Brother in law inherited Enfield; wants to go bubba with it

[antsi]

My brother in law just inherited an Enfield jungle carbine.

It's already had some "sporterizing" done - the wood furniture has been cut down and the rifle has been refinished in some kind of nickel-plated looking stuff.

BIL wants to mount a scope on it.

What are the bubba- and non-bubba options?

Does anyone make a scope mount for Enfields that minimizes damage/drilling to the original receiver?

I guess this rifle isn't historically correct at this point anyway, so maybe the question really ought to be what's the best way to mount a scope on and Enfield?

 

[bv141]

If you want to hold the zero you, you will need to drill the receiver
as all of the 'bolt to the rear sight' mounts are notorious for losing zero.

William's® receiver mounted scope base are made for the Enfield.
Available from Mid-way.

Here what it will look like.

bv

 

[R.W.Dale]

http://www3.sympatico.ca/shooters/ScopeMount.htm

I made myself one of these for a sporter I had bought and it works great.

 

[Skofnung]

Is it a Gibbs Rifle?

 

[xd45gaper]

i would defently go with a tactical black folding stock. verticle hand grip, surefire flashlight, laser, aimpoint, flashhider, bayonete, ranger finder. etc.

i bet the thing shoots great with iron sights. if he would give it a try its actually pretty fun to shoot iron sights

 

[xd45gaper]

i would defently go with a tactical black folding stock. verticle hand grip, surefire flashlight, laser, aimpoint, flashhider, bayonete, ranger finder. etc.

i bet the thing shoots great with iron sights. if he would give it a try its actually pretty fun to shoot iron sights

 

[MrDig]

The wandering Zero could also be a function of the round stressing the Barrel. I know at least two people who also solved the problem by having the barrel cut and crowned at 20 inches. And shimming the stock to fit the barrel. This does reduce the "Maximum Effective Range" and precludes floating the barrel, but may be the only other answer to the wandering zero problem.
All in all I would not do much more than have the scope installed as any real accurizing work is Very cost prohibitive with Enfields. It is all custom as opposed to prefab like with the Mausers.

 

[soul_rapier]

i think all brother in laws must be a dumb_$$ i got 1 that would blang blang 1 up to the point no one would want it . that rifle dont need a scope unless he shooting long range open sights on them old guns are great if you cant hit something with open sights with them you dont need to be shooting

 

[Akusp]

CAD Technik

Brownells (pn 100-000-319) sells a very nice no drill scope mount for the Enfields. Very solid and easily removed. Now made by Dai Management.

R

 

[B.D. Turner]

Is this rifle 303 or 308 it sure sounds like a Gibbs or an Ishy.

 

[swingset]

It's already Bubba'd, most assuredly not a real No5 if the wood has been cut down (they were already shortened). And, if it's got some nickle plating, it's probably a Gibbs rifle, which is a cut down gun to begin with.

 

[ArchAngelCD]

I have a 1917 Enfield made by Winchester and it was "sprotized" before I bought it. It came with a Leupond scope base already mounted. All I did was add the Leupond rings and a scope and it was good to go.

Here are two pictures before I added the scope:

 

[glimmerman]

nobrothergoodinlaw!!!!! LOL

 

[Dave Markowitz]

The wandering Zero could also be a function of the round stressing the Barrel.

Cutting a Jungle Carbine to 20" would be rather difficult, since it has an 18.5" barrel.

 

[Trebor]

It's already been "touched by a Bubba." Just mount the scope however you want. It doesn't really matter now.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

In the fifties and sixties, leaving a military surplus rifle as-was
was unthinkable: everyone "sporterized" military bolt guns.
I confess I have done it. Today, the going trend is to leave
these historical artifacts alone! Keep them as-issued.

.303 Brit Enfields have relatively thin barrels that are
supported by all that wood above and below. And,
since recoil is mass times velocity squared, cutting
the weight by 10% can increase the felt recoil by 20%.

Now, once a gun has been "bubba"ed it might not be
a historically correct collectable but it is still a good
shooter.