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I see on Criterion's web page that they're sold out of No. 4 LE barrels. My brother built a faux Long Branch sniper; I can't recall whether he purchased a barrel from Criterion or Lothar Walther.
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If you haven't already fired all your new PPU brass for the first time, resulting in that first case stretch, you can form the brass to your chamber before firing by creating a false shoulder and...

Can't help you with info on recommended gauges; I have a set I was given by a Canadian gun plumber, but I've never even used them. Can't recall any markings that are on them as far as who made them. ...

If you're not terrified at the very idea of using steel wool wrapped around a brush to scrub your bore, you can give that a try and see if you feel there's any resulting improvement.

When I helped...

I think of it (and I think it's usually described as) a "crush" fit. I.e., some increased resistance when turning down the bolt at the end of chambering.

I don't recall when I started doing it...

Whether for the Krag that was the original topic of discussion, or for Lee Enfields (that the Brits cut with chambers to assure they could deal with either trench mud or verdigris coated rounds from...

That is indeed a very interesting mould you have there, minus a gas check. I gas check all mine despite the powder coating; they may not require them with the powder coating, but I kind of defaulted...

I load a lot for exactly one; a 1950 Long Branch No. 4 Mk1 I specifically chose from 20 NIB that I cleaned up and test fired for group. It has chamber and bore dimensions that are almost all you...

I was never taught, nor did I ever teach, that the idea behind stacking for an entry was to minimize property damage on a battlefield. Or potential collateral damage. It was always about minimizing...

Being a member of that hardly exclusive and not elite club, and also having taught FIBUA/MOUT or whatever you want to call it as recently as 2016, I generally agree with most of what you posted. But...

It would be equally charitable to remember that in the trench war of WWI that you mention, the bayonet was quite useful when those who went over the top ended up clearing the enemy trenches once they...

If you find those articles, I would like a copy if you're willing to share. I have a scanned mimeograph of a report in The Canadian Marksman mailed out to DCRA members/competitors after one of the...

There are more than a few circles that are mostly Circles Of Disinformation... their primary accomplishment fostering the 'mediocre reputation' of the .303 British cartridge. That would include all...

As a point of interest, the military pams published in the later half of WWII for the Lee Enfield No.4 Mk1 specify that the rifle is to be zeroed for both adjustable and fixed rear sights at 300...

In the next few months I am going to start looking into a laser engraver who can replicate the factory markings on Husqvarna's hunting rifles from the 1960's: the crown emblem, caliber, serial number...

I can match your wish of what you kept with memories of selling 19 Long Branch No. 4 Mk1 rifles, dated 1950, still in the factory grease for $150 each... thinking I was making a tidy little profit on...

I know of - but know little - of the Chassepot rifle. My 30 years in the military mind makes me curious as to what the military/arsenals of the day used as their logic for deciding a bayonet that...

Thank you for that interesting post.

Among other things, it never occurred to me to try a gas check for .32 caliber and see if that made any difference whatsoever. I also do gas check and...

Wrong caliber for this subject... but the mention of HXP surplus brass led me to shed a tear for the now-gone days when HXP surplus .303 British ammunition was cheap like borscht, as tight grouping...

Whether you shoot them sized or not, choose the finished size that most closely matches the dimensions of the ball seat/lead. Most will find tighter fit is mo' better.

If you're planning to go...

There would need to be an actual library, not just a sticky. Some of these files are Mbs in size, even after I've used Acrobat Professional to minimize their size as much as possible.

For...

Scanned from the CAF pam C-71 -111-000/M M-000 dated 1991. Probably more Lee Enfield bubba'd rifles out there whose owners want to improve performance of. This is an example of why we could sure...

This internet entrepreneur makes a replacement cramps for adjusting front sights; bonus is he also supplies a screwdriver altered to fit the front sight lock screw.

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Another basement hobbiest solution for Lee Enfield owners with the Mk 2 rear sight i.e. Savage as an alternative to finding a replacement rear ladder sight. This would provide you with one aperture...

There is also other possibilities i.e. "Oh, here's one of those things... this one will do". However, that would assume somebody before you got the rifle with no rear sight at all.

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