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 Topic: Enfield action strengthPosted: November 21 2019 at 6:05am |
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This should be a sticky, I think. I'm tired of hearing how weak the enfield action is. Here's a stress test on a No.4 enfield chambered in 300 Win Mag. |
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Posted: November 21 2019 at 7:01am |
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What says the Hive mind? Sticky or not?   |
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Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)
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Posted: November 21 2019 at 8:38am |
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Posted: November 21 2019 at 9:27am |
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Sticky yes.
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Castles made of sand slip into the sea.....eventually
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Posted: November 21 2019 at 9:52am |
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So, the take away with this test is non-destructive flaw testing the bolt before shooting 300 WM would be highly recommended.
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Posted: November 21 2019 at 12:19pm |
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Interesting video. Not convinced that the crack was a manufacturer's defect though. There are marks that show it has increase in depth over the years. Maybe initially caused by proof testing and just increased slowly ver the thousand's of rounds that have probably been put through the rifle.
Still it's very pleasing to see that when it failed, it was not dangerous to the shooter. The long lug doing it's job. |
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Posted: November 21 2019 at 2:02pm |
My take away is that it lasted many decades firing 303 with that flaw. Then, it lasted a while in 7.62, which is a higher pressure cartridge. Then, it took 16 rounds of .300 win mag, 6 of them slathered in oil, to finally cause the already flawed bolt lug to break. Even then, that's not an action failure. The headspace did not shift throughout the test, which means that the receiver held up spectacularly. I wonder if it would have broken at all had the bolt not already been cracked.
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Posted: November 21 2019 at 2:56pm |
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I agree, that initial crack was not a manufacturing "flaw". While there would be a significant stress concentration at the lug to bolt body transition, it would not have been cracked at the time of manufacture; not even likely after the original proof test. Given enough rounds of .303, the lug would have eventually failed, the .300 Win Mag loads just accelerated it.
Doesn't worry me though, shows that the action design is fail-safe with the long continuous locking lug. Goes to show that the No. 4 is perfectly safe to shoot 7.62 despite "warnings" that are out there. Bottom line: Keep the chambers free of oil and keep the cartridges dry and bolt thrust