Hi Guys

I have a Lee Enfield which doesn't get an awful lot of use and justifies its place in my rifle cabinet on the basis of history/interest. My problem is that when shooting at 100 yds with the fore sight in the centre of the dovetail zero is about 9"to the left of centre. When I drift the fore sight over, the base of the blade protrudes some way over the edge of the dovetail which I find distracting when shooting. I realise that the wepon is a mass produced battle rifle and quality contol was perhaps lax but I was wondering whether there is any work I could have done to get the rifle shooting more or less on centre without having to drift the foresight way over. Any work which could be done would probably outweigh the cost of the rifle but I'd be interested to hear any of your views.

Thanks

Tim

I'd try ringing Fultons at Bisley and asking their advice.

Their tel no is 01483 473204. What they don't know about Enfields is etc etc. They also make an excellent scope mount.

I'd be interested to find out what thyey say. There was a fellow at the range last month with the exact same problem, with his LE. (Jungle Carbine) I've shot about a dozen LE's, all with no problems, so I don't have a clue.

Thanks '94

I'll follow it up but as I highlighted above I don't think the cost of any work can be justified against the value of the rifle.

Regards

Tim

I was thinking about this, and I just read about something like this. I'm not an expert, and there are many here more qualified to answer your questions, but I might have a couple of ideas.

Is your crown chewed up?

Other than that, you might have a bent or misaligned barrel, or there might be something wrong with the stock, so that it is putting pressure on the barrel.

You are right when you say the rifle probably isn't worht the cost. You can buy them around here for $50 to $250 Canadian, most of them in the $100-$150 range. I think the pound is worth about two Canadian dollars.

Thanks Gatehouse

I also wondered about a bent barrel. I used to have an S&W .45 ACP which had horrendous extraction problems and it turned out that the barrel was bent from the factory so I'm aware that things like that do happen.

The crown appears OK to the naked eye but who knows? I would assume it would be in good shape since the rifle was unfired when I got it. It had only been used for drill so the woodwork is a little rough but the bore is good.

Thanks for your thoughts. If anything else comes to mind drop me a line.

Tim