I just bought one back in July , I have not shot the rifle yet , I need to do some work on it ,so hopefully I can have that done , along with a lot of other things
A few corrections 1. India never had to go to the British to get a design, the No. 4(T) was manufactured in India, in several places, infact the huge production capacity of India actually enabled the British to fight both the world wars, not to mention the toe to tail man power that India provided 2. This rifle saw a long service with the Indian Army and a number of Police departments and agencies because of its reliable nature, its still in service 3. India was never a part of NATO, to be honest India will never be a part of NATO its an indirect and modernisd form of imperialism, no thank you, we are very close friends with France, Poland, Italy, Czech Republic, Hungary, and several other European countries but we will never bow down to Americans or British
I actually bought a rifled action Ishapor 2A1 to have turned into a working rifle by my gunsmith. I plan on having the metal Cerakoted into something as close to a blued finish as possible, have him refinish a surplus stock and I am going to do the Mojo peep sights as I prefer that style of sight. I plan on buying the original 800 meter rear sight but I will keep it in the buttstock if I ever decide to go back. My biggest gripe with the Ishapor is the finish on the metal and stock as it’s kinda cheap, so instead of defacing fully functioning rifle I figured get a barreled action and turn it into something that can shoot again. SARCO INC has these Ishapor barreled actions for $70 and that’s not bad. I always wanted an Enfield but I rather shoot a caliber I already stock and that’s cheaper than 303.
India was firmly in the none aligned movement and never joined either NATO or even SEATO, Pakistan was the US ally that joined SEATO. They did adopt the FN FAL in 7.62 after their defeat in the Indo-China war, though, so this change of caliber would be so police/militia still using bolt action weapons could use the same ammo. Back in 2008 by the way one of the criticisms of security force equipment post the Mumbai attacks was that police were having to face terrorists with AK-47's armed with Mrk IV Lee Enfield's. This finally got corrected however only in 2020 when the Lee-Enfield's and Ishapore were finally phased out of police service.
As far as I know, it's _the last_ bolt action rifle to ever get adopted by an army as standard infantry weapon. For that alone I definitely need one. ...and, of course, 7.62 NATO/.308 Win is easier to come by + usually has a lot less feeding issues than .303 British. But it's still a true representation of Lee Enfield rifles, and the Indians even left a few features of the No.1 Mk. III on it that the Brits got rid of with the Mk. III* and the No.4.
Does the magazine in yours kinda wiggle back and forth? Mine does, and it causes feeding issues. I recently got a No 4, and its magazine literally does not move whatsoever. Starting to wonder what I'd have to do to fix it
@@superfamilyallosauridae6505 gotcha. I attempted to spread the rear magazine lips a bit and also lightly used a dremel on the interior back magazine lips of the side that was giving me more issues (left side).
LE magazines were factory fitted to the rifle and should have a matching serial number. If the mag and rifle serials dont match, nothing to do but try and tune the mag to the rifle.
Interesting I have one of these rifles and like yours mine has the lightly colored piece behind the sights, I wonder how may others have this and was it just because they used a different wood to make that piece. I have just restored mine and if interested you can see what I did on my channel (jagvette1). Not that I have every done fast shooting, but I did watch a video and the person doing used a non trigger finger on the trigger so that they could fire quicker and the main part of the hand cocked it :)
I think that the fast shooting is called the mad minute. I heard your can do around 40-50rnds in a minute. From what I’ve heard you use the middle finger to pull the trigger and just keep your hand on the bolt the whole time.
Nice rifle,I have a 1967 RFI 2A1. Please correct your research. You will benefit. India never joined Nato.
I just bought one back in July , I have not shot the rifle yet , I need to do some work on it ,so hopefully I can have that done , along with a lot of other things
Nice video.
Are you using commercial 308 or were you able find 7.62x51 ammo?
Thanks.
