only in so far as they are also 'interchangeable' on the L42, L1A1 rifle, the Bren etc etc. They would change but would not necessarily be correct afterwards. That's the reason why the L96 bolt and hood were numbered.

I think that you must be reading a different EMER to me.

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that may be an example of practice vs. theory, but you can't do that with a Parker-Hale/Remington/Winchester/Mauser ect.

With them it's a case of cut & try, repeat, cut & try...

I watched an interview with Dave Walls where he stated that a current production bolt will headspace into any (same action) gun manufactured in c.1990...

I don't have EMERs on it, but I might have a few CFTOs and physical examples of Parker-Hale, Remington, Winchester, Mauser, AI AT and Lee Enfields ect....