my enfield is some shit

Make sure the rifling is still decent. After that, ensure everything is screwed down tight. If it's not a case of you needing to git gud, you might want to take it in to a smith and see if there are serious stock bedding issues at play.

get someone else to shoot it, and have it looked at by a gunsmith.

rebarrelling it will likely cost at least as much, if not more, than another gun.

>>31355549
its definitely not me, i shot my m1 at perry and got silver.

>>31355525
Where did you buy it?

>>31355672
Gunshow

>>31355576
Then it's time to take that bitch in to a smith. My money is that the stock bedding is fucked, but it could also be headspacing.

>>31355870
thanks, will do

>>31355576
hi karl how are you today?

>>31355525
Are you shooting boat tailed bullets or flat based? The former results in bad accuracy in most Enfields.

>>31355870
>but it could also be headspacing.
Headspace doesn't effect the accuracy until Headspace is just a boogyman people say when they can't think of what is truly causing things. Also, any gunsmith here will probably use shitty SAAMI spec gauges and they're all undersized and will not be accurate and most likely would fail when in reality it is fine.

>>31355870
Hey dude, I just picked up a Rock Island 1903 for just under $500 today, but I don't know jack shit about them other than I really wanted one. If I wanted to look up the history of it, where should I start?

what does the crown look like?

>>31356142
Google the serial number. What is the barrel date?

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>>31356968

Googled the serial, dates production as 1910. Pic is of barrel.

>>31357284
Some would say that would be unsafe to shoot.

How is the buttplate? Is it smooth, textured or hand stippled?

>>31357284
they didnt make n4 mk1s in 1910

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>>31357400
Textured? Per pic. I'm also gushing about it with a full pic over here
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>>31357432
I'm not OP, I'm the douche that hijacked his thread to ask about a different milsurp since he seems to have gotten his issue solved.

>>31355870
This.

Likelihood is that the bedding is wrong. Before you take it to a gunsmith you should read up about Enfield bedding online and see if you can understand how it fits together and works, if you can do that you may be able to identify possible issues. After that it's still a good idea to take it to a gunsmith but at least you will be armed with some knowledge as well.

>>31356093
>The former results in bad accuracy in most Enfields.
Only if the throat and bore display a lot of erosion due to cordite, or if the bore is oversized for some reason. I've never had an Enfield that didn't shoot BT well, and some of those had bores that were a far cry from perfect.

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Take a .303 round and poke it into the end of the barrel. If the case touches the barrel, then your bore is shot out.

But, who cares?
I have an enfield with a totally shot out bore, and corrosion from water getting trapped between the bayonet and the barrel.

It just proves that your rifle has seen war and fucked shit up in ww2. Leave the history with the gun.

>>31357284
>>31357464
>>31357400
Yeah, you wont be allowed to shoot at the national matches with a low number 1903 because of the chance of the receiver kabooming. Many people have shot them though without any bad results. Just dont be like 1 of the 100+ documented people who had kabooms

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>>31355525

What ammo are you using and what kind of rifling does your rifle have (2-groove, 5 groove, etc)? Some types of ammunition (mostly boat-tailed) don't like to stabilize in a 2-groove bore. If that didn't help, try slugging your bore to find the bore diameter and compare to the diameter of the bullets your are using.

pic related is an example of a 2-groove bore

>>31363945
Slugging a 5 groove isn't that straight forward from what I've read.