Comments on: What’s New at Pacific Empire (Photo Post)

By: Nicholas Blackmore

Nicholas Blackmore — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:29:18 +0000

Hi there, for use in the jungle a slightly cut down model of the rifle was issued. A little weight was cut off the stock I think. The point of this military weapon was that it was a knock down killing gun. When used in the Pacific war it faced the Japanese who used a .25 I think. In Europe the enemy knew to keep out of the way of the thing. In its day it was a very bad boy. Someone posted about a recoil pad. I don’t know about that but I do know that the school I attended left the canoes behind the target area. When we fired at the targets the bullets went straight through them, then the sand bank behind them, then the boards holding up the sand bank, then smashed the canoes to pieces, and then carried on on their way never to be seen again. The range was meant for .22 use. Oops. Take care with it, people only have one accident with one of these.

By: Jim Granger

Jim Granger — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:08:52 +0000

Phill: Do yourself and the Enfield a favor, check out the scope mounts made by S&K Scope Mounts. The mount clamps into the charger guide,(That dove tail slot cut into the top reciever bridge). You don’t drill or tap the rifle. All you have to do to install the mount on the rifle is tighten a socket head cap screw, then install the scope in the included rings. Use a little Loctite, and the mount is rock steady, I know I have one. Here is the link: http://www.scopemounts.com/index.html?main.html
Good shooting, love the blog, Jim Granger, USA

By: Jay@Soob

Jay@Soob — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:34:09 +0000

An interesting virtual tour. That rifle’s a nice one. Though me thinks Phil might want to invest a small bit of cash in a recoil pad if he hasn’t already.