What a difference a thousandth makes in a worn out barrel!

The #1 community for Gun Owners of the Northeast

Member Benefits:

  • No ad networks!
  • Discuss all aspects of firearm ownership
  • Discuss anti-gun legislation
  • Buy, sell, and trade in the classified section
  • Chat with Local gun shops, ranges, trainers & other businesses
  • Discover free outdoor shooting areas
  • View up to date on firearm-related events
  • Share photos & video with other members
  • ...and so much more!

    • Register Log in
    John from MD

    John from MD

    American Patriot
    MDS Supporter
    May 12, 2005
    22,911
    Socialist State of Maryland
    .303 Enfields are notorious for having rimlock. I lost first place in a WWII shoot at Fort Meade years ago when my No4 rifle locked up. I had to dump the magazine and reload dropping me into second place. The way to avoid rimlock is to load your stripper clips properly and always load from a stripper clip. It has been over 25 years since I competed with Enfields so I don't remember how to stagger the rounds in the stripper clip properly. I'm willing to bet someone has put it on the internet somewhere.
     
    SKIP

    SKIP

    Ultimate Member
    Mar 5, 2009
    3,248
    Glenwood/Glenelg
    I load them in chargers just as though they were Mosin.
    You must be sure you insert them into the rifle correctly.
     

    Attachments

    • P1010010.JPG
      P1010010.JPG
      99.7 KB · Views: 128
    • P1010009.JPG
      P1010009.JPG
      123.8 KB · Views: 124
    John from MD

    John from MD

    American Patriot
    MDS Supporter
    May 12, 2005
    22,911
    Socialist State of Maryland
    While Mosins and Enfields both have rimmed rounds, they are different animals. Moisin Nagant rifles won't get rim lock because they have an interrupter holding the rounds down in the magazine so that they can't get rimlock. As I said earlier, I don't remember the actual Enfield clip lineup but there is one.
     
    Clovis

    Clovis

    Ultimate Member
    MDS Supporter
    Aug 1, 2011
    1,418
    Centreville
    Years ago I bought my P-14 and when I tried using round nose bullets it would not feed. The round nose would end up jammed against the edge of the chamber and the soft point bullet would have a gouge in the lead of the soft point. The smith I took it to thought it was a common problem and offered to install a piece designed to allow the rifle to feed the soft points. I don't recall what it was called and looked like it would be placed near the front of the magazine but I declined because of the cost and being a non-standard change to the rifle.

    As far as loading the strippers, the brits would load one down, one up, one down, one up and one down _-_-_ , in this pattern against the rear of the stripper. That method would allow the load to be the same for both ends of the stripper. I can't think they would have used a different method for the P-14 than the Lee's. In the Lee if the rounds were jammed up in the mag, they would simply push them down and let them pop back up and they were supposed to "sort themselves" right. I am not sure this would work in the Enfield.
     
    You must log in or register to reply here.

    Users who are viewing this thread

    Total: 2 (members: 0, guests: 2)
    Busted Gun in MD ad

    Latest posts

    Forum statistics

    Threads
    275,422
    Messages
    7,280,964
    Members
    33,451
    Latest member
    SparkyKoT

    Latest threads

    Top Bottom