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Hello from USA
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...
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Re: Hello from USA
A very warm welcome to IFG K75RT. A lot of veteran and highly knowledgable members here are from the USA.
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Re: Hello from USA
Welcome to IFG, Please do post pictures of your gun collection...
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Welcome, K7. Do you have a 2A or 2A1? What is your project?K75RT wrote:I found your site looking for information on my 7.62x51 Enfield rifle.
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My Enfield is a 2A1; I mounted a scope and it is a good firearm.
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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!
What scope mount are you using?
Your rifle looks great!
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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
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
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Welcome K75,
That's a nice looking Ishy.
Let us know how she shoots.
Please post some photos of your percussion revolvers too.
That's a nice looking Ishy.
Let us know how she shoots.
Please post some photos of your percussion revolvers too.
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Re: Hello from USA
Welcome to IFGK75RT 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...
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!
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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.
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Re: Hello from USA
Welcome to IFG, K75RT! Your rifle looks quite nice.
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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...
Top view
The mount off of the rifle
and here it is with the scope secured to the mount...
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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?
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No retention of zero problems with this mount, it is very solid.
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Re: Hello from USA
welcome k75.
Whereabouts in the usa are you based?
Do u hunt?
Whereabouts in the usa are you based?
Do u hunt?
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