Once again, the twin's demonstrate proper drill and mental muscle memory... the opening sequences in some of these series are just gold.

I always forget to compliment you on the professionalism of you production values, not least of which is always the background music of your sound track. Thanks!

A wild Bloke (probably from some range) appears!

A mustache so epic you could used it for concealment AND cover! :P

As a range master in the belgian army, i will watch this video with great interest ! Edit (after viewing) : I'm amazed how fundamentals still the same since the 30's. I'm also very surprised by "quarters" designation method, simple and seems to be very efficient ! (to be tested) Clockray is only used in vehicles since the "nose" of the vehicle is always pointing at 12. Fire orders are now only used by MG in "battery" such as M2HB-QCB, all MG's, LMG's and lighter weapons are considered as "personnal" and modern training emphaze self-discipline for shooting Rest of the training, the order of courses are quite the same as modern training ! Estimations trainings are the same and i'm amazed by the quality of training targets ! To conclude ; again, i'm amazed by the quality and the (quite) advanced approaches of training back in the 30's ! They were already on point !

The range estimation with the front sight reminded me of the M-16 qualification; where the front post at 250 meters would cover the silhouette target.

Again you surpass expectation. Great work and the bar has been raised. Professional work and content from someone i consider to be a real Legend. Thank you sir.

That was the best video! I am totally into the introduction.

This has to be one of the best channels on this website! I couldn't name the amount of little details I loved in this video, never mind the invaluable information provided! (I'm starting to sound like a broken record!)

Always amazing to see where the modern drills came from and how many of the tried and true methods haven’t changed. As it always gets boiled down the the infantrymen with a rifle

Hello, congratulation for your work (from a froggy) : i use a SMLE, from 1909 converted "22lr", each week, a rifle of incredible accuracy!

Grand stuff, and what a beautiful backdrop in your videos... thank you!

Fascinating and wonderfully detailed as ever!

Awesome video and excellent information!

No. 4 Fire Control Order. You told me you'd never heard DRINK when I commented that's what we'd been taught. That's exactly as we were taught it in the 80's, 90's and early 2000's. Top video as always and a new favourite of mine.

Brilliant video! Thank you.

Thanks for posting this. Very cool video. Awesome pictures too. Very interesting.

As always, splendid presentation, Rob! Such proffesionalism and quality of production are really impressive.

Great video. Reminds me of a lot of the drills I learnt in 1996 in the British army. Not much changed! Also my grandfather was a Seaforth highlander in the UK👍

Man, I learn SO MUCH with each video. Just amazing how wonderfully thorough all your research is.

Another great video Rob. Thanks for all of the work you do. It helps keep our interest up in british/Canadian history. Rick

Fantastic video as always. Your enthusiasm always shines through

Your videos are in a class of their own, no one else comes close. I'm guessing by the topography that you're located somewhere on either Vancouver island or the coastal mainland of B.C. I'm originally from Vancouver and I too have a love of the Lee Enfield and all it's No.'s and Marks. I learned to shoot with a No.2 MkIV* at the DCRA indoor range in West Vancouver in 1960. The range was inside an old WWII barracks that originally housed the gun crews of the gun emplacement under the Lion's Gate Bridge. We can read all the reference books by the likes of Skennerton, Stratton, and Laidler but your videos bring it all to life. Thank you and keep up the good work! Maybe one day I'll be able to buy you a pint at the FBI.

awsome video as always! Thanks!

Fantastic! Love these videos, thanks for sharing!

Amazing production sir. I know you put an incredible amount of effort to make this. Thank you for posting historical information in such a thoughtful and enjoyable way.

excellent. i could watch this stuff all day. the way you explain things really holds my interest. thank you sir.

many thanks for this block of instruction I own a 1943 Fazerkly no.4 mk1 with mk2 flip sights. after watching this and doing some research I found my marksmanship with this fine rifle much improved.

Thank you. This brings me back to the past during my training in the Australian Army! (Decorated .303 marksman/sniper here.)

Awesome stuff as always. The officer cut out gave me a good chuckle! Guy looks a bit familiar some how. I do really love how you took the time to set that up. Makes it easier to understand. If you ever wonder if its worth all the effort. I can say it sure is!

That was incredibly detailed and beautifully put together, thanks again Rob!

you've done it again a great video I was taught that on the leaf sight one click was 25 yards so your sights could be set for shooting at night .

Very well done!

