Lee-Enfield No.4 Action Extreme Stress Test
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- Опубликовано: 14 авг 2019
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So we deliberately overstressed a Lee-Enfield No.4 rifle, with .300 WinMag cartridges, both dry and oiled. What happened?
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"We've forgotten the mallet" - someone who hasn't taken a Mosin Nagant to the firing range before.
Now, whenever someone says "the Lee-Enfield action is weak, blah blah blah.."
I read Hatcher's Notebook where he warns against greasing or oiling cartridges. This is the first demonstration of that I have seen. Pretty wild that the flawed bolt served so well.
I remember way back in the day iv8888 did an arisaka and mosin stress test. Glad you guys did an enfield.
This definitely deserves a revisit
The fact that a Enfield can extract and eject ⏏ a rimless cartridge with a bit of slick just shows how amazing the service rifle acually is!
"What has been done to this is it has been reamed... it has been given a..."
Wow, it's almost as though the action was designed to fail safely
Those go for considerably more in the states, even in that "ugly" stste. They were mostly done professionally and the Parker-Hale models are very nice. To build a rifle like that today would cost several thousand dollars if done by any decent gunsmith. I would much have an Enfield or Mauser action than any new Rem 700 or the like. He is correct about the sights. They were usually all steel and very tightly fitted. Try finding some of the Parker-Hale target sights for the P14/P17 or the Mauser cocking piece aperture sight. They are English old world craftsmanship at it's finest. I still watch the entire hour long Bisley documentary from years ago so I'm a bit biased to those old rifles.
I think this is a perfect example why things are made stronger than they need to be even if they're not made properly they're more than strong enough
Consult the Book of Armaments!
Hey Bloke, that wasn't a material flaw, that is a fatigue crack. That lug would've eventually failed under normal firing conditions, the higher stresses produced from the .300 Win Mag just accelerated the failure.
I wonder if the crack would have shown up if the action was converted and proofed here in Australia? When they were tested over here, a proof round was fired then the action was magnetically flux tested for cracks. Not sure if the same crack testing was done in UK when proofed for 7.62mm.
This is fantastic! It's amazing to see how strong the Enfield action is!
North of Watford? As a Kentish man told me, "Anything north of the Thames is 'The North'!"
That was awesome! I really love the number 4. Such a good bolt gun!
This was a real special! `Thank you guys!
Jeebus! One hell of an experiment. Another tick for old school british overengineering - looking after Tommy Atkins since 1872😁
Maybe that was a Friday close to the end of day bolt? Maybe it was a Monday morning I’m still hungover from last night bolt? 😂. Thanks!
Thanks bloke, great to see what these actions can handle.