[Etienne Hamel]

ok here it is imagine that you are in a civilian war and you have nothing but a restored rifle from the ww1 or ww2 with a small box magazine of 10 rounds and you wish to have more in your magazine to survive to this, is it possible according to you to have a drum magazine like the famous chicago typewriter or a drum magazine that is made like the infinite sign and a great scope for accurate aiming one more time is it possible to make these modification on this little beauty?

and if somone can try to make a drawing of this i could be grateful

here's a link for the '' infinite sign magazine'' (but the site is for bb guns) : http://store.matrixbb.com/servlet/-strse-2531...und/Detail

[Joel Minturn]

It should be possible to do, but the why? Ok I understand why, having a bigger mag is always cool, but we're talking about a SMLE. Sure the Lee-Enfield action is considered one of the quickest bolt actions out there but it is still a bolt action rifle.

First off large cap mags are heavy, thats a lot of steel, copper and lead thats hanging from under your rifle. It will throw off the balance of the rifle making harder to follow your target.

Second: Designing mags is difficult and the .303 Brit, being a rimmed case with sloped walls, is especially difficult. And in this case an improper mag design could interfere with operating the bolt. An off the wall thought but would a 30 mag from a Bren gun be able to be modified to work?

Third: Ten rounds in a bolt gun is quite a bit. Large cap mags are designed for automatic weapons where your pull the trigger and the rounds fly. bolt guns are better suited for picking your target first and making each shot mean something. Not saying that with a little practice bolt guns aren't fast its just not there strong suite.

So your best bet would be to get a good scope, thinking something like 2-9x40mm - buy the best quality you can afford, but the open sites are good too and lots of spare mags. Your money would be better spent on a good scope than a big mag.

[Lin Robinson]

[Etienne Hamel]

For the gunsmith it is not a problem, i will take a look for it. second i found a red dot scope (it is small, look like high tech scope and you can aim with or without the eyes in the scope) third i saw something on the internet last week it is a recoil reducer and a muzzle brake but i dont know if it is good.

for the muzzle brake here's the link: http://www.armurier-quebec.com/indexgb.html
recoil reducer: http://www.rodscustomstocks.com/Recoil_Reducers.htm

But for the recoil reducer i would like to find one in quebec (canada) if possible...

[Lin Robinson]

[Steven McIntyre]

FYI it is illegal in Canada to have a rifle with a capacity more than 5 rounds, except for certain rifles like the enfield and garand with were designed for more.

I suggest you visit this site, and read up before you decide to make any modifications: http://www.cfc-cafc.gc.ca/

[John Cooksey]

Heh. 10 rounds seems like a lot to me, for a bolt-action rifle and the way in which it is meant to be used. The great thing about the SMLE is that the magazine doesn't stick out below the trigger guard, enabling very comfortable/efficient fire from the prone position. The magazine is also easily removable, allowing one to readily remove it in order to clear the action in case of a stuck round or "jam" (which is not possibly with the fixed floorplates of the Springfield US 1903 and 03A3).

If one really desires to modify a bolt action in this way, it is possible to fit M-14 20-round magazines to the Remington Model 700 bolt action, via a floorplate replacement kit.

I also seem to remember a number of inter-war Mauser 98 carbine variations that had extended 20-round magazines fitted to them, rather than the standard 5 round integral magazine.

[Jean Thibodeau]

[Etienne Hamel]

If i take a look on my lee enfield and a picture of the original, the stock is still the same but i think the rest of the wood has been changed but i don't know if it is the original that has been cut to be sporterized...and i think i will try to restore it to it's military form (with the right scope it could be cool ) and for the scope do anyone of you who have a nice picture of it because i don't understand the numbers...

[Lin Robinson]

[Sean Flynt]

This Australian fellow has a number of Lee-Enfield rifle videos over at YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Jollygreenslugg

Good visual introduction to models, usage, quirks, etc.

[Etienne Hamel]

Lin is it ok to just make the forend of the stock by a gunsmith to just make things easier for me because i have one near my house but for now i dont have any money for my rifle...and for the nosecap of the rifle it is ok to just make it by a gunsmith too?

[Lin Robinson]

[John Cooksey]

You know what you could do, since the rifle has already been "sporterized"?

You could turn it into a Scout rifle, or a pseudo-Scout, a la Jeff Cooper's baby.
I have seen several scouts based off the SMLE, and they were neat rifles.

Nice 10-round magazine, flush with the trigger-guard, decent iron sights built in, add a forward "scout mount" and an extended eye relief scope, and you'd be good for anything from wildebeest to griz to hordes of invading ChiComs. :-)

[B. Stark]

I own a '43 SMLE from the Lithgow armory works. It's essentially mint. Like was mentioned above there is no need for a recoil compensator or a muzzle break of any kind. The weight of the rifle is more than enough, I shoot mine regularly with the original brass butt plate. One of the most forgiving rifles ever made. Also one of the classiest rifles ever. Why change it into a hybridized monstrousity? Well to each his own I guess. In addition, the SMLE was the highest capacity battle rifle from it's inception to about 1945-47. Even the vaunted Garand only packed 8 rounds and it was semi auto (another amazing weapon). It wasn't until the Stg-44 that the idea of a rifle caliber weapon have more than 10 rounds (though I'd never consider it a MBR). So the idea of a barrel clip is well...absurd. no offence of course.
Here's mine:

[Nick Trueman]

Hey

Just buy a SLR! That will do the trick!
Trained commonwealth soldiers from the 1st WW could fire up to 40 rnds per minute.
Im not a soldier, and not trained, and I can do about 35 a minute.
Do that with a Mauser

I dont see the use, leave these babies alone! One day, maybe not in our lifetime, there wont be many left.

Would you cut up a Brown Bess, to make a short, single shot shooter?

Nick

[Nick Trueman]

Hi

I have to show you this baby! I cant help it.

SSA No1 MkIII* 1917.

I swear this rifle has never been used. All matching numbers.

Cheers

Nick

[Lin Robinson]

[Nick Trueman]

HI

Well as far as I know, no commonwealth troops used Mausers . Um the SMLE was the stock standard issue to most allies. Canada and the USA being a exception with the Ross rifle and Mod 17.

Yes the mad minute, as it was called is the amount off rnds shot within a minute. I can do 35 from a unloaded SMLE.
Mind you accuracy is not the objective, the objective is to fire as many rnds as you can into a formation of enemy soldiers.

With stripper clips of 5 rnds each, and a magazine holding 10 rnds, 35 rnds is not hard to do. There is a trick though, you must not take the rifle from your shoulder, manipulate the bolt as per usual, and fire with your ring finger whilst not letting go of the bolt. This allows for rapid fire. And aim isnt to bad really.

Hope that clears that up,

Thanks

N

[Lin Robinson]