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jbmid1 · 03-24-2013, 10:35 PM

I picked one up at a gun show back in the fall. No 4, I think, 1942 Birmingham SN. Finally took it out to the range a couple weeks ago. Surprisingly nice shooter. Front sight is a little off, had to look up on line how to adjust(hammer&punch).

WHSmithIV · 03-25-2013, 12:17 AM

I used to have a Lee Enfield years ago and I did love that rifle. Had to sell it when I moved to Ma. when my Mom was dying of cancer. I'm trying to get another one now. Those .303 cartridges pack a lot of punch.

johnsxdm · 03-25-2013, 10:08 PM

I've got a 1944 #4 MK1* LongBranch that I bought back in the late 60s for $29.95. Over the years I've used it for and taken of few deer with it. Now it just sits in the safe. Heck, I've still got some ammo for it that I bought back in the 60s and this past fall, when I could see what was coming, I bought a couple hundred more rounds "just in case".

jbmid1 · 03-28-2013, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by johnsxdm

I've got a 1944 #4 MK1* LongBranch that I bought back in the late 60s for $29.95. Over the years I've used it for and taken of few deer with it. Now it just sits in the safe. Heck, I've still got some ammo for it that I bought back in the 60s and this past fall, when I could see what was coming, I bought a couple hundred more rounds "just in case".

I think it's a pretty good "just in case" gun. 10 rd mag, and a quick bolt action. Might be in demand if semiautos become restricted.

warriflefan · 03-30-2013, 10:08 AM

I love mine. I have a 1943 ROF that I have taken to CMP vintage rifle comps for several years. It has seen some action and slugs at .3145, I generally use lyman 314299 for a 200 gr round nose. Even with the large bore I have found that 25 grains of 4198 under 150 grain hornady SST from grafs shoot great through my no4 and no3 at 100 yards.

DesertRose · 03-30-2013, 07:01 PM

My husband introduced me to shooting modern long rifles with his Mk III SMLE back when we first married over 40 years ago. Love the quick action, it's "feel" and accuracy. I've fired other rifles since but the Enfield is my first "love".

But finding surplus military .303 ammo, or even commercial, is becoming harder. And the prices! Awk!

soundguy · 03-30-2013, 07:17 PM

it's my 2nd most accurate bolt gun with iron sights. my carl gustav is the 1st.

I like both.. I love wood furniture on a gun...

dec1989 · 04-17-2013, 11:20 PM

I just love shooting my enfields! I have three different ones, a 1945 no5 mk1 from POF (F), a 1943 long branch no4 mk1*, and a 1953 RFI Ishapore no1 mk3* in .303. They are just very great guns to have and there is a lot of info on them for me to research. Too bad ammo's getting pricier but I guess I'm getting lucky with where I buy it. At gunshows I pick up privi partisan .303 for about $19-$20 a box depending on who's willing to get rid of it faster and it never lets me down at the range.

WHSmithIV · 04-17-2013, 11:29 PM

I can't post yet! It hasn't yet arrived

I DID love to fire the one I had back in the mid 80's though!

nmckenzie · 04-18-2013, 01:11 AM

We (my better half and I) have three Enfields; one each No.1 Mk.III, No.4 Mk.I*, and a No.5. There's a lot of history in all of them, from the 1915 dated No.1 to the ex-Malay Federation Police No.5, and I really enjoy taking them out for range tryouts. The No.5, what with its short barrel and all, is a real blast - literally.

kostnerave · 04-18-2013, 10:50 AM

Most accurate bolt gun with iron sights that I have ever owned. Ruined the barrel shooting corrosive ammo but its still very accurate. Has what called a dark barrel and I kick my self in the ass for not cleaning it. But will never buy surplus ammo again.

nmckenzie · 04-18-2013, 01:06 PM

The purists will want to throw rocks at me for this, but back when there were some really nice Long Branch No.4s coming out of Canada I bought one as the basis of a match rifle project. Had a 26" medium heavy weight barrel (either Douglas or McMillan - can't remember which now) installed in .303 caliber - though the barrel maker had recommended 30/40 - mainly for the wide variety of bullets available. Buttstock was a Bishop match style - profiled along the lines of an Anschutz 54 - had to make an interesting cut in the comb in order to clear the bolt, with wide free-floating forend, handstop rail and so forth. Sights were a Redfield rear and Lyman globe front. Had all the metal parkerized, and finished the buttstock and forend with tung oil. It was a great looking rifle in an ugly as sin sort of way, and would shoot 1/2" 10 shot groups at 100yds. without even trying. In a moment of weakness I traded it off for I don't even remember what back in the early '90s. Whatever it was I'm sure it seemed like a great idea at the time.

glassparman · 04-18-2013, 02:03 PM

Mine is VERY accurate at 100 yds with homegrown ammo. Not too bad with British Milsurp either.

