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    #3 Bolt Head for No4 Mk1

    I 've had this bolt head for probably 20 years now. Has a "M" stamp I assume is Maltby? I was wondering what it is worth. Has the extractor but no spring. No rust or pitting.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GaCop View Post
    I 've had this bolt head for probably 20 years now. Has a "M" stamp I assume is Maltby? I was wondering what it is worth. Has the extractor but no spring. No rust or pitting.
    Probably about the same as any other bolt head.

    Some years agoI undertook an evaluation of the bolt head sizes Vs 'numbers' and found that 'number 0' could be bigger than 'number 3'.
    If you happen to have a 'long number 3' and someone is struggling with head space it may have some value to them.

    Without knowing what size (dimension) it is the answer is 'a piece of string'.

    The full post is available somewhere on this forum but I cannot find it.

    I also posted it here :

    No4 Bolt Head Survey and Instructions
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    Mine are not the best, but they are not too bad. I can think of lots of Enfields I'd rather have but instead of constantly striving for more, sometimes it's good to be satisfied with what one has...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alan de Enfield View Post
    Without knowing what size (dimension) it is the answer is 'a piece of string'.
    He does say it's a #3... It might bring $30CDN or so. It's worth more to the guy trying to tighten up a loose headspace and not so much to a guy trying to assemble something...at random. Have a look on Ebay or Gunbroker for prices close to you in the USAicon.
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    Quote Originally Posted by browningautorifleicon View Post
    He does say it's a #3... It might bring $30CDN or so. It's worth more to the guy trying to tighten up a loose headspace and not so much to a guy trying to assemble something...at random. Have a look on Ebay or Gunbroker for prices close to you in the USAicon.
    And, a number 3 means nothing, a No 0 can be bigger than a No3.
    As I said, it is the actual measurement that is important be it a number 0, number 1 or number 3
    Mine are not the best, but they are not too bad. I can think of lots of Enfields I'd rather have but instead of constantly striving for more, sometimes it's good to be satisfied with what one has...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alan de Enfield View Post
    a number 3 means nothing, a No 0 can be bigger than a No3.
    Yes, understood. A long "0" can measure like a short "3"...agreed. I've sat and measure too.
    Regards, Jim

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    Cannot remember where I got this from maybe from this site years ago you lose track with the web anyway this was a survey done of 0 - 3 #4 boltheads and just shows the dispersion of measurements in the series and it true to what Alan De has said but in saying that as one knows as BIO let us know that the lock up on a Lee enfield is spherical so just changing a bolt head to tighten CHS may put more pressure somewhere else thats what I have learned here since being a member.

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    Quote Originally Posted by CINDERS View Post
    Cannot remember where I got this from maybe from this site years ago you lose track with the web anyway this was a survey done of 0 - 3 #4 boltheads and just shows the dispersion of measurements in the series and it true to what Alan De has said but in saying that as one knows as BIO let us know that the lock up on a Lee enfield is spherical so just changing a bolt head to tighten CHS may put more pressure somewhere else thats what I have learned here since being a member.
    Yes - that is 'my' Excel spreadsheet, I posted it along with pictures (and the importance) of overturn, details on how to do a 'quick and dirty' measurement of your actual headspace, and copies of some of Peter Laidlericon's notes on correct sizing of bolt heads when head-spacing.

    I posted it here but can no longer find it.
    Mine are not the best, but they are not too bad. I can think of lots of Enfields I'd rather have but instead of constantly striving for more, sometimes it's good to be satisfied with what one has...

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    So the "M" could mean it's a medium #3 then. I'll have to measure it, thanks fellas.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GaCop View Post
    So the "M" could mean it's a medium #3 then. I'll have to measure it, thanks fellas.
    No, the M probably does mean Maltby.
    Mine are not the best, but they are not too bad. I can think of lots of Enfields I'd rather have but instead of constantly striving for more, sometimes it's good to be satisfied with what one has...

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