That cloning segment at the beginning is great as always. I know those are tricky to film and I appreciate the effort you put into it.

Thank God for modern solvents and bore snakes. Takes me about 5 minutes tops to clean my chamber and bore on my No.4 Mk1*, and about 4 minutes of that time is letting the solvent soak and do its thing, and I can clean and grease the bolt while the solvent works.

Lol, 26:36, "Bayonet will not be fixed." A direction to preserve the instructor's eyeballs during the test from that one idiot in every crowd... Superb presentation as always.

Love it out standing class !

Great video Rob, looking forward to more of this. Dodgy looking Bloke on the range at the end though, lol👍

I love the videos, always super informative and fun. I just picked up an Ishapore 2A1, it's my first No1MkIII pattern rifle so I'll be consulting your videos even more! -Mr. 2A

As always, very detailed information. Oh and a other epic intro. 😉😉😉

Another great video

You're easily my absolute favourite firearms channel

Great work Rob up to your impeccable standards. Chuckled at the landscape fro practice target indication... the same one I used in the late 80s.

Apart from the wire mesh, the cleaning kit was the same for the SLR when I joined in the 80's. Same sling too. The same target panorama i was using ten years ago, some designs do look a bit dated now.

You are one very lucky man, thanks for your excellent videos.

On a note of "I'm getting somewhat used of the Idea" I was photographing my C M -14 along with some of her best targets shot at 100 m. It looks likely she will be scrapped under the new laws being proposed here to be rid of all such "A" category semi autos that can be used with larger capacity magazines. I'm holding out for a buy back scheme - hopefully. Thanks for your posts that are indeed so professionally done, they never fail to inform and amuse.

🇨🇦 Good job, lads!

i absolutely love these videos i always learn something new with my rifle

Another informative video. I noticed in the 3 soldiers pictured at the depot, 2 had P-14 rifles and one had a No.4 rifle.

Great to see you again, love the Lee tactics and training you've been doing. Keep it up, still jealous of western Canada lol. Cheers.

Those beautiful mountains in the background say you're a lucky man, Rob!

Amazingly interesting info. Aiming disk is scary. Looks like solid training.

Excellent info, waiting for the shooting to start...

That was a most professional and polished presentation. I learned a lot about British Empire musketry training in WWII. If you ever want to make a BREN training video, come south of the border and we'll help you out.

God, I love this channel

wow rob, yet again you've stepped up the quality, across the board. you really spoil us. :) i hope you have taken the time to make some big clouds of white smoke for your own entertainment.

I was a range officer in the US Army and I am glad I did not have to lay in front of an M-16 looking thru that little sighting tool. Great video thank you.

Ok this is terrific. I have an M1 carbine built in my home town. I don’t know how much of this stuff I should watch, because I am gonna buy an Enfield. Then probably a Springfield and a K98 and an Arisaka.... lol I don’t have that kinda money. Great show.

I remember using the aiming tripods when I first joined Seaforth.

love it you have a lot of info on your videos, have you ever had a pull thru break while cleaning a rifle?

I wish I was taught all this in reserves in the early 80's. Your videos are so cool, although I do not know about the Seaforth badge. I would prefer the BCD. :) Nice to see you back.

I love these intros.

instructive

EXCELLENT VIDEO ! Waited quite some time for this one. Wondering where you got the (ARMY STYLE ) slings for both rifles, especially no4 mk1 ? As ex army reserve i want to replace the air force blue slings on my en field rifles. Am i correct that to reattach the sling after cleaning the sling c clips MUST FACE outside ? Great that you poured boiling hot water down the barrel to remove heavy fouling ! My late father a world war 2 veteran always told me to use this method when cleaning rifles.

Great video! From where did you get the photo of the Canadian recruits jumping over that wall? I have an M1917 Enfield that was lent to the Canandians during WWII and still has that red band on it. I'd love to find that photo if I could!

I'm so old I can remember when this quality of programming was on the History Channel (it's actually better.) Top stuff!

Rob, you are going to make me breakout my No 4 Mk 1*. "Wife, I am off to the range for the rest of the day!"

dropping the magazine for unload has to be the preferred method

That mustache could have won the war all by itself. Bravo!

Great series, I'm hoping you will be able to go into trigger control and how it was taught back then. It's curious to see how it changes over the years on finger placement etc.

lol great video thanks

26:11 No home can be complete without the compulsory Rob cut out...

