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<blockquote data-quote="johnjnam" data-source="post: 194934" data-attributes="member: 10939"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Hi All </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> Please help!!!!!</span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I am living in Namibia and advice out here is on rather short supply .</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I do have in my collection a 1908 Mark 3 Lee Enfield .303 which I have customized recently .</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> The barrel was ( is) badly corroded and the front part was shot out .</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> So I have shortened the barrel by 6 inch , cut a new crown to the barrel . shortened the wood by 6 inch to keep the original shape of the rifle .</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I have also fully bedded the barrel across the entire length so that it is absolute solid in the wood .</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> I have tested it with the open sights and it shot well and the grouping was under a 3 inch on a 100 m . Every now and then a flyer appeared but I guess that is acceptable .</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I must also mention that I am reloading my own ammo for all my rifles - including the .303 .</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">But old age is catching up with me and the eye sight is slowly fading - which made me decide to fit a Pecar Berlin 4 x scope .</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I have checked scope mounts and rifle mounts and all are tight and solid .</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Have also tested 3 different scopes on the rifle and the effect is the same .</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Every first shot is 3-5 inch high - then they settle back to a 2- 3 inch grouping .</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Allow the barrel to cool down then the first one goes high again .</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I tried different loads , projectile weights , primers ,. Bullet seat depth – Nothing works - the effect stays the same .</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> I tried shooting with a clean barrel and a fouled barrel and it seems that the more copper deposits in the barrel the better the grouping becomes . but the first one is still high .</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Please help !!! I am at the end of my own advice here . I really would love to use the rifle for hunting here as it is so nice and compact now with the shorter barrel .</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> Please try to mail me back directly at </span></span><a href="mailto:johnjnam@yahoo.com"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #0000ff">johnjnam@yahoo.com</span></span></span></a><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> as I can not always enter all internet sites from here .</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> Thanking you </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"> John . </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="johnjnam, post: 194934, member: 10939"] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Hi All [/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial] Please help!!!!![/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Arial][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]I am living in Namibia and advice out here is on rather short supply .[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]I do have in my collection a 1908 Mark 3 Lee Enfield .303 which I have customized recently .[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial] The barrel was ( is) badly corroded and the front part was shot out .[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial] So I have shortened the barrel by 6 inch , cut a new crown to the barrel . shortened the wood by 6 inch to keep the original shape of the rifle .[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]I have also fully bedded the barrel across the entire length so that it is absolute solid in the wood .[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial] I have tested it with the open sights and it shot well and the grouping was under a 3 inch on a 100 m . Every now and then a flyer appeared but I guess that is acceptable .[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]I must also mention that I am reloading my own ammo for all my rifles - including the .303 .[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]But old age is catching up with me and the eye sight is slowly fading - which made me decide to fit a Pecar Berlin 4 x scope .[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]I have checked scope mounts and rifle mounts and all are tight and solid .[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Have also tested 3 different scopes on the rifle and the effect is the same .[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Every first shot is 3-5 inch high - then they settle back to a 2- 3 inch grouping .[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Allow the barrel to cool down then the first one goes high again .[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]I tried different loads , projectile weights , primers ,. Bullet seat depth – Nothing works - the effect stays the same .[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial] I tried shooting with a clean barrel and a fouled barrel and it seems that the more copper deposits in the barrel the better the grouping becomes . but the first one is still high .[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=3]Please help !!! I am at the end of my own advice here . I really would love to use the rifle for hunting here as it is so nice and compact now with the shorter barrel .[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial] Please try to mail me back directly at [/FONT][/SIZE][EMAIL="johnjnam@yahoo.com"][FONT=Arial][SIZE=3][COLOR=#0000ff]johnjnam@yahoo.com[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/EMAIL][SIZE=3][FONT=Arial] as I can not always enter all internet sites from here .[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial] Thanking you [/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Arial] John . [/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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