Never attack without a brushed moustache.

Rob, Something occurred to me during this video. I think we all realise you have a deep and genuine interest in your subject, which extends to an enjoyment of making the videos, however there is a less obvious point to all of this. Interest? Hobby? Labour of love? Call it what you will, but you are creating quite possible the finest and most detailed archive of information on your subject that has ever existed in one place. Just think about that. You are doing some massively important leg work so that present and future generations can learn, information that could otherwise so easily be lost. One more thing. Now you’ve ‘gone modern’ with the no 4, it’s only reasonable to explore the no5 ... Unending thanks for your efforts.

Canada doesn't receive enough credit for punching well above its weight in both wars.

Undone pockets today, submarine hatches tomorrow.

God bless the Canadians. Brave and loyal Empire / Commonwealth soldiers .

Thanks Rob, my favourite rifle! The dear No 4 Rifle, the weapon I learnt to shoot with during my school cadet years in the 1970's. My proudest achievement was to be awarded the Markman Class1 accreditation! Who cares about school exams if you can shoot straight!

Post like these are the reason I’ve now moved away from main stream television, professionally done, educational and thoroughly entertaining. Carry on that man.

Through all eras and all the incarnations of the empire you always stand there as the quintessential commonwealth soldier, making the history lesson fun to watch and compelling. It´s no mean feat to tell a story as long and complicated as that of british service rifles, but I really think you do the job in a grand way!

The Army taught me to never put my hands in my pockets and never walk on the grass - I still cant do it 2 years after leaving.....

I remember firing both the .22 version for weekly practice and the .303 in competition in Cadet competitions in the late 70's! Trip down memory lane.

you forgot to mention: indian army used Lee-enfield rifles very much. even 1990s indian police were using the same models and variants made in ishapore..

Bloody good show sir! Immensely enjoyable. I think a subscription is in order. I'm off to get a glass off single malt, sit down on the couch and cuddle my 1955 No4 Mk2.

God bless the Canadians 🇨🇦🇬🇧👍

This channel and this good man is 100% quality. Always love the accurate attire and shooting positions with history before and after...solid!

Well done! I own a No. 4 Mk 1* manufactured by Savage in 1943. I used it for deer hunting for years in it’s full military pattern (not sporterized) and original iron sights. That rifle put a lot of meat on the table. Now that I’m older, that rifle seemed somehow to get a whole lot heavier. I now use a Tikka T3 with a Bushnell scope. Mind you, every now and then I take out the Enfield for old time sakes. Incidentally, it has a two grooved barrel, but as you mentioned earlier, it certainly didn’t effect the accuracy any.

Each time you upload, you convince me it's the best work you've done and I think you couldn't possibly best your last video but time and time again you've proven me wrong and keep making fantastic content! KZfaq wouldn't be the same without you! Thanks for all you do!

It's videos like this that make me wish KZfaq had a 'love' button! I am incredibly critical of other soldiers musketry and the Mem' heard me shouting that you kept shooting the target in the arse on your qualification video with the No. 3 but sir your cycling of the bolt and general skills with the weapon is a joy to behold and is testament to the level of practice that was expected of us at sniper school in the 80's on the L42A1. My old CSM could fire 10 aimed rounds with the '42 before a man with the FN FAL Self Loading Rifle L1A1 could fire 20. Forgive my long winded comment,just the ramblings of an old soldier. Ahhh nostaligia, it isn't what it used to be lol. Thank you

I must say, i admire how evenly the shoulder straps on your 37 patten equipment are, seems no matter how much i labor over them they never quite come out evenly...

Cheers from a french military, love the video, the landscape, the humour and the very detailled presentation. Definitely one of the best military chaines I have seen.

Your production value and knowledge is second-to-none. It has been an absolute pleasure to watch your channel grow.

BOI here we go! He even has a Brodie. Yes! Dream come true wahoo!

lol the pockets comment was great! We used to say that the RCR RSM had proof that unbloused boots caused stoppages in the field.

I remember long ago I bought a crate load, 20 rifles each. Me and my friends pitched in money to do it and they are all fantastic.

I laughed when you were on about the poor showing in the early war years being because the soldiers didn't have their buttons done up! I've heard sergeants say basically the same thing.

Your points about the importance of infantry goes well with The British Grenadiers in the background.

