M14 Forum

MJ1 · March 5th, 2011, 08:19 AM

from another angle

4570govt · March 5th, 2011, 12:30 PM

Very impressive!

konabully · March 5th, 2011, 11:14 PM

Wow! That's a fantastic collection.

nicholst55 · March 6th, 2011, 03:51 AM

Very, very nice! You wouldn't happen to know of a source for an affordable comb piece for a No.4 Lee Enfield, would you?

RET DEP 04 · March 6th, 2011, 10:16 AM

Very nice collection. Every time I see any as nice as yours I think there will be an Enfield in my future.

MJ1 · March 6th, 2011, 11:51 AM

I really appreciate your comments.

Thank you.

...MJ...

Aldaron · March 15th, 2011, 09:41 PM

Wow. The wood and steel are all in prime shape.
Major reconditioning before you got them?
I have a Aussie 44 smle beech wood. Has some dings but the metal is tops. Wish there was some ammo out there still. Well, ammo that is not $25 a box for shooting Kudu. No ammo for me for ages.

JavierC · April 5th, 2011, 04:31 PM

Once bought an Enfield from a gunstore which someone had sporterized. Don't recall if it was a Mk 3 or Mk 4.
Whoever did the job was a poor gunsmith. He screwed up the front sight so that it walked during shooting. When I fired it at the range, the elevation would remain consistent, within two inches vertically. However the windage wasn't worth shit, since I had hits all across the paper target despite holding 6 o'clock on the bull for every shot. I shot it a few times, then got rid of it.

Despite that bad experience, I went and bought a Mark 5 jungle carbine, which I found quite accurate, and still own over 20 years later. It looked sporterized, yet was original all around. Mfg date 09/46, meaning it is older than I am by about a 13 months.