Strangely Brown

I believe Fultons at Bisley have been involved in building at least one M40 replica which I was shown in the past.

Roy many thanks!

I tried their website but couldn't get anything like this to appear. 

Could somebody furnish me with min & max load data for the above please?

Looking at the Swiss published load data (it could be an old copy) it's very light on 175gr SMK loads. 

You need to fill your profile in, we have no idea where your based. 

2 hours ago, DeLaRue said:

However a 20% hike in range fees is too much imo, even taking into account all the factors mentioned, way too much…..

Another factor to consider is that all of the electronics on Stickledown were upgraded in the autumn which must have cost quite a bit in lost bookings, not to mention the cost of the contractor.

Try to think of it as £15, or lunch for two in the Clays Cafe rather than 20%. 🙂

I was in the same boat so opted for N540 which has a similar/same burn rate; haven't had the opportunity so far to see how it compares. 

13 hours ago, Frederick said:

13 hours ago, Frederick said:

Talking to a colleague he uses 41.5g of n140 .

 

Frederick, that's the exact load I use for my No.4 SR"b" rifle using Sierra Match Kings and the BES flat base bullet; works well out to 900 yards. I'm at 900 & 1000 this coming Wednesday with it;  for normal SR events, (not that I do the Methuen these days!) I use 40gr N140 with the PPU 174gr bullet, this is ok at 600 yards although from memory I recall 41.5gr was slightly better.

Trevor Steele Engineering

Is this any use? 

On 6/23/2022 at 4:03 PM, Frederick said:

If I adjust any further it will look really odd and be noticeably off centre with the guard when aiming .

Frederick the vast majority of No.4 foresight blades are often way off centre; I speak as a LERA member of 20 plus years so have seen and adjusted a far few of them.  

I would give it a tweak before tomorrows practice as you really want it sorted for Sundays Methuen...see you there! 😉

Laurie a very interesting post, thank you!

The No.4 actions which were "stiffened" by the introduction of a brazed bar were done for Robin Fulton by Walter Magnay who was the 1976 Queens Prize winner. I think Walter died about three years; and yes they made no difference to accuracy according to those that have tried them.

Regarding No.4's at 900 & 1000; I still have the occasional foray with mine but as others have stated the targets appear very small to my eyes these days when 20 years ago they didn't present a problem. I will admit to a slight cheat these days and that is shooting at those distances prone "supported" using a Hoppes front support. 

On 4/17/2022 at 10:08 PM, Laurie said:

This coupled to the relatively weak L-E No.4 action is why the NRA advised that its commercially purchased TR ammunition loaded with the original 155gn Sierra MK shouldn't be fired in these rifles.

Laurie from memory the NRA only advised getting the rifle reproofed to 20T if the firer intended to use the current 155gr ammunition. The "advice" from the NRA at the time caused rather a lot of controversy and it was quietly withdrawn after some NRA ,members wanted to see some scientific evidence to back the statement up.

At the time it was decided by LERA that all club guns would only use the 144/147 gr options; as I was TR Captain for LERA then I started doing some load development with the SMK 150gr which proved successful in both my L39 and Whitaker Special...only to find out later that it was the load of choice back in the day for Enfield's and if I had asked one of the "old hands" at Bisley I would have saved myself some work!  

When I first saw this "phenomenon" displayed by a rather attractive female TR shooter I thought she was just being flirty! 

The answer is actually quite simple; when you see a bended leg in the air the shooter is simply reading the wind; bare feet also do the same thing but shorts are better giving more exposed skin.

Ever wondered why you only see some people from April to July? 

You would probably be better off shooting at a tin hat target; all it would require would be of those 5" or 6" inch targets which show a green ring around the strike cut in half and stuck on a plain white background. 

I'm shooting three different bullets in three different Lee Enfield's.

174gr (.311) Sierra Match Kings in No.4 Mk1/3 Long branch (SR"b") that Fultons put together for me about four years ago, it has a new American Criterion barrel.

174 gr PPU (.311)which due to their cheapness are ideal for SR"a" rapids & snaps at 200 yards. This is for my No.4 Mk2.

BES 174gr (.311) probably the least known bullet of the lot; made by a chap called Malcolm Seller these have a flat base like the original MkVI & MkVII bullets. I originally bought some 220gr round nose from him for a supine .303 match rifle and had some spare when the rifle was sold. A swap with  a friend was done for some of Malcolm's 174gr, more as an experiment that anything else. I was surprised how well they did at 900 yards so purchased some more. I've yet to do a comparison in all three rifles but I thought the flat base worked well in my smellie at the last outing. mseller208@aol.com 

All the above with 41gr's of N140 with the exception of the SMK bullet which goes well with 41.5gr for SR"b" competitions. 

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That's a P3 reticle; I've got one of the Spanish ex army scopes and rate the optics slightly higher than my 3~20 S&B. 

5 hours ago, brown dog said:

Long range shooting in UK seems to be hampered by a handful of bitter, self-absorbed and ego-driven individuals. It’s most odd.

It does also carry on in small bore circles; a friend was telling me, (through tears of laughter) that his club secretary rushed onto the firing point and demanded to know what ammunition he was firing because it was too loud! 

For those of a curious nature the ammunition in question was Tenex. 

Thanks one and all; I've ordered a pair of Shooterking's as recommended by One on top of two and knowing the vagaries of the British weather have also found a pair of DPM salopettes as recommended by John MH. 

Just in time for summer! 🙄

1 hour ago, Akeld said:

What type of use? Do they need to be quiet for stalking or just waterproof for range use?

Range use mainly although I occasionally stalk the local Roe & Fallow; albeit without a rifle! 

My last pair of Arktis were never quite up to the job and I ended up using surplus Goretex over trousers.

What's out there that you can recommend please? 

One from Belfast; he/she has a face you would never tire of slapping. 

4 hours ago, saddler said:

I was led to believe, by someone who knows a lot about such things, that RCBS bought the rights to the Wamadet Portapress in order to make the SUMMIT design

I have a few of the Wamadet presses - never broke one yet - I'd be surprised if one could be broken

Ironically I saw a Wamadet press at Bisley in the back of a friends car in early December he was using for load development; which is exactly what some punters now use the Summit for. 

As mentioned above RCBS had changed the specs to make it accept larger dies; how many times during army trials for kit have we seen this behaviour screw up a good piece of kit! 

Just now, John MH said:

Did I say you should have got a Co-Ax?

😂😂😂

Readers and contributors of this thread will be pleased to know the replacement linkage turned up this morning; a mere 5 months after I requested a replacement. 😉

At the risk of going off topic; the platoon sergeant is the anchor who bubbled me to the WRAC girls in the Grand Central Hotel in 1973. 

It started when one of the girls asked if I could print a negative of her and some young gunner standing guard on a segment gate, which naturally I did. What she didn't know was that I also printed off the other negatives of her and her mates having a pillow fight in their undies.

Once printed up I sent the lot down to the Mission Hall in the lower markets to go on the notice board; the CO and his bodyguard (the bloke that became platoon Sgt) came down for a visit and he recognised the girls concerned. 

The bollocking has stayed with me after 48 years. I can still hear my TC saying; not only have you let me down, the battery down more importantly you have let yourself down.

And people wonder why I never made lance jack!