Finally this channel gets back to its proper purpose, namely discussing all things Enfield.

Perfect timing. I'm picking up my first Lee Enfield tomorrow, and this is just the kind of nerdery I needed to get me salivating.

"So now we get to the really interesting portion"......"let us nerd out.." This is why we're here Mike, it's all magnificent! Keep it up!

I did thoroughly enjoy the nerding out over patents, it was quite interesting how that language in the patent clamps down hard on what could infringe.

bloke, you’re a nerd in all the right places. Prost, Mate!

I've had a No.4 Mk1 for many years. 15 or so. A late 1945 Faz. While cleaning all the cosmoline off it l found a brand new South African barrel! One of my favorite rifles. The only thing that would make it better would be 7.62 NATO chambering. But mostly because ammo availability.

Good grief that was a hell of a bodge job on that magazine! Marginally better than just having at it with a hacksaw but not far off :) Nice seeing the little details, they're often what makes all the difference.

Additional comment, locked up in the basement with your rifles. 308 NATO Enfields, excellent choice.

Excellent video as always, keep them coming 😁

Nerdgasms are always welcome! I don't now or ever expect to own any Enfield rifles, but I am totally fascinated by them.

I've got an L8 A2 that someone had a go at No FAUXT'ing at some point in it's past - scope mount holes in the wrong places....... but, it's a great shooter and it looks great - from 10 feet away :-)

Brilliant! Thank you for the class!

Well, not as nerdy as I was expecting, it all tied together at the end. It's only too nerdy when even needs find it boring!

Next time I have my L42 out I’m going to have to take a look at its back sight now.

Excellent review. More Enfield stuff please! Like reloading comments, commercial available (using that term loosely).

The Sterling magazine seems to have a very similar profile to the 7.62x51 Ishapore Enfields.

That was a cool video. Wrapped up a number of loose ends, like the bad blood for Sterling, the mentions of court cases and the like--the logic behind firearms history can get glossed over if the author does not dig into the minutae.

“Cause - Newton”. Yes indeed!

I used to play with my grandparents lee metcalf as a child and a martini Henry. 22 target rifle with a diopter rear sight

Out with the plastic; in with the wood. Hehehe...

My Enfield nerd side is now satisfied 😊

Those are my definition of the perfect looking old rifles . I'd do anything to know how they feel... I have never even held an old rifle... And I want to soooo badly... I have only held a few 22s. Nothing bigger

Welcome return of nerdery

I love the idea of a .308 Enfield, I'd thought the MOD had developed a.kit to convert number. 4's to 7.62. Being a shooter instead of a collector, I'd prefer the peep sights of the #4 to the open notch of the Ishapore. Ah, well...

Very esoteric nerdery indeed.

MB, I'm not going to mention what _I_ paid for a USMC '03 front sight cover for my Sedgeley .USMC barreled 1903. 'Cauz not an Gumby stan't in't stream wit brinks.

Deep into the weeds, then it's the patent.

Yaay!

Enfield nerdery - hurrah! Finding a gap in a patent into which you can slip a Rizla and lever it open is always good fun - aha no this doesn't infringe your patent because your patent says this! Possibly Sterling got a bit too descriptive in their patent, leaving rather more than a Rizla-thick gap for Enfield to exploit; but I suppose they wouldn't be able to secure a broader patent either - "converting a rifle from rimmed to rimless ammunition with different case dimensions" for example is not their invention.

Great video not too nerdy! I thought the rear sights were not adjusted to meters as it was thought yards and meters were close enough as well?

Wonderful video, my wife says stop biting your nails girls mmm

How do you tighten the front sight assembly to the barrel on a smle no4 mk1?

7.62 conversions? Every day we stray further from God's light.

So...which system was better? Neither? As a relative non nerd to that level, I found that all very interesting. I especially was interested in the 'robbery and theft' perpetrated against Sterling with the sub machine gun production! Astonishing and so tragic they were not better protected at that point. Thanks for another great topic covered.

So do we know how the datum line adjustment was calculated? More broadly, how are ladder sight markings calculated in general? Everyone talks about the range ticks, but I don’t see any talk about the mathematics behind them.

