MissouriCrowinMass
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I've been selling my least favorite pistols to finance MilSurps, lately. I find the MilSurps more fun to shoot and more interesting to read about.
I picked up a what I think is a Lee-Enfield No. 5 Jungle Carbine (I guess there are a lot of immitations around? I might be wrong?) I usualy refinish the wood but this rifle looked so classy that I just cleaned it real well and put on one coat of Tung Oil Finish. I cleaned off the grease and cold blued the steel. The bore is faily bright....real good lands. The bolt head is a #3 which is funny because the rifle doesn't look like it was shot much.
So far I've read and learned a lot about Lee-Enfields. Interesting....our M1 Carbine was designed to shoot the .30 Carbine Cartridge. It's great to shoot. You can shoot an M1 Carbine all day. Lee-Enfield designed this Carbine and said, "Well, 'ow 'ard can it we make it kick, mate? Let's use the bloody .303 British Cartridge." Anybody that says these have a massive kick ain't pulling your leg. It feels like shooting 1 oz. slugs out of a 12 ga.
Great trigger on this one. Maybe a hair too light. I'm goint to tap the front sight over a 'air to the right and either get a butt pad or a padded Man-Bro. My shoulder is black & blue from 20 rounds. No fastballs this week........
Oh....did I mentioned this was a blast to shoot? The noise takes the paint off any cars parked too close. I can see the attraction for using this rifle on Water Buffallo and Moose. It's the blast-wave that does the damage not the bullet.
I picked up a what I think is a Lee-Enfield No. 5 Jungle Carbine (I guess there are a lot of immitations around? I might be wrong?) I usualy refinish the wood but this rifle looked so classy that I just cleaned it real well and put on one coat of Tung Oil Finish. I cleaned off the grease and cold blued the steel. The bore is faily bright....real good lands. The bolt head is a #3 which is funny because the rifle doesn't look like it was shot much.
So far I've read and learned a lot about Lee-Enfields. Interesting....our M1 Carbine was designed to shoot the .30 Carbine Cartridge. It's great to shoot. You can shoot an M1 Carbine all day. Lee-Enfield designed this Carbine and said, "Well, 'ow 'ard can it we make it kick, mate? Let's use the bloody .303 British Cartridge." Anybody that says these have a massive kick ain't pulling your leg. It feels like shooting 1 oz. slugs out of a 12 ga.
Great trigger on this one. Maybe a hair too light. I'm goint to tap the front sight over a 'air to the right and either get a butt pad or a padded Man-Bro. My shoulder is black & blue from 20 rounds. No fastballs this week........
Oh....did I mentioned this was a blast to shoot? The noise takes the paint off any cars parked too close. I can see the attraction for using this rifle on Water Buffallo and Moose. It's the blast-wave that does the damage not the bullet.