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Hello from USA
Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 10:07 pm
by K75RT
I found your site looking for information on my 7.62x51 Enfield rifle. I am an avid shooter and collector of firearms, I am a trained Gunsmith but no longer in business. My present interest is percussion revolvers...
Re: Hello from USA
Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 11:15 pm
by Moin.
A very warm welcome to IFG K75RT. A lot of veteran and highly knowledgable members here are from the USA.
Regards
Moin.
Re: Hello from USA
Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 11:22 pm
by farook
Welcome to IFG, Please do post pictures of your gun collection...
Re: Hello from USA
Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 11:45 pm
by timmy
K75RT wrote:I found your site looking for information on my 7.62x51 Enfield rifle.
Welcome, K7. Do you have a 2A or 2A1? What is your project?
Re: Hello from USA
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 12:21 am
by K75RT
My Enfield is a 2A1; I mounted a scope and it is a good firearm.
Re: Hello from USA
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 12:33 am
by timmy
How does it group for you? I've considered looking at the various accurizing tips, like messing with the way the fore end mates to the buttstock and the receiver around the trigger.
What scope mount are you using?
Your rifle looks great!
Re: Hello from USA
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 5:28 am
by Mark
Greetings K75, and welcome to the forum! Nice looking Enfield!
I'd say more, but my airhead pals all tell me to ignore you. (I kid, I kid, Lol....)
Anyway, welcome to the forums!
Mark
Re: Hello from USA
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 5:52 am
by xl_target
Welcome K75,
That's a nice looking Ishy.
Let us know how she shoots.
Please post some photos of your percussion revolvers too.
Re: Hello from USA
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 4:19 pm
by brihacharan
K75RT wrote:I found your site looking for information on my 7.62x51 Enfield rifle. I am an avid shooter and collector of firearms, I am a trained Gunsmith but no longer in business. My present interest is percussion revolvers...
Welcome to IFG
Could you tell us as to what kind of mount you used to mount the scope - was there a provision already or did you have to make one? Looks interesting!
Briha
Re: Hello from USA
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 11:35 pm
by K75RT
The rifle shoots quite well. It needed to be tightened at the buttstock socket and the barreled action needed to be bedded, the receiver and the barrel for about 6 inches the rest of the barrel is free floated to the muzzle cap. I used acraglas for bedding as it strengthened the old wood yet still maintains the rustic look of the arm. The scope mount is a sand cast and machined part that fits atop the receeiver and is held in place by the squeezing action of the set screws. I do not know who made it... I will post pictures of the mount once they are loaded onto my photo sharing...the scope is a Tasco Pronghorn in 4x.
Re: Hello from USA
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 12:58 am
by Vikram
Welcome to IFG, K75RT! Your rifle looks quite nice.
Best-
Vikram
Re: Hello from USA
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 2:06 am
by K75RT
Here are some pictures of the scope mount, here it is secured to the rifle.
Top view
The mount off of the rifle
and here it is with the scope secured to the mount...
Re: Hello from USA
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 9:18 pm
by timmy
That's an interesting mount! The common one, the S&K, wraps a band around the receiver ring, requiring the fore end to be relieved. Does this mount retain zero after the gun is fired a lot?
Re: Hello from USA
Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2014 5:36 am
by K75RT
No retention of zero problems with this mount, it is very solid.
Re: Hello from USA
Posted: Wed Dec 03, 2014 1:58 am
by shooter
welcome k75.
Whereabouts in the usa are you based?
Do u hunt?