Clip problems 303 Brit

[Geezer in NH]

Magazine. Clip is what holds the cartridges that fill the magazine.

Dave

Got to agree with that. A magazine for the SMLE HAS to bit fit to the rifle they are not interchangeable.

[SteveK]

Does this occur with the magazine IN the rifle, or out of the rifle?

Lee Enfield magazines do not retain cartridges securely when OUT of the rifle. They were never intended to be carried around when OUT of the rifle, and were designed to be removed only for cleaning.

If the magazine fits reasonably well and feeds cartridges correctly, then it's working properly. If it's NOT retaining cartridges when IN the rifle, then that's a problem..... one which I've never encountered.

Details, please....

This is truth. Do not look at your Enfield magazine as a magazine, but rather, as a box to store 10 rounds under the bolt. Keep your spare cartriges in stripper clips and load 'em as you need 'em. Your observance will be rewarded.

[Four Fingers of Death]

I carried the SMLE No1 Mk111 in the Australian Army Cadet Corps (no star, ours had been issued many moons before and never did the final upgrade, like all school cadet rifles). If we removed the magazine apart from cleaning, either got a cut from the cane or was running around with the rifle above our heads. The Aussie Army never removed the mag (apart from cleaning) as they were specific issue to that rifle and were not always interchangeable.

I can't say I have ever seen a problem with one.