I think I have watched the lee metford and lee enfield series about 10 to 15 times. Currently waiting for my nr4 mk2 to arrive. Love your channel Rob. Amazing. God bless

Rob, your videos are hard not to watch multiple times. Great information presented in a great manner. I think it safe to say that you, Mike of BOTR, Ian of Forgotten Weapons, Othias and Mae of C&Rsenal and Lindey Beige just knock it out of the park on presenting good, useful information on history and the firearms that made it in an entertaining and accurate format. Keep it up!

Wonderful job as always. I'm a BoTR fan too so I look forward to the future of the #4 series. I particularly enjoyed the music selections. Thanks!

The dismount system of breech is super clever ! Awesome design there !

I just found this under quarantine. I have a Savage #4 Mark 1 * that I found in cosmoline at a local gun show in Ukiah, CA. years ago. In the process of stripping the cosmoline off, I also stripped off the wood stain. At that point, I steamed out the dings as best I could and refinished the wood. The results were surprising as the rifle appeared to be a very good chance it was unfired with the Parkerized metal pieces in mint condition. I have the Mark 1 target sights on it. I had a ball trigger installed while keeping the stock Savage parts. Trigger is crisp but heavy. Properly handloaded, it is an accurate rifle to be sure. Fire-form, neck-size 3 times, then full re-size works good. I wanted to commend you on such a polished video and the history lessons you are giving here. Really a 1st class video, I am sharing it with friends. Thanks for what you do here for the Lee-Enfield. Really great work!!! Regards, -Tutt

Hello Rob; Mark tipped me off to your videos here. I've only watched a couple before stopping out of fear of falling down your rabbit hole and losing a few days binging on your KZfaq channel. I'm extremely impressed with both the quality of your production as well as the scholarship within the videos themselves and attention to detail. When we came back from Op Harmony Roto II to discover our AR-15s had suddenly become dangerous restricted weapons, limited to use only in carefully vetted ranges to minimize the danger, I was already a member competing in CBA matches. The CBA military rifle matches suddenly became appealing. A company back east (Districorp ?) was selling Long Branch No 4's by the case lot - new ones, all 1950 manufacture, last of the best, still in the grease, that had supposedly been found in Belgium, 10 to the case. I bought two cases, and after a month of cleaning and shooting ten shot groups at 300 yards with that awesome Greek HXP ball we used to be able to get, kept the best of the lot. In the process of doing that, I became acquainted with Skip Stratton at U Idaho while he was writing his book "Lee-Enfield No. 4 and No. 5 Rifles". That resulted in a lot of travel back and forth to Moscow Idaho to add what small help I could to his project on these rifles (also led to a private review of much of Jack O'Connor's rifles, gear, etc kept there at the time). Your academic interest in this rifle (and obviously, other Enfields), along with covering the associated kit, musketry, etc very much reminds me of Skip and his eagerness to compile knowledge and make it available to others. You and Skip could have spent many hours discussing the minutia of the various models of these rifles, interspersed with perhaps the odd sip of Scotch. Skip's been gone now for over ten years; I don't know if his books on the Lee-Enfields are still available, but I see his website and what information might still be gleaned there is being kept up by somebody: webpages.uidaho.edu/stratton/en-page.html My understanding is that there have been assorted errors, missing bits of info in Skip's work since he published, but he didn't have the research capabilities of the Web while he was doing most of his legwork. Like Skennerton, one of the first collectors to start serious documenting of these rifles. The books are still valuable references if you can find them i.e. the various marks of rear sight assemblies, and which mark of sight would be found on, e.g. a Long Branch, in what year. I have a bit of a pile of random reference documents regarding the No. 4 I got from Skip; I have no idea if what you have for reference materials from Milsurps or other websites. Again, well done. And if you really want to wring out that No. 4 for accuracy at longer distances, find an A.J. Parker or Parker Hale micrometer back sight from the heyday of service rifle competition in the '50s and 60's, and then you can really have a go at it. These are the drop-in variants (i.e. Parker Hale No. 4) that only require removing the retaining pin and swapping out the back sights. Better yet the vernier elevation and windage scales on these sights are graduated in "Enfield minutes" to give proper corrections based on the No 4's sight radius. Of course, that assumes you're firing ball or handloads replicating ball ballistics. BTW, you don't REALLY ladle cast bullets wearing short sleeves and no gloves, do you?

I was waiting for an ad to watch another video... *But I refreshed and saw this*

Looking forward to the rest of the series! I'm glad you've started looking at the World War 2 Enfields! It's a rabbit hole though I know you'll know this!

