would have saving a fortune in ammo and shite self esteem had I seen this a few years back!!! great video and identification, isolation of variables. awesome thanks
Great information here. I was shooting my No.5 Mk1 a couple of days ago. Horizontal dispersion for five shots was about half inch. Vertical dispersion was right at two inches. I had remember his video from a few years ago, so I came back to it for your analysis. Lo and behold, your first target here showed my issue. Sure enough, my main screw on the forend had worked slightly loose. Tightened it up, and I'll head back to the range tomorrow. I've had no issues with the so-called "wandering zero" on this rifle. Like many others I don't even believe in it. So again, thanks!
Your last set of groupings is very interesting because I was just shooting my remingtion 700 .223 at 100 yards and basically came up with that very pattern...I am going to check my rear action screw on this rifle and see if it is a bit loose...
Sweet!I like doing is on a bulls eye is running masking tape vertically and horizontally and shooting a 100 yard or 100 M target.If my shoots hit close to center then correct it with some Kentucky windage or a little Tennessee elevation.The veneer adjustment is great when put to use.Its not like shooting my M1903 but Lee Enfields are my other favorite rifleman's rifle.
i put a rear peep with an insert in it, and now my #4 shoots a mile low @100 yrds. Like a foot low. The centre of the peep is always the centre regardless of its size, no?
Last group looks like not correctly reading wind conditions to me! ;-) How many ft. lbs. torque should the buttstock screw be set at? For the commercial High Velocity Sporting Rifles (Lee Pattern) with the sling swivel on the barrel band, how tight should this be set at? Where do we find your book? Thanks, Jim
If you have a No1 you have to index the buttstock screw so that the tip fits into the fore-end properly. So there isnt a single torque value, more like a range and thats why they recommend a square shank screw driver so you can put a wrench on it. Sometimes (as I discovered) you get to the point of tight and too tight to turn any more and the tip of the screw is diagonal and as such you wouldnt be able to reassemble the gun. So I added a cardboard shim and this allowed me to tighten the stock AND have the screw indexed. It should go without saying (per the authors other videos too!) that you never touch the butt stock screw on a No1 rifle until youve removed the fore-end.
