[PoorMuttly]

YES !!! Muttly EATS dog biscuits. What a fortuitous coincidence !

Wow Lurker...Muttly LIKE the 2 SMLE's idea. I bet archy's already done it, too !

I don't remember if Enfields have that "2-stage" military trigger...sort of a bump, beyond which it shoots. (oh right...I shot one in the yard last week. Oops.) It would probably slow one down...but is sure nice to know when the take-up is gone, and it will let go next. Like a set trigger..only internal, and you can squeeze right through it for less precise, faster shots.

[Lurker]

It's been said of the SMLE it's the only bolt action rifle that's been mistaken for a machine gun by those on the receiving end.

Conversely, the M60 is the only machine gun to be mistake for a bolt action rifle by those on the other end.

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[archy]

Wow Lurker...Muttly LIKE the 2 SMLE's idea. I bet archy's already done it, too !

The British did not issue a second spare 10-shot magazine for their troops' Enfields, preferring to top things up with 5-shot charger *stripper clips.* But I have a second 10-round magazine both for my Savage #4 and my L42A1 7,62 Enfield, as my kid does for his SMLE. The .303 Mark VIII ball cartridge isn't the preferred load for that sport [try a handload using the Sierra .311 dia. 174 gr. HP boattail MatchKing] and see what happens. I don't have access to a 1000-meter range right now, but I can sure practice at 600 on a halfsize target....

-archy-/-

[Who is John Galt?]

I don't remember if Enfields have that "2-stage" military trigger...sort of a bump, beyond which it shoots.

I believe the majority of them (No.1s & No.4s) have a "2-stage" trigger. My 'salvaged' antique Lee-Enfield Carbine Mk.I (manufactured during the reign of Queen Victoria, God bless her ;>) had a single-stage trigger - until I swapped the original trigger & sear for No.1 parts (I prefer a "2-stage" trigger, and the No.1 parts actually lightened the trigger pull by about two-thirds... ;>)