A Maltby SMLE No4 -223 Conversion. The 300m maiden voyage!

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  • Опубліковано 26 жов 2024

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  • @orongo101
    @orongo101 6 місяців тому

    Am trying mine on Sunday at Cessnock Rifle Clubs "303" shoot,found a PH4 sight to go on,hoping for good things.

    • @hasselhoffo
      @hasselhoffo  6 місяців тому

      May I give you a word of advice- if it’s a T-bone conversion with the flat square ejector spring on the outside; store your rifle with either the bolt open, or completely removed. That spring tends to stay bent when stored for a long period of time under tension. GLHF!!

  • @australianmade2659
    @australianmade2659 Рік тому

    Very nice conversation. I’d like one but a lot of conversions for sake second hand have feed issues etc. I need a rifle which works out the box.

    • @hasselhoffo
      @hasselhoffo  Рік тому

      Indeed the conversions can be problematic. This one was built by a reputable gunsmith, so you can bank on it working. This comes at significant cost however. It’s the home conversions that often are not tuned to perfection.

    • @australianmade2659
      @australianmade2659 Рік тому +1

      @@hasselhoffo T bone?

  • @billpoynter108
    @billpoynter108 2 роки тому +3

    More details on the conversion!

    • @hasselhoffo
      @hasselhoffo  2 роки тому +5

      Bill. A 223-chambered barrel is screwed onto the action. The forend is relieved appropriately to match the contour. The bolt face is modified to suit the smaller 223 including a new extractor. A flat spring steel ejector is retrofitted to the outside of the action that pokes through and sidekicks the empty out. The magazine well is modified to accept a modified 10-shot mini14 magazine. This particular one has a remington varmint contour barrel and it shoots like absolute stink - easily a sub-moa gun. Front heavy though - not goot for standing offhand matches.

    • @johnbobson3642
      @johnbobson3642 2 роки тому +2

      @@hasselhoffo That's a remarkably cool rifle my dude

    • @hasselhoffo
      @hasselhoffo  2 роки тому +2

      @@johnbobson3642 thank you sir - she’s also incredibly accurate. However she’s undergoing a diet now, as we speak, to reduce weight for better offhand shooting. I hope she still shoots ok after this. More vids to come.

    • @davidharper9772
      @davidharper9772 2 роки тому +1

      This. Is. Rad. I've shot a few rechambered Enfields. .223 out of a 9lb rifle must be a hoot. What target sight is that?

    • @hasselhoffo
      @hasselhoffo  2 роки тому

      @@davidharper9772 yeah mate you know it - it can shoot bulls on the fullbore line if you concentrate hard enough and the wind is playing ball. It’s just a Central No4 sight - soon to be converted to a Ph5c, mainly for the coolness factor. As I mentioned the rifle is getting a diet and forend chop a-la L42 - to be a better 3p service rifle.

  • @1945gmc353
    @1945gmc353 2 роки тому +1

    I prefer my 1943 enfield original