.303 british Lee-Enfeild mk3

[Guest goomba]

Ok, my first thread, not including my intro.

I had purchased this rifle about 10 years ago. shot some 1965 surplus ammo & had the primer fall out & lock the bolt down (the round did fire) & had to have a buddy get the bolt open.

well, It got dropped off to the gunsmith today to have everything checked & to replace the rear leaf sight. (it has a flake of metal off to the left of the rear notch that throws off the sights).

I've been thinking about getting into target shooting (&IDPA) & would like to know if anybody has any good recomentations about using this rifle in comeptions, cmp appleseed 3gun IDPA etc etc.

I have thought about adding a scope to the enfeild, however I'm not sure.

also, does anybody have some good recomendations for ammo? I'm leary of surplus ammo.

Edited July 9, 2008 by goomba

[Guest Grout]

Don't know about High Power matches they were never my thang but you would be way behind the curve in 3 Gun with a bolt action.Some of the stages require over 20 rds and a fast reload is key to doing well,in addition to hitting the target.

[Guest Spuds]

I'm not familiar with any match shooting, but the SMLE is the fastest bolt action rifle around, with a 10 shot magazine. It's not as big a handicap as would be say, a Mosin-Nagant or a Mauser, if rapid fire is an advantage. Even so, I doubt it would be ideal for matches designed for modern semi-automatic rifles, if that is indeed what the matches were designed for.