Skip, As I have stated above ... you should be wearing hearing protection firing any rifle of any caliber; without question. If you don't you can...
Martin, Glad to know you enjoyed the piece mate. The No5 is one of my favourite rifles of all time - it is also a design that has been copied the...
Skip, The strings that you were pulling out of that bullet were more than likely fibrous cordite as used in British ammunition of that period....
Skip, The No5 saw it's first development in Sept of 1944 but was not issued to troops in the Far East until 45 as I stated above in the original...
Hey Skip, I am very glad to provide useful information to the forum, my pleasure - my goal is to attempt to not make these things a dry read if I...
G'day all, As the moderator of the Lee Enfield forums at Collecting and Shooting the Military Surplus Rifle (2006) - Surplusrifle.com I thought I...
Sgt, Thanks for the kind words mate ... by all means post up the pics of your K98. :) BigBoss1, I wish you luck on your hunt my friend -...
Hey Skip ... I will definitely do that as I have a few Enfield rifles to show. I have already posted a similar thread in Weapons based on one of...
Thanks to all for the warm welcome!
G'day all, I'm a Military Surplus firearms collector/shooter and thought I might share one of my rifles here for historical and educational...
G'day all, New to the forum - and I know I'm very late to this party but thought I would share some comments from somebody in my family who...
G'day gents, Just joined up and wanted to introduce myself. I grew up with family from both England and Australia who served in both world wars...