A few corrections
1. India never had to go to the British to get a design, the No. 4(T) was manufactured in India, in several places, infact the huge production capacity of India actually enabled the British to fight both the world wars, not to mention the toe to tail man power that India provided
2. This rifle saw a long service with the Indian Army and a number of Police departments and agencies because of its reliable nature, its still in service
3. India was never a part of NATO, to be honest India will never be a part of NATO its an indirect and modernisd form of imperialism, no thank you, we are very close friends with France, Poland, Italy, Czech Republic, Hungary, and several other European countries but we will never bow down to Americans or British
Wood wise I've seen English walnut, Indian rosewood and teak on these. The long bayonet was the Pattern 1907, later modified by the Indians.
This is fun dude .
You can sometimes negate the feeding issue by pushing up on the bolt as you are cycling the next round.
Ishaphore always made No1 MkIII's. The Indian's never went to the UK to get anything.
I actually bought a rifled action Ishapor 2A1 to have turned into a working rifle by my gunsmith. I plan on having the metal Cerakoted into something as close to a blued finish as possible, have him refinish a surplus stock and I am going to do the Mojo peep sights as I prefer that style of sight. I plan on buying the original 800 meter rear sight but I will keep it in the buttstock if I ever decide to go back.
My biggest gripe with the Ishapor is the finish on the metal and stock as it’s kinda cheap, so instead of defacing fully functioning rifle I figured get a barreled action and turn it into something that can shoot again. SARCO INC has these Ishapor barreled actions for $70 and that’s not bad.
I always wanted an Enfield but I rather shoot a caliber I already stock and that’s cheaper than 303.
By the way, where’d you get the sling and carry bag? 🤔
India was firmly in the none aligned movement and never joined either NATO or even SEATO, Pakistan was the US ally that joined SEATO. They did adopt the FN FAL in 7.62 after their defeat in the Indo-China war, though, so this change of caliber would be so police/militia still using bolt action weapons could use the same ammo. Back in 2008 by the way one of the criticisms of security force equipment post the Mumbai attacks was that police were having to face terrorists with AK-47's armed with Mrk IV Lee Enfield's. This finally got corrected however only in 2020 when the Lee-Enfield's and Ishapore were finally phased out of police service.
As far as I know, it's _the last_ bolt action rifle to ever get adopted by an army as standard infantry weapon.
For that alone I definitely need one. ...and, of course, 7.62 NATO/.308 Win is easier to come by + usually has a lot less feeding issues than .303 British.
But it's still a true representation of Lee Enfield rifles, and the Indians even left a few features of the No.1 Mk. III on it that the Brits got rid of with the Mk. III* and the No.4.
Very nice video very good rifle thank you very much 🇺🇸
The 800 meter rear sight is calibrated for 7.62. The 2000 yard sight is a recycled 303 sight.
India was never in NATO
How much you spend for buying.?
2k yards or 2k meters?
Does the magazine in yours kinda wiggle back and forth? Mine does, and it causes feeding issues. I recently got a No 4, and its magazine literally does not move whatsoever. Starting to wonder what I'd have to do to fix it
Did you ever resolve the wiggling of the magazine?
Not yet, been real busy@@TheEthosVolpes
@@superfamilyallosauridae6505 gotcha. I attempted to spread the rear magazine lips a bit and also lightly used a dremel on the interior back magazine lips of the side that was giving me more issues (left side).
LE magazines were factory fitted to the rifle and should have a matching serial number. If the mag and rifle serials dont match, nothing to do but try and tune the mag to the rifle.
@@kolsen6330 Thing is, the serials DO match and it's not even close to working.
I don’t think a 5-6 pound trigger pull is considered heavy.
Interesting I have one of these rifles and like yours mine has the lightly colored piece behind the sights, I wonder how may others have this and was it just because they used a different wood to make that piece. I have just restored mine and if interested you can see what I did on my channel (jagvette1).
Not that I have every done fast shooting, but I did watch a video and the person doing used a non trigger finger on the trigger so that they could fire quicker and the main part of the hand cocked it :)
I think that the fast shooting is called the mad minute. I heard your can do around 40-50rnds in a minute. From what I’ve heard you use the middle finger to pull the trigger and just keep your hand on the bolt the whole time.
@@regentinoutdoors Exactly right!