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I only have three pounds of SR4759 left. Not sure what I'll do when I run out! :cry:

The original post is thirteen years old and is a dead link. Should this still be a sticky?

The Rifle No. 4 Mk 1* made by Savage in the U.S. also utilized this modified way of removing the bolt. :D

I believe you are confusing actual bolt heads with how the bolt head is manipulated in removing the bolt from the action body. Rifles No. 4 Mk 1* and No. 4 Mk 1/3 had a slot cut into the bolt head...

The Royal Laboratories G II round is a tracer round. Pre-1944.

Andrew, Hopefully the Enfields you are going to modify aren't any of the more collectible ones. Are they typical No. 4 models? Or Mk IIIs?

Very nice looking No. 4s, guys. Very nice.

Looks like the standard 174 gr bullet. This should be Mk VII ammo. Looks pretty clean, too. When/where are you posting it?

I, too, would like to see photos of the receiver without the stock. If nothing but to see how they attached the trigger. On a No. 5, the trigger is attached to the trigger guard. The trigger guard is...

+1 on Steve at 303British.com. I believe he used to be an armorer. Nevertheless, he's tested a lot of loads to produce his recipe book for the 303 - a book I've found invaluable.

The 1/2 and 1/3 refer to upgraded No. 4 rifles to the Mk 2 standard. This involves changing the trigger from being connected to the trigger guard, to being hung on the bottom of the receiver itself. ...

JeffinNZ is correct on the meanings of ROF and FTR. However, I don't think it is a 1/2 or a 1/3.

The quickest and easiest way to tell if it was indeed upgraded to the Mk 2 platform is to take the...

I'm shooting rounds that I lubed using the "Old NRA lube formula:"

1 part Beeswax
1 part Paraffin
1 part Vaselin

The rounds are loaded with HP-38. They are quite smokey. Anyone else using...

I, too, built a standard A2 with the Model 1 Sales upper kit. So far so good for me. No complaints and it's as accurate as I can shoot it at 100 yards.

One thing I did change was the front sight...

I use it for cast .303 ammo. I use a neck sizer and the cast bullet is sometimes not seated tightly enough. The factory crimp die solves that problem.

There is enough jostling around in the...

Do you RCBS lubrasizer users crank the lube handle before the bullet is down in the die or when it is down in the die?

Also, NOE is running a 218 gr mould (in .311, .314, .316") later this year for those of us who want to try and duplicate the Mk VI round. Should be fun!

NOE 311 218 Gr run

Here is a 202 gr. mould. I have one of these in .314 size.

NOE 312299

Surplus 303 British (if you can find it anymore!) will normally be the MkVII round which is a 174 grain spitzer bullet at about 2440 fps.

Please tell me that is not a CLLE! :groner:

I still have a coffee can full of it from when I pulled a case of South African apart a few years ago.

Confirmed. Made at Maltby.

All three makers were allowed to use BZ. The difference between their serials is how many numbers and what is the first number.

At 23 inches, sounds like the barrel was cut down.

Although bruce is probably correct, it would still be good to see a picture of the M in M/45. Maltby generally used a stylized M. What is the...

Stevens Savage made No. 4 rifles in the Mk 1* trim were manufactured from 1942 until the end of the war. My books are at home right now, so I'll have to look up the final date later. What serial...