Thread: Lee Enfield 2A
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Old August 7, 2006, 01:14 PM   #3
James K
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I don't want to start another argument, but the "controversy" is not just hot air. The .308 Winchester really does have a maximum working pressure level (62k cup) well above the 50k of the 7.62 NATO spec. That doesn't mean that every round of commercial .308 goes that high, but there is no real reason to subject a rifle designed for moderate pressure levels to that kind of abuse. The Indian 2/2A receivers were made of better steel than the old Lee actions, but they were intended for light para-military and police use with standard 7.62 NATO pressure levels, not for extended firing with commercial .308 loads.

Yes, the extractor spring is a "V" leaf spring; broken extractor springs are very common on those rifles.

Jim
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