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French Enfields: The Navy Arms No. 4s
American Rifleman ^
| 9/2/22
| Evan B
Posted on 09/07/2022 5:45:18 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants
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For those who don't want to be bothered with reading the article and just want to look at what they have: https://www.ows-ammo.com/
To: PROCON
Firearms enthusiast ping.
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posted on
09/07/2022 5:46:11 AM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Inside every leftist is a blood-thirsty fascist yearning to be free of current societal constraints.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
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posted on
09/07/2022 5:47:01 AM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Inside every leftist is a blood-thirsty fascist yearning to be free of current societal constraints.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
One of my favorite acquisitions is an Ishapore Enfield chambered in 7.62 NATO. Got it from a C&R dealer for $100. I should have bought 6 of them.
L
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posted on
09/07/2022 5:50:06 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
Prices sure have gone up - I recall a few years ago these kinds of rifles were selling for $100 each ...
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09/07/2022 5:50:56 AM PDT
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Ken522
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posted on
09/07/2022 5:53:15 AM PDT
by
PROCON
(Sic Semper Tyrannis)
To: Lurker
My favorite C&R acquisitions were the Swiss K-31s and the Yugo SKS for $100. Wish I had bought a dozen of them each.
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posted on
09/07/2022 5:54:49 AM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Inside every leftist is a blood-thirsty fascist yearning to be free of current societal constraints.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
I was sorely tempted to grab a couple of those Swiss rifles when they hit the market. The rifles were very reasonably priced, about $200 or so IIRC. It was the ammo that was very expensive.
I should have grabbed 3 or 4 and a set of dies to reload for it.
L
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posted on
09/07/2022 6:02:21 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
I forget who it was a few years ago that snagged that cache of weapons from the armory in Nepal. Great find.
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posted on
09/07/2022 6:03:11 AM PDT
by
dljordan
To: Blood of Tyrants
I like my Enfield. It will take stripper clips.
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posted on
09/07/2022 6:04:56 AM PDT
by
Openurmind
(The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
To: Blood of Tyrants
Very cool. One hopes that they all find a good home.
Sounds like they've all been kept in pristine condition and seldom or never fired, as one would expect, except for the lost magazines.
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posted on
09/07/2022 6:05:32 AM PDT
by
OKSooner
To: Lurker
I thought very seriously about getting a Schmidt-Rubin K-31, but in the end I didn’t want to stock and reload another cartridge. As you say, that 7.5X55 ammo was pricey.
Probably should have gone for it anyway. By now, I’d have long since recovered from the expenditure.
To: Blood of Tyrants
Wow, $1300 for an Enfield!
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posted on
09/07/2022 6:37:01 AM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: FreedomPoster
Yep. But it would be hard to find one with as little use as those.
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posted on
09/07/2022 6:41:57 AM PDT
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Blood of Tyrants
(Inside every leftist is a blood-thirsty fascist yearning to be free of current societal constraints.)
To: dljordan
Christian Kramer at inter-ordnance, I bought one of the Martini-Henrys from that batch. It’s an OK shooter, you have to roll your own ammo for it though
To: Blood of Tyrants
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posted on
09/07/2022 6:48:27 AM PDT
by
caver
To: Blood of Tyrants
Oh yeah, they’re serious collector pieces.
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posted on
09/07/2022 7:17:03 AM PDT
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FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: Blood of Tyrants
Grandad bought a handful of sporterized No.4 SMLE’s in the 1950’s and passed them to the in-laws.
All lived the life of bouncing in the bed of trucks and other abuse.
Norma ammo was the common in 180 round nose & 150 psp. The 180’s using the 300m peep were 6” high at 100 yrds and the 150’s dead center at same.
Ammo needs to be mic’d before purchase. Too many have been selling .308 pills instead of correct .311’s.
That may have been the problem with the link’s test firing @ 50 yrds. For decades, people have been selling 303 “ball” ammo that had been reassembled with .308 pills.
I still have one of those truck rifles. Every few years I take it out and fire it once; 150 gr 311 softpoint at a red milk jug cap at 100yrds…hit.
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posted on
09/07/2022 7:36:51 AM PDT
by
Deaf Smith
(When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
To: Deaf Smith
Almost 20 years ago, I purchased an Armalite AR-15 with a 7.62x39 upper and matching magazine. It remains unfired to this day. The barrel is .308 not .311. I asked Armalite if it was safe to use .311 Soviet 7.62x39 in the rifle. I didn't like the answer. It remains unfired until I can acquire reloadable, boxer primed brass and .308 bullets. Armalite discontinued the upper. I had purchased it in hopes of getting a sub-MOA performance from the box of .311 ammo in my possession. I have 2 bolt action rifles chambered for .311 7.62x39 that solve the accuracy problem. The sloppy old Romanian SKS fires that stuff reliably, but not particularly accurately.
CMMG has produced an AR/AK pattern rifle that will do what I originally wanted. It hasn't been a priority to buy one.
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posted on
09/07/2022 8:26:28 AM PDT
by
Myrddin
To: Lurker
“One of my favorite acquisitions is an Ishapore Enfield chambered in 7.62 NATO.”
Aw, but then you can’t go around quoting that “Rule 303 speech”.
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