Tell me about the SMLE I just bought, pics - Page 2

wogpotter · April 10, 2015, 11:53 AM

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You left the damned cage open again!

*groan*

wogpotter · April 10, 2015, 11:55 AM

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The King and his minions don't make mistakes.

Subjects if you please,sir.
"Minions" are the evil Twinkies

Brit · April 10, 2015, 12:59 PM

There were a whole bunch of young Yanks won that war with us! Thousands of them, long before I came to live in the USA, no one could say a wrong word about Americans, Black/White, or striped!

I was 8 years of age, when those big shiny booted soldiers filled the bar in my Dads Pub, Prescot, 8 miles from the Liverpool Docks.

Then one day, all gone. They had gone to make sure I would live.

I had a Jungle Carbine, when I lived in Ontario, Canada, like new.

My recently arrived from England Cousin, asked to borrow it (going hunting with some new friends) it could group 2" at 50 yards.

He fired corrosive WW11 ammo, left it in the trunk of his car, for a week wet!
I said keep it. Never saw him again.

Jim567 · April 10, 2015, 01:23 PM

In my experience with the LE #4s

The mid 1950s British were the best.
The Canadian Long Branch second.
The Savage third.
Above all good.
Any wartime Brit stuff eehhh

The 1953,54 and 55 Brit Fazakerly's (sp) I owned were spectacular.

**Mike Irwin** · April 10, 2015, 01:28 PM

My No 1 Mk III Ishapore dated 1947 will generally hold to about 3" at 100 yards from a rest.

April 10, 2015, 12:59 PM	#28
Brit Senior Member Join Date: January 29, 2005 Location: Orlando FL Posts: 1,934	There were a whole bunch of young Yanks won that war with us! Thousands of them, long before I came to live in the USA, no one could say a wrong word about Americans, Black/White, or striped! I was 8 years of age, when those big shiny booted soldiers filled the bar in my Dads Pub, Prescot, 8 miles from the Liverpool Docks. Then one day, all gone. They had gone to make sure I would live. I had a Jungle Carbine, when I lived in Ontario, Canada, like new. My recently arrived from England Cousin, asked to borrow it (going hunting with some new friends) it could group 2" at 50 yards. He fired corrosive WW11 ammo, left it in the trunk of his car, for a week wet! I said keep it. Never saw him again. Last edited by Brit; April 10, 2015 at 01:04 PM.

April 10, 2015, 01:28 PM	#30
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,380	My No 1 Mk III Ishapore dated 1947 will generally hold to about 3" at 100 yards from a rest. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

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April 10, 2015, 01:23 PM	#29
Jim567 Senior Member Join Date: January 4, 2014 Location: NE FL Posts: 656	In my experience with the LE #4s The mid 1950s British were the best. The Canadian Long Branch second. The Savage third. Above all good. Any wartime Brit stuff eehhh The 1953,54 and 55 Brit Fazakerly's (sp) I owned were spectacular.