Absolutely fantastic work, you never fail to impress. Very few people ( if any ), could create the amazing content you bring to youtube. Very well done and thank you.

An excellent video by all accounts. Narration, sound, camera work, editing, composition, and certainly content.

Super video. Interesting that my British army cadet drill purpose rifles were fitted with either mk1 or mk2 sights. This was the 1980s. When I enlisted in the raf a couple of years later we had the slr followed in 1993 by the sa80. Thanks.

You've outdone yourself again. Great video!

This is one of the best KZfaq channels ever! I’m layering about British firearms and world history at the same time😁 it’s a dream come true.

Thank you so much for bringing back a boatload of memoeries of using the Mk4 with the Air Training Corps in the 1960s and 70s. Stay safe and keep the videos coming! ATB

My No4 is a Longbranch too (1942) but FULLY FTRed, new barrel and all. On the one hand, I wish it was original, on the other, it was unfired post FTR when I got it. In any case, shoots better than I.

Another addition to the bucket list, thanks Rob, Great video...

Congratulations on another excellent video. Your productions are consistently among the best online. As an aside, one of my current projects is restoration of a No. 4 Mk 1/3(F)FTR originally built as a No. 4 Mk 1* at Long Branch in 1943.

Thank you kindly for this wonderful introductory presentation on one of my favourite rifles!

Pinch me I must be dreaming. Ow. Nope.

22:05 Cracked me up seeing what looks like a WWII photo colorized, but with a jarring breach of historical accuracy, lol!

Excellent video! Historically comprehensive, informative over the multiple variants, entertaining. The uniform and music gives it a British stamp. Narration is perfect. Video is near perfection. Great job. A comment about the Ishapore 2A and 2A1 would have been nice. This is my first encounter with your channel. I look forward to viewing your other vids

Both the information and production of your video are 10/10. Thank you very much for all your efforts friend

Great video, thanks for the information.CHEERS.

Great video! The No. 4 is a fantastic rifle.

I love your style of presentation. Informative yet humorous.Nice to see someone operating the bolt without removing the butt from the shoulder. Nice to see you and Bloke On The Range colaborating on a project.

I gave this video a like in the first 10 seconds. Everything I saw showed me it was going to be informative, accurate, well-presented, and entertaining. Superb job!

Dear old Bombardier Hvorka, I can still hear you going on about our heels not being together. "Bombardier Hvorka's very smart, he's caught me with my heels apart." So I promptly joined the RCN eh.

I do believe I shot one of these at the Uni Rifle Club... too many years ago to stipulate, but Pierre Trudeau was PM. Great informative video; I've never seen anything like it in all my life!

This episode is extremely timely for me, as about 2 weeks ago I got my hands on a No 4 MK2 that was built in Fazakerley in 1944, had an FTR'd in 1957 and sat in inventory until 1986. It is now one of my favorite rifles.

*sigh* Better add this to the gun list

Rob. Interesting bolt.

It is criminally sad that this channel doesn’t have more subs

I am fascinated by this entire series. Thank you!

No one does rifle reviews like this guy. The production is incredible. Great stuff @britishmuzzleloaders

Great work as always.

As usual, love ya work mate.

I've been looking forward to this series of videos! Love my No.4, and I'm excited to see what else you have planned to show us.

Another excellent video. God bless you and the hard work you put into this channel to put out consistently stunning content!

YES!!! HOW I'VE BEEN WAITING!!! BTW you should do a walk-through on your lovely uniform! Also, didn't you forget the blade-bayonet used by the Guards?

I have one of those bayonets. Thanks for the video!

Great high quality video. Great subject! Combining re-enacting and teaching is a fabulous job!. Love your dedication, discipline, and spirit! More to come! Tally Ho!

I've been waiting for this one. First rifle I ever fired, and still one of my favourites! Well done - and ubique!

You've gone past 1914, hell must be freezing over- From those clips the sight acquisition does look relatively effortless with the battle sight-

Bloody marvelous.

Brilliant video. The enthusiasm and love for this subject is evident in spades. Love the military band soundtrack. Thank you for sharing this awesome video👍

Wonderful video, Rob. Tonight was my first viewing of it. I had to do so, because I Purchased my own No.4 MKI* this evening after work; a 1942 Long Branch.

