I am finally getting around to moving all the guns that my grandfather left me from my grandmothers to my house. One of the guns is an lee enfield rifle. It was used in one of the wars, forget which one(will look up serial numbers later when I am not at work). But everything seems to be in working order on it. But there are a few things I would like to know, are there extra mmagazines around for these. Also how available is .303 ammo and which brand seems to be the best for it. If I was to be the first person to fire this in prob over 30 years anything special I should do besides giving it a thorough cleaning?

Also how available is .303 ammo and which brand seems to be the best for it.

 

303 British is widely available:

 

Cabelas

 

Midway has a full page of 303

 

But it's also an easy / cheaper caliber to reload. Your local small store may not have a lot in stock, but all the bigger places and mail-order places have it.

Aimsurplus has the Privi stuff which is excellent ammo. The Privi brass is made to military specs so it is some of the brass out there. Enfields are awesome rifles and if you have a good one they are verrrrry accurate.

Even though the mag extends below the action, it wasn't meant to be, for lack of a better term, "disposable" - that is soldiers did not carry extra loaded mags - that one stays with the gun.

 

Aside from a good cleaning, you may want to have the headspace checked. Some of these are quite worn, others are good. I know a guy with one that was so shot out that he could take a .303 bullet (which IIRC is .311" in diam) and drop it in the chamber and it would come out the muzzle - only propellant necessary was gravity.

 

Enjoy.

 

Adios,

 

Pizza Bob

I'm an Enfield guy

 

Is it a 1miii or 4 m I. No 5 etc

 

That will

Make a difference. In what is recommended. Look for surplus mil 303. No paki crap. Again depending what model look for mkvii ammo. Anything else is not correct to the rifle. any modern hunting ammo WILL NOT be regulated with the sights

 

Awaiting ur response.

I will have to check it out tomorrow when i can access the rifle again.

I have an Enfield question and figured I'd ask it here instead of starting a new thread. Anyone know what a No.4 MkII would go for in very good to excellent condition? As far as I know it's numbers matching.

275-375 depending on some factors

What should I look for? I met this guy that might sell it to me but he is asking way over that price. I said I would make him an offer in a couple days. By the way, he was asking 850 for it and I think he's nuts.

He's nuts out to dinner. If u wanna chat about it later Ko worries I'll

Pm my cell

He's nuts out to dinner. If u wanna chat about it later Ko worries I'll

Pm my cell

That would be awesome. Just let me know what a good time to call would be.

I dmt care I'd the cel is out there. 646. 296. 8583

 

 

IF. And rhats a big if. The serial is in the Irish contract range it is worth more but not 800ish

 

Try me say 10 or so on a date with my honey.

 

:-)

Alright, sounds good. Have fun.

I dmt care I'd the cel is out there.

 

Wow, that's one of the more cryptic posts I've read in a while...

Lmao. No reading glasses. Damn iPhone auto complete and a jack and coke or two. Lol