Clip loading the Lee Enfield?

[Havenot]

I've got three of the Enfield pattern guns(excepting a US M1917)...and of the three my old crusty SSA SHTLE 1918 is the only one that will load properly with stripper clips. I mean it loads fine...like it's supposed to.

My No.4 Mk.I and No.5 carbine load awful with clips! Almost always get rims interlocked wrong and I do know how to stagger the cartridge rims, plus have tried a couple suggested techniques of manipulating the top cartridge as you cram them in...no good on these two muskets They want to be top-loaded one by one. Take the same cartridges and put them back in the same clips and they will zip right into the SSA No.1 Mk.III* in perfect order like every time!

There must be some magazine tuning or tweeking issue I'm neglecting on the No.4 and No.5 Lee Enfields. They feed cartridges fine once loaded by hand. Mag boxes themselves appear good/serviceable with no obvious defects(to speak of). The issue has stumped me for years.

Are there and tips or suggestions on the tuning of magazines for proper clip-loading?

Thanx HT

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