Needless to say, I LOVE my Enfield's (2+a jungle carbine)

Michael

nmckenzie · 04-18-2013, 02:32 PM

Our little No.5 "Jungle Carbine" is a shoulder thumping (recoil pad's hardened with age) ear blaster, and can also be a real dazzler on gloomy Sitka afternoons, but I love the little beastie. When we're at the range the lady of the house generally retreats to the car to read a book when I haul it out of its case. She regularly shoots Browning .308 and Marlin .35 lever actions, which aren't the quietest things in the world, so I suppose it's the No.5's rather impressive muzzle flash that gets to her more than anything else.

Detroit-1 · 05-03-2013, 04:34 PM

I have seven. From No.1 MK111 Lithgows to No.4 MK1 and 2 and a all matching Faz No.5. Love reloading and shooting them all.

03-24-2013, 10:35 PM	#1
jbmid1 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 1,081	Post here if you enjoy firing your Lee-Enfield I picked one up at a gun show back in the fall. No 4, I think, 1942 Birmingham SN. Finally took it out to the range a couple weeks ago. Surprisingly nice shooter. Front sight is a little off, had to look up on line how to adjust(hammer&punch). __________________ You can't be too rich, too thin, or have too much firepower. -->

03-25-2013, 12:17 AM	#2
WHSmithIV Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Moore, Idaho contributor Posts: 2,802	Re: Post here if you enjoy firing your Lee-Enfield I used to have a Lee Enfield years ago and I did love that rifle. Had to sell it when I moved to Ma. when my Mom was dying of cancer. I'm trying to get another one now. Those .303 cartridges pack a lot of punch. __________________ We are not sheeple, we will not fade quietly away. We will stand up for Freedom, for our rights, and, we will fight to protect the Constitution and our Freedom. We are the militia, we are the PEOPLE.

03-25-2013, 10:08 PM	#3
johnsxdm Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: 45 miles SW of chicago Posts: 44	Re: Post here if you enjoy firing your Lee-Enfield I've got a 1944 #4 MK1* LongBranch that I bought back in the late 60s for $29.95. Over the years I've used it for and taken of few deer with it. Now it just sits in the safe. Heck, I've still got some ammo for it that I bought back in the 60s and this past fall, when I could see what was coming, I bought a couple hundred more rounds "just in case".

03-30-2013, 10:08 AM	#5
warriflefan V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Meadow Vista, CA Posts: 243	Re: Post here if you enjoy firing your Lee-Enfield I love mine. I have a 1943 ROF that I have taken to CMP vintage rifle comps for several years. It has seen some action and slugs at .3145, I generally use lyman 314299 for a 200 gr round nose. Even with the large bore I have found that 25 grains of 4198 under 150 grain hornady SST from grafs shoot great through my no4 and no3 at 100 yards. __________________ "Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms." (James Madison, The Federalist Papers #46 at 243-244) "I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." (Thomas Jefferson)

03-30-2013, 07:01 PM	#6
DesertRose V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 55	Re: Post here if you enjoy firing your Lee-Enfield My husband introduced me to shooting modern long rifles with his Mk III SMLE back when we first married over 40 years ago. Love the quick action, it's "feel" and accuracy. I've fired other rifles since but the Enfield is my first "love". But finding surplus military .303 ammo, or even commercial, is becoming harder. And the prices! Awk! __________________ Wit needs the wanderer in foreign lands, At home, all is easy

03-30-2013, 07:17 PM	#7
soundguy Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: florida Contributor Posts: 4,746	Re: Post here if you enjoy firing your Lee-Enfield it's my 2nd most accurate bolt gun with iron sights. my carl gustav is the 1st. I like both.. I love wood furniture on a gun...