Where can I find these parts or rifles??? I’m aware of the Ishapore 2A1, but beyond that, I can’t find these anywhere.

At 04:42, what is the purpose of that loop/ring that the top gun has that the bottom one does not? (Or at least I don't see it in this shot angle.) It is between the mag hole and the screw.

Oh and Sterling wouldn't like Enfield because Enfield was a government arsenal like Springfield.

At about 14:55 you are talking about the difference in the datum line between 303 rear sights and 7.62 rear sight. I’m wondering what the distance between the different datum lines are? I have a 7.62 enfield with a 303 rear. Thinking i could mark where the 7.62 line would be.

Absolutely LOVE my no4 mk1*, really wish it was in a common caliber like this. 303 is just too expensive for my taste

Ishapore mags will run in a No 4 with very little blacksmithing to the rifle and or the mag. There are alos "after-market mags alleged to fit the original Indian rifles. The two I examined were dimensionally pretty good, BUT the spring is ALL WRONG, being HEAVY like a FAL / L1A1 spring. This makes filling a chore and feeding distinctly unpleasant. A quick fondle of a real L42 mag or an original No 4 mag gives an indication of how little spring pressure is needed to lift ten cartridges of either .303 or 7.62 NATO, and at "bolt-action" speeds. HEAVY mag springs are needed to keep up with gas-operated cycling speeds. Anyone who has tried to use Ruger Mini-14 or 30 mags in a bolt-action conversion will have noticed this. The secret is to "wind" new springs of the came FORM, but from a lighter gauge piece of "music wire" (obtainable from all good "hobby shops" who sell it to people building flying model aircraft, etc. I run a home-brew "L-41 and a bit" in "sniper" matches. It started life as a "range-rifle in 303, then got "upgraded to 7.62 NATO and was then left mouldering in a cupboard, during which time its barrel "died". Hence its current stainless replacement. About the only things L-42 about it are the magazine and the extractor, and the general layout. Picatinny rail on top, because who in their right mind would try to precisely replicate the original optic and mount system? The "spare" mag is from an Ishapore 2A1 with just a few minor adjustments with an Eze-Lap stick to make it "click in" without resort to brute force. I milled the "relief cuts" into the interior of the body so the Kosher mag would also fit without damaging it.. Interestingly, the "proper" mag is sans the spot-welded "ejector" thingy. It still ejects, but I have not done the mud-test, yet, nor do I feel the need to do so at the moment.. That "welded-on" bit is probably hard steel to prevent wear and distortion from service "use". the mag bodies are basically mild steel and un-hardened, to prevent cracking and possibly because pressure forming the mag body from a "fancy" steel would be detrimental to the forming dies and require more steps to stress-relieve it, both after forming and after welding.

I’m not sure I have ever seen a proper converse in the US. Truthfully, Lee-Enfields are so expensive in the country now they’re out of my price range.

I really wish the 7.62 No.4's were more prolific in the States.

Is L8 just a nomenclature pun, calling it a LATE-model Enfield?

I had an Indian one.

Have you done any testing with a ishapore 2a enfield ? Reason why I ask is because I am restoring one here us stateside. Wanted to ask your opinion on them if they are good quality is that steel strong then a number 4 mark 1 reciever?

So that's the story behind that sight.

About that Parker-Hale conversion mag- what’s the Brit term for Bubba’ed?

These seem like somewhat of an armorer's nightmare

Oooooooh, interesting. I wonder if there are spare mags for either of these available and will they fit my Ishapore 2A1, coz you know. That mag is kinda ugly.

Please no shorts (they polute my stream ! ) .

Huzzah

I bought an Indian Lee-enfield that was produced in 7.62. I wanted a Lee-enfield but I didn't want to introduce another ammo type into my collection since I've stockpiled ammo for the rifles I have, 7.62 x 39 and 7.62 X 51. The Indians produced many fine quality firearms on British standards. The bolt is smooth as silk and cock on opening is such a great concept.

they still didnt just give soldiers 10 round magazines?

Screwing over an arms company by making it themselves...how french of the brits to do so.^^

Interesting thanks. However a SMLE is only a SMLE in .303.

I will bitchute ,oddysee . unsub youtube ,good bye .