John jovino Co question.

[newcastle]

I recall discussion in the past that JJCo made put togethers and also imported complete rifles and the position of the letter as part of the serial number was the give away. however I cannot remember which way round it was. Was Serial with letter at the END the put together or was it letter at the beginning??

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[browningautorifle]

Here's a thread that we discussed this same thing in... https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=27565

[newcastle]

Duhuh - I even STARTED that thread. Thank you sir.

[Darlington]

I own a JJCO rifle. Serial # 644A. I love all my enfields, longbranch, ishapore etc, as each is unique. The JJCO is interesting in that they obviously assembled it but all the Lithgow inspection stamps are there on the receiver and wood. The one thing I did modify before shooting it was to make and fit some brass recoil plates. Maybe I should post those photos. Anyway, rifle as you would expect is very clean and shoots well.

[newcastle]

Please post pics of the recoil plates and how you fitted them if you have the pictures, that would be most splendid.

[Darlington]

Here are some rifle pics of markings etc. Everything is stamped OA, BA, MA SLAZ etc...will post the recoil blocks later
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[Darlington]

I did this a few years ago when I bought the rifle. I just found the link....its old and missing pictures but has the important info. I don't have photos of everything.
http://dave2.freeshell.org/smle/smle279/smle279.htm
There is also a section in 2012 Accurizing Enfield book.
The 2012 Complete Book on Lee Enfield Accurizing BW - Roger Wadham - Google Books

The Australian III's made with Coachwood are prone to splitting and because of this were factory fitted with copper 1/8" recoil plates. However even Lithgow did not always do it; between early 1943 and early 1944 they didn't for example. Its not surprising then that JJCO riles never got them. My rifle is all Slaz 43/44 Coachwood.
1. I bought a small piece of 1/8 hard brass and some small bass countersunk screws 1/2". I went with brass as hard brass is tougher and would wear better. Plates are 17/32" x 7/16" x 1/8".
2. I cut my own recoil plates from the brass (they used to be available but not anymore) and drilled countersunk holes.
3. I then marked up my stock and chiseled the wood out. Along the way there multiple fittings...removing just enough wood, keep all the angles correct. In the following pictureyou can see one side marked and other part cut out.
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4. I then test fitted the recoil plates to make sure everything was snug and then drilled holes for the screws.
Attachment 97367
5. I then test fitted again and again until the fit was tight. I used a Sharpie marker to shade the crass, then fir the receiver looking for it rubbing it off. I removed a small amount of brass in final fitting with a dremel.
Attachment 97368
6. The rifle shoots great and the stock is now safe from splitting.

Hope that all helps

[MJ1]

I hope this contributes to the post.





Found this unfired job in the late 1990's



Some day I will fit the pads and then have a go at the range.



Cheers

[newcastle]

Lovely rifle MJ. How thick are those recoil plates? I assume its just a close up picture but they do look fairly chunky!

[MJ1]

Lovely rifle MJ. How thick are those recoil plates? I assume its just a close up picture but they do look fairly chunky!

I don't have them close by to measure but they came out of a damaged 1942 BSA No.1 MkIII stock.

I will get around to cutting them in before I shoot this rifle someday.