How not to top load a Lee Enfield SMLE
Posted: January 24th, 2012 | Author: zackpow | Filed under: 22 Magnum Rifles | Tags: 100, 30, 303, action, army, australia, barrel, bolt, British, bullet, Calibre, charger, clip, control, enfiled, england, English, fire, firearms, gun, Guns, II, Lee, little, Mad, magazine, mark, Melbourne, Minute, Mk3, No1, number, range, rapid, Rifle, river, scope, Shooting, short, sight, Smle, SSAA, stock, Stripper, target, trigger, UK, Victoria, war, world, WW2, WWII, Yangs, yards, You |Filmed at the Little River rifle range facing the You Yangs, an SSAA branch. We were firing at paper targets on metal frames 100 metres (110 yards) from the shooting position. This is the first loading problem we had with the SMLE that day, and we knew exactly where we went wrong. It was far easier to take out the magazine and load in this instance…however much slower than the charger clips. Gun: 1943 Lithgow (NSW) SMLE, .303 British. Lee Enfield Guns SMLE Mark Mk3 Mk.3 MkIII Mk.III Number No1 No.I NoI No.1 Shooting Firearms .303 303 British Short Magazine Opensights Baresights Open Bare Rifle Target Range Mad Minute Bullet Rapid Fire Stock Barrel Trigger Bolt Action Scope Sight 30 Calibre Charger Stripper Clip SSAA You Yangs Little River 100 yards Melbourne Victoria Australia UK England English Army World War II 2 WWII WW2 Flinders Peak Trajectory Lithgow New South Wales ADF First Time Licensing Category AB A&B Longarms Licence Centrefire Rimfire Anschutz Anschütz .22WMR 22WMR .22 Magnum Nikko Stirling Scope Rimfire Hornady Winchester 7.7×56mmR 7.7×56R 7.7mm .311 muzzle velocity 150 grain 180 Highland Sports
prepper1776 has? a contest that is right up your alley. he is giving away a mosin nagant. its a MAD MINUTE contest at 100 yards. type in “mosin giveaway prepper1776″ only he is limiting enfield users to five rounds at a time
let a yank show you how to? load that British rifle
i want to get me a 303. i have a 22. and 270. and want to know if loading,safety,etc are the same? ?
@lorddanu Same mags as the No.4 and Mk. III, basically everything is the same? with those things
the germans would’ve killed you? about 150 times before you got a round off…
How could you not know how to load? a stripper clip???? You are an embarassment to our country..
How manny aussies does it take to load a lee-enfield?. if it makes you fee any better, my K98s stripper clip slid into the mag with the rounds the other day, had to field service? it to get it working again
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@flyboy172r thanks for the quick reply mate!? yeah shes a rare one, pretty good condition. ill have a look on that site, and put up a post. cheers and happy shooting!
@lorddanu
Oh, you have a MkV?? They’re very? rare! Only about 20,000 of those. Unsure if the magazine is identical though…you could check usedguns.com or post up a ‘looking for’. But first see if a magazine for a more common gun like the No.1 MkIII or the No.4 Mk.I can fit into it.
Hey mate, you wouldnt happen to know where i could possibly buy a magazine for the SMLE mk 5? Im in QLD, but havent really found any good internet? sites or anything..
@flyboy172r Bloody hell…thats outrageous. It was the same in UK though. I belonged to a civilian gun club as well as shooting in the services. They all were responsible people, all properly licensed and above board and had their own weapons but the government decided they were all ‘naughty boys’? and couldn’t be trusted and took their guns off them, the bad guys could keep theirs of course..as always. I have a Smith & Wesson M&P .40 cal,a Kahr P9, Ruger .357 Mag. The collection is ongoing!
@flyboy172r Bloody hell…thats outrageous. It was the same in UK though. I belonged to a civilian gun club as well as shooting in the services. They all were responsible people, all properly licensed and above board and had their own weapons but the government decided they were all ‘naughty boys’ and couldn’t be trusted and took their guns off them, the bad guys could keep theirs of course..as always. I have an Smith & Wesson M&P .40, Kahr P9, Ruger? .357 Mag. The collection is ongoing!
@flyboy172r Bloody hell…thats outrageous. It was the same in UK though. I belonged to a civilian gun club as well as shooting in the services. They all were responsible people, all properly licensed and above board and had their own weapons but the government decided they were all ‘naughty boys’ and couldn’t be trusted and took their guns off them, the bad guys could keep theirs? of course..as always. I have an Smith & Wesson M&P .40, Kahr P9, Ruger .357 Mag.
@telmac899
Very depressing here in Aus. You have to pay through your teeth to get anywhere close to a handgun licence - and even then you’re limited to .38 I believe. As? for semi auto shotguns, rimfire or centrefire - they’re all very difficult categories to get. If you CAN get them, you also have to pay a fortune. Example, a new AR-15 in the US is what, $750-800? In Aus it’s a Category D gun (prohibited), and if you have a D licence - they cost $11,000 USED.
Very jealous!
In my 38 years in the Royal Navy and being a weapons Chief, I had the good fortune of being able to fire a wide variety of close combat weaponry, especially as I was in charge of the small arms on several? ships and a maintainer for some Royal Marine detachments we had onboard but, got to admit, one of the best rifles I EVER fired was the SMLE .303 in the cadets prior to my RN service. And now, living in the US…I’m going to get me one to go with my collection of handguns!!!!!!!!!
Is it rimm cartridge problem?
fucking? hopless!
lol “why would i buy you that?”
“because you love? me”
i thought austrailians couldnt? have firearms
Holy smoke! Rounds all over the place. You had five in the? charger, but it looked like more in the magazine as well. BTW, I wonder if John Howard ever used a gun in his life, or if he simply superimposed his personal preferences over the face of Australian politics. Roll on mature, proper, balanced governance!!
@LDave91 you forgot the New? Zealanders : (
You should probably learn how to load a gun? before using live rounds.
@fiestafan5 Dude, you fail so hard. That’s not a detachable box magazine. You? load it with two stripper clips. When they made the Enfield, noone used detachable box magazines.
@LDave91 As the nice aussie said, we were. Until our bloody governments took it upon themselves to hate us normal gun lovers. -_- Come live in britain and try our gun laws for size. You are practically treated as? a criminal the moment you ask for a licence application.
lol i dont think ur suposed to top load a? lee enfield