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10-16-2017, 12:49 PM
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On the way home from bird hunting yesterday we saw a sign for a Warburg gun show.. Great selection of awesome firearms. Picked up a Mk3 Enfield rifle, in pretty good shape. Looks to be 1925/26 from the multitude of markings I looked up.
I cleaned it up and action seems good, barrel does not seem to have any pitting or anything. Question is, should I take any precautions firing it as I do not know when it was last fired?
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10-16-2017, 01:02 PM
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Just make sure the barrel is clear and shoot, better iron than gun's made today.
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10-16-2017, 01:13 PM
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Coolest gun ever built. Shoot it and checkout the brass vs an un fired one. You will see what's going on in the chamber
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10-16-2017, 01:59 PM
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Does it have an adjustable rear sight ahead of the breech or does it have a peep sight at the back end of the iron? I hope the OP understands what I'm trying to say here. LOL
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10-16-2017, 02:33 PM
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Original adjustable rear sight, was siezed up but now it's working great.
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There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process. ~Paul O'Neil, 1965
My biggest worry is that my wife (when I'm dead) will sell my fishing gear for what I said I paid for it. ~Koos Brandt
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10-16-2017, 04:38 PM
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Sounds like a #1 mark 3. I got 2 of them kicking around here.
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10-16-2017, 04:59 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Big Red 250
Sounds like a #1 mark 3. I got 2 of them kicking around here.
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That it is.
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There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process. ~Paul O'Neil, 1965
My biggest worry is that my wife (when I'm dead) will sell my fishing gear for what I said I paid for it. ~Koos Brandt
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10-17-2017, 06:14 PM
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Shot a box out of it today, tight grouping, accurate, still a solid rifle. No problems at all.
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There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process. ~Paul O'Neil, 1965
My biggest worry is that my wife (when I'm dead) will sell my fishing gear for what I said I paid for it. ~Koos Brandt
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10-17-2017, 06:30 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DaveFish
Shot a box out of it today, tight grouping, accurate, still a solid rifle. No problems at all.
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Was there any doubt? It's an enfield
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10-17-2017, 06:33 PM
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Some people don't believe me, but the British army was using them as sniper rifles in the early 1980's - granted they were the best of the best when they came out of the factory all those years ago when they were made.
303's have killed lots of moose, and put lots of "round holes in square heads" (saw on this forum somewhere)
I'm happy for you, and a little jealous.
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10-17-2017, 06:42 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Heyupduck
Some people don't believe me, but the British army was using them as sniper rifles in the early 1980's - granted they were the best of the best when they came out of the factory all those years ago when they were made.
303's have killed lots of moose, and put lots of "round holes in square heads" (saw on this forum somewhere)
I'm happy for you, and a little jealous.
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L42A1. Served until the eighties. Until they found a more uncool rifle as a replacement.
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10-17-2017, 06:48 PM
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Welcome to the club. If you are like me, you will find an excuse to bring it to the hunt; camp gun, quad gun, backup....
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10-17-2017, 07:43 PM
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Yea...was a very great feeling firing it. Now I have 3 rifles waiting for their chance to drop a deer.
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There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process. ~Paul O'Neil, 1965
My biggest worry is that my wife (when I'm dead) will sell my fishing gear for what I said I paid for it. ~Koos Brandt
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10-18-2017, 08:48 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DaveFish
Yea...was a very great feeling firing it. Now I have 3 rifles waiting for their chance to drop a deer.
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Is your's a sporter? I have the same rifle, mine is crudely sporterised, its got some pitting in the barrel but will still shoot 2-2.5" groups with the irons. I pack it around when the rain is falling, or the tree's are loaded with snow just waiting to drop it in your scope the minuet you brush against them. I used it to take a moose this year and despite its length I really liked the way it carried, handled, and shot in the bush. I think I'll practice up with the irons a little more this winter and try using it the whole season next year, very cool gun.
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