mljdeckard
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Several years before he died, my dad put a no-drill, no-tap scope mount on my grandfather's old 1917 Enfield. He kind of went halfway, Removed the front sight, and the guts to the rear sight, but no permanent alterations, just in case. I think I still have the pieces somewhere. Dad died a few years ago, and I have the rifle. He put a Bushnell 3200 3x9 on it, but if he ever shot it, he never told me about it.
So I finally got around to benching it today to see what I have to work with. I got some federal premium and went to the range and benched it. And.....it's all over the place. I quit after 8 rounds when two hit in the opposite corners of the paper. The bore is pretty, and I managed a couple of inches with it at 100 when I was a teenager with the iron sights.
SO, where do I look? The glass, rings, and mount all feel solid. Nothing jiggles or moves. What is the order I should take to re-install everything?
OR, should I have the rear sight base ground off, and put a conventional scope mount on it? It was sporterized decades ago, I'm not sentimental about it, and I have no desire to run it with iron sights. I have read that the steel in these guns is so hard, you have to plan on ruing a tap set to do the job at all. Is it worth it?
So I finally got around to benching it today to see what I have to work with. I got some federal premium and went to the range and benched it. And.....it's all over the place. I quit after 8 rounds when two hit in the opposite corners of the paper. The bore is pretty, and I managed a couple of inches with it at 100 when I was a teenager with the iron sights.
SO, where do I look? The glass, rings, and mount all feel solid. Nothing jiggles or moves. What is the order I should take to re-install everything?
OR, should I have the rear sight base ground off, and put a conventional scope mount on it? It was sporterized decades ago, I'm not sentimental about it, and I have no desire to run it with iron sights. I have read that the steel in these guns is so hard, you have to plan on ruing a tap set to do the job at all. Is it worth it?