Ross learned something

I am waiting for the next Alberta shoot so I can practice freehanded prone with my No.1 and No.4 :)

Every time i watch one of your videos i always wish i had a PAL. i would probably just horde different lee-enfield variants and wear out the barrels.

How do you perfectly aline both shots of you in sync??

Is there anything different as far as musketry or training with the No5 in late war? Would be an interesting video if there was.

Wonderful stuff, thank you. Naming Of Parts - Poem by Henry Reed Today we have naming of parts. Yesterday, We had daily cleaning. And tomorrow morning, We shall have what to do after firing. But today, Today we have naming of parts. Japonica Glistens like coral in all the neighboring gardens, And today we have naming of parts. This is the lower sling swivel. And this Is the upper sling swivel, whose use you will see, When you are given your slings. And this is the piling swivel, Which in your case you have not got. The branches Hold in the gardens their silent, eloquent gestures, Which in our case we have not got. This is the safety-catch, which is always released With an easy flick of the thumb. And please do not let me See anyone using his finger. You can do it quite easy If you have any strength in your thumb. The blossoms Are fragile and motionless, never letting anyone see Any of them using their finger. And this you can see is the bolt. The purpose of this Is to open the breech, as you see. We can slide it Rapidly backwards and forwards: we call this Easing the spring. And rapidly backwards and forwards The early bees are assaulting and fumbling the flowers: They call it easing the Spring. They call it easing the Spring: it is perfectly easy If you have any strength in your thumb: like the bolt, And the breech, the cocking-piece, and the point of balance, Which in our case we have not got; and the almond blossom Silent in all of the gardens and the bees going backwards and forwards, For today we have the naming of parts. Henry Reed

Did you ever do anything on the Ross rifle? I saw an episode of Forgotten Weapons where they blew one up on purpose. I HATE when someone blows up a gun on purpose..

This is like the intellectual kit for the Lee Enfield. Just as important as the bayonet...ammo pouches and sling.

Love your videos...us Americans appreciate British stuff too! Asking for advice here...my No.4 Mk1 shoots about 5" high. The elevation does not work for the rear sight's 200 yd markings (at 50 yards and 200 yds - which is the approximate POI for both distances). Do you know where or what company sells a front sight elevation adjustment tool for that inverted screw? On a side note, I'm lucky that my 1940 Lithgow No.1 Mk3* was perfectly zeroed by some Digger because the front blade can't be adjusted for elevation (only replaced) :)

Basic infantry training in 1975 was still much the same. These techniques can still be trained today and you'll end up with a fair standard of riflemen.

When shooting from the prone position, the right leg should be in line with the rifle.

Don't know how the guys in the intro never get hit

We still use the clock call out method today.

Pretty sure that same exact clock ray diagram was in the F88 pam 10 years ago. If it ain't broke...

Opening gave me airsoft flashbacks...

I dont know if anybody can answer my question but on that funnel, did everyone have one or was it distributed on a squad basis or any othe way ?

*Using boiling water to clean out Cordite Salts from the rifle* That must've been a pain in the ass to do for guys in North Africa for obvious reasons.

Was there much of a difference ( if any) between the rifle training of Britain and that of Canada?

I thought he got a friend at the start, but it was himself again

Another question (though less silly this time): Will we ever meet the man behind the muzzleloader? Though I can’t speak for your other subscribers, I would love to have the chance to interact with you and and the rest of the community via, say, a Q&A? Then again, I understand that that may sound disagreeable because it might present a possibility for a breech of privacy.

I'm sure all this was standard by 1944 but in 1940 my grandfather served through basic training and the France campaign without ever firing a live round. Ammo was too scarce. True, he was a mechanic not infantry, but had they been caught on the flight to Dunkirk they would have been stuffed.

....i see a cut out of you...when will we see them used a motivational fashion and or see these amazing Sarge stands on the market ?...or are you not planing on releasing said cut outs ?

15:39 Нужна пачка, как у Гаранд М 1 ( на 10 патронов).

A question, nothing to do with the rifle. Why Seaforth Highlanders?

I had always felt fortunate that my No. 4 Mk II came with the complete original cleaning kit in the butt. Now I feel deficient because I lack the offset funnel and 4x2 roll. And aiming rest. And smoked glass. WHY DID I WATCH THIS!?

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Have you seen the film, They Shall Not Grow Old?

So basically bore snake is nothing new.