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Me too scully, could strip and reassemble one in no time back then. Remember the bren guns they made us lug around too. Dressed like dad's army with puttees on and itchy shirts.

The most accurate ones made good sniper rifles, fettled by H&H for the war dept.

Will the magazine work with .410 carts?

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1 hour ago, Lampwick said:

It’s a .303 with matching numbers on metalwork but haven’t looked on the barrel  

Still to put a round through it! Fingers crossed. 

thank god for that........it would have been a crime to drill that out into a 410................looks a cracking example ...love to see some more pics of it 

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Used these rifles a lot when in the cadets, but never noticed much recoil, nor did my schoolmates ever complain about it.   On warm days we were in shirt sleeve order, so we didn't have a lot of padding.

2 hours ago, Mr.C said:

They do indeed kick like really annoyed mule although I never know if it's exacerbated by the short lop

The point about LOP might be significant.  We were starting to use the .303 as 14 year olds, so they were perhaps the stocks were a bit long for us.

Our cadet force had large numbers of rifles, most of them only used for drill, not for firing.   The ones kept for use by the team had headspace and other dimensions regularly checked by a specialist armourer, which may have helped to avoid excessive recoil.

 

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22 hours ago, nnorman32 said:

Check the brass butt plate, coin to open, may have oil bottle in, looks like a Lee Enfield .303 No4 bolt action single shot rifle,10 shot mag,  kicks like a mule.

WW2 British  issue service rifle ? now converted to 410. 

 

If you think that kicks try the No 5 Jungle Carbine, that shakes your filling loose 

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23 hours ago, Scully said:

Lovely bit of kit. Brings back memories of days in the Cadets. 

Not to mention Aden in '66 which to be honest I'd rather forget. Our ammunition had been loaded and unloaded so many times that we'd pull the bullets from the case and check that there was still some powder before pushing them back in with a final tap on the butt plate. Did get a bit concerned though when I saw one lad taking a pinch and tossing it over his shoulder for luck.

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2 minutes ago, wymberley said:

Not to mention Aden in '66 which to be honest I'd rather forget. Our ammunition had been loaded and unloaded so many times that we'd pull the bullets from the case and check that there was still some powder before pushing them back in with a final tap on the butt plate. Did get a bit concerned though when I saw one lad taking a pinch and tossing it over his shoulder for luck.

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