04-17-2013, 11:20 PM	#8
dec1989 Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 11	Re: Post here if you enjoy firing your Lee-Enfield I just love shooting my enfields! I have three different ones, a 1945 no5 mk1 from POF (F), a 1943 long branch no4 mk1, and a 1953 RFI Ishapore no1 mk3 in .303. They are just very great guns to have and there is a lot of info on them for me to research. Too bad ammo's getting pricier but I guess I'm getting lucky with where I buy it. At gunshows I pick up privi partisan .303 for about $19-$20 a box depending on who's willing to get rid of it faster and it never lets me down at the range. Last edited by dec1989; 04-17-2013 at 11:22 PM..

04-17-2013, 11:29 PM	#9
WHSmithIV Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Moore, Idaho contributor Posts: 2,802	Re: Post here if you enjoy firing your Lee-Enfield I can't post yet! It hasn't yet arrived I DID love to fire the one I had back in the mid 80's though! __________________ We are not sheeple, we will not fade quietly away. We will stand up for Freedom, for our rights, and, we will fight to protect the Constitution and our Freedom. We are the militia, we are the PEOPLE.

04-18-2013, 01:11 AM	#10
nmckenzie Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Sitka, Alaska Posts: 2,005	Re: Post here if you enjoy firing your Lee-Enfield We (my better half and I) have three Enfields; one each No.1 Mk.III, No.4 Mk.I*, and a No.5. There's a lot of history in all of them, from the 1915 dated No.1 to the ex-Malay Federation Police No.5, and I really enjoy taking them out for range tryouts. The No.5, what with its short barrel and all, is a real blast - literally.

04-18-2013, 10:50 AM	#11
kostnerave V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Kommifornia Posts: 82	Re: Post here if you enjoy firing your Lee-Enfield Most accurate bolt gun with iron sights that I have ever owned. Ruined the barrel shooting corrosive ammo but its still very accurate. Has what called a dark barrel and I kick my self in the ass for not cleaning it. But will never buy surplus ammo again.

04-18-2013, 01:06 PM	#12
nmckenzie Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Sitka, Alaska Posts: 2,005	Re: Post here if you enjoy firing your Lee-Enfield The purists will want to throw rocks at me for this, but back when there were some really nice Long Branch No.4s coming out of Canada I bought one as the basis of a match rifle project. Had a 26" medium heavy weight barrel (either Douglas or McMillan - can't remember which now) installed in .303 caliber - though the barrel maker had recommended 30/40 - mainly for the wide variety of bullets available. Buttstock was a Bishop match style - profiled along the lines of an Anschutz 54 - had to make an interesting cut in the comb in order to clear the bolt, with wide free-floating forend, handstop rail and so forth. Sights were a Redfield rear and Lyman globe front. Had all the metal parkerized, and finished the buttstock and forend with tung oil. It was a great looking rifle in an ugly as sin sort of way, and would shoot 1/2" 10 shot groups at 100yds. without even trying. In a moment of weakness I traded it off for I don't even remember what back in the early '90s. Whatever it was I'm sure it seemed like a great idea at the time.

04-18-2013, 02:03 PM	#13
glassparman Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 46	Re: Post here if you enjoy firing your Lee-Enfield Mine is VERY accurate at 100 yds with homegrown ammo. Not too bad with British Milsurp either. Needless to say, I LOVE my Enfield's (2+a jungle carbine) Michael

04-18-2013, 02:32 PM	#14
nmckenzie Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Sitka, Alaska Posts: 2,005	Re: Post here if you enjoy firing your Lee-Enfield Our little No.5 "Jungle Carbine" is a shoulder thumping (recoil pad's hardened with age) ear blaster, and can also be a real dazzler on gloomy Sitka afternoons, but I love the little beastie. When we're at the range the lady of the house generally retreats to the car to read a book when I haul it out of its case. She regularly shoots Browning .308 and Marlin .35 lever actions, which aren't the quietest things in the world, so I suppose it's the No.5's rather impressive muzzle flash that gets to her more than anything else.

05-03-2013, 04:34 PM	#15
Detroit-1 Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 28	Re: Post here if you enjoy firing your Lee-Enfield I have seven. From No.1 MK111 Lithgows to No.4 MK1 and 2 and a all matching Faz No.5. Love reloading and shooting them all.