Picked up an Enfield Jungle carbine - Page 2

ernie8 · January 1, 2024, 09:03 AM

Small group military rifles are not exceptional , or even rare . After 1000's of matches , shooters and rifles , small groups were the norm with most military rifles . Every weekend for about 15 years the top shooters were doing groups right at 1 inch . Because unlike most they knew how to shoot and how to load . Of all the military rifles ever used in our matches only three types were not competitive for shooting small groups . Carcano [ lack of a good bullet ] Type-99 [ poor sights ] Enfield [ poor rifling , poor bedding , poor action lock up , two piece stock ] . We ran other types of matches , speed , man size targets and others more related to combat shooting and the above types were competitive in those . If you do not shoot well enough you do not notice accuracy problems , like a wandering zero . All the rifles did just fine as battle rifles though .

doofus47 · January 25, 2024, 11:24 PM

I've always wanted one of those. It looks lovely.
Congratulations.

January 25, 2024, 11:24 PM	#27
doofus47 Senior Member Join Date: June 9, 2010 Location: live in a in a house when i'm not in a tent Posts: 2,483	I've always wanted one of those. It looks lovely. Congratulations. __________________ I'm right about the metric system 3/4 of the time.

January 1, 2024, 09:03 AM	#26
ernie8 Senior Member Join Date: October 9, 2018 Posts: 217	Small group military rifles are not exceptional , or even rare . After 1000's of matches , shooters and rifles , small groups were the norm with most military rifles . Every weekend for about 15 years the top shooters were doing groups right at 1 inch . Because unlike most they knew how to shoot and how to load . Of all the military rifles ever used in our matches only three types were not competitive for shooting small groups . Carcano [ lack of a good bullet ] Type-99 [ poor sights ] Enfield [ poor rifling , poor bedding , poor action lock up , two piece stock ] . We ran other types of matches , speed , man size targets and others more related to combat shooting and the above types were competitive in those . If you do not shoot well enough you do not notice accuracy problems , like a wandering zero . All the rifles did just fine as battle rifles though .