What to look out for when buying a Lee-Enfield SMLE
By popular request in the comments to his earlier video on the No.4 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huh7kEKS3xY Mike takes you through what he looks for when buying a Lee-Enfield SMLE (AKA Rifle Number 1 Mark III), and why the stocking up is how it is.
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Lee Enfield No.4
Lee Enfield SMLE (Short Magazine Lee Enfield) No.1 Mk.III
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Mike was lucky enough to go to a school with a 25 yard smallbore range, only 25 minutes from the centre of British shooting at Bisley, and had a firearms certificate before he had a driver's license. Moving to a more gun-friendly country has allowed him to service his milsurp habit. He lives up in the mountains in Switzerland and vlogs at YouTube as Bloke on the Range. He can be reached at mike@tfb.tv.
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Well, I just watched his video and now I would like to shake his hand and thank him.
Thank you Mike
Agree too - shoot first and then think about fixing. But shoot with good ammo. Seen people turn up to our range with a bandolier containing half a dozen different headstamps made at various times over the last 75 years.
In my experience SMLEs can mostly be made to shoot provided the barrel is OK. Saw one with no discernible rifling in the front half of the barrel - no wonder it was keyholing. Original ammo is almost certainly corrosive and many rifles will show signs of frosting, though will often still shoot acceptably.