Enfield Standard Taps and Dies

[Flying10uk]

Thank-you very-much for posting the excellent pictures, Brian, most helpful.

[Simon P]

I have had a few Enfield taps & dies made over the years, to get the thread form as close as possible i have had to take a mixture of new un-issued parts and get an average size using a modern Shadow graph, the last ones I had made up were for the Parker Hale Aperture eye piece and the barrel locking screw on the Ross MkII rifle

[Warren]

There was a chap in the UK who had a small set of Enfield taps and dies made up some years ago.
I believe he had somewhere between 10 to 20 sets custom made.
I posted his name and email address for all those what wanted them on the Enfield section of the old Culver Shooting Pages.
Last time I spoke with him, I believe he said I was the ONLY one who bought a set.
They were not cheap but where else can you find them other than the plates and taps which Brian has and I also have.

[Robert303]

Is this link of any use? Do not all rush at once!
Set of 17 British Armourer Gauges - Collectibles

[Peter Laidler]

On the other hand............ In all my years on the bench and I agree, not many with No1 rifles except for plenty of EY's and the odd school Cadet Forces, when have I EVER truly needed a set of SMLE standard taps and dies. Especially when a list of clean-out/up specs were given in the EMER bible.

And even then, at Field and Base workshops, we only had a die plate!

[Roger Payne]

Warren, I've pm'ed you.

[Flying10uk]

I remember that we had to have a tap made specially for work some years ago which was a completely non standard metric size of a very fine pitch for a specialist non military application. It wasn't a size that any-one stocked due to it's very fine pitch but was around 9 or 10 mm diameter. It cost somewhere between £100 and £150 just for 1 tap to be made- luckily the customer agreed to pay for this.