Most excellent

Interestingly my sister's first husband served in Suez and always referred to his weapon as the "Smelly," (SMLE) or "Smiley" when talking to armourers./

A well put together tutorial! I love the historical uniforms and the in the field combat reenactment they both add a lot of atmosphere

Re-watching your back catalogue and seeing you advancing at the end through your own smoke with bayonet fixed at the end of the film whilst The British Grenadier plays is truly amazing. Shabash Canuk!

Gotta love the No. 4

When in the 40's did they begin to issue the apple laptops I see the bloke on the range holding. Nice to finally see a rifle I actually own and don't have to wish I had one of the many fine pieces of kit you usually show. Nice detail.

This is awesome Rob. AMAZING WORK. That's my fav gun in my collection.

Fantastic video! Nothing I didn't know but beautifully edited I've watched this twice now! The single best no4 video.

I have one like her ... Greetings to you from Iraq

I used it for 5 years in the Army cadets. In the 80s. And the Bren gun.

I inherited My Dad's Lee-Enfield No 4, Mk I* with a Mk II sight. It was made in the U.S.A. It was that star that was giving me problems removing the bolt or for that matter find this gun's design period, but you did it Buddy, Thanks. You guys did an Excellent Professional job presenting the history and development of this remarkable weapon. You made me feel so proud. I need to find an extractor spring because this one broke. Again, Thanks for a job well done.

Yet another great video, A rifle I first fired back in the 70s, your deep interest and your authentic uniforms really do add to the Historical interest of your channel, keep up the good work,.. I own a No4 Mk2 made in Faszackerly in December 1954 serial No 333691 just Brilliant.

Gotta find me one of these rifles...

Wait, 1939? Another war? What have I missed the past 20ish years? Hehehe... I had to smile at the last pic of you and the Bloke. I didn't know MacBooks were part of the British kit during the Second World War.

My 5 year old has watched this three times now, instant subscribe, great upload.

Fantastic video! I picked up a No.4 Mk.I on the cheap about a decade ago now, not exactly a collector's piece but a good shooter and nice enough to look at. I absolutely adore the No.4 and it has one of the nicest triggers of any military weapon I've ever shot or handled, or of any hunting rifle, either. It's absolutely solid and I'd trust it with my life. It's just the kind of rifle you can't go wrong with.

"There's nothing more malignant than a motivated Canadian soldier behind a Lee Enfield .303" - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Just kidding)

*God Save the Queen plays loudly

I love my own 1944 Longbranch. I was given a sporterized one. I bought a full set of original "new old-stock" long branch wood & deporterized it. Other than the fact that the wood looks beautiful and new, it is complete. I am trying my best to give it authentic dings and dents. It has already knocked down a 900lb moose and a 350lb black bear. It shoots great and makes me proud to own a piece of Canadian history.

A wonderfully produced video and the content and history was beyond excellent. I need a new #4, my old one got stolen. I miss it.

Excellent! I was just shooting my no.5, and I must say that the no.4 looks much more pleasant to shoot. Perhaps I need to start reloading... And get a buttpad. That length of pull is brutally short for me.

Super - my 93 year old father is still bemoaning the (Canadian?) battle siight onlye quipped No.4 he was issued with in India in 44/45! Now, will we see a Mk 3 Helmet make an appearance, as issued to many Canadian regiments late war?

Superb video as always, you have excelled yourself this time,been looking forward to when you cover the No 4 rifle.

My favorite rifle...I picked up a pristine no. 4 mk1 over 23 years ago at Turner's Sporting Goods in San Bernardino CA out of a 55 gallon drum full of them for $49.95. It was the only one with a brass buttplate and still had the cleaning kit inside. Additionally there were almost no dings or dents in the stock, and the rifling was perfect, plus all the numbers matched down to the magazine. I've shot it out well over the 1,300 yrds on the Navajo Reservation when I was a State DPS officer and it shoots straight.

The No.8 is a .22LR version wich was used by he Cadets until just last year

Me: Ol “smelly” Lee Enfield Everyone else: say that again Me: Ol Sme.....*punching begins*

What a excellent video! I very much enjoyed that. Like everything else you make, this video too lived very much up to my expectations. Keep them coming. Cant wait until the next one. Lars - Norway

Thank you for this, excellent! The No. 4 Mk 1* is the model I own, a 1943 built beaty! It's my favorite bolt gun to shoot, it's just a joy. As a Yank, I say it's the greatest bolt-action battle rifle ever! I should note that mine has a Mk II sight, 5-groove rifling, and a non-fluted handguard.

A clean-shaven Bloke gives me the willies. It's like seeing a tortoise or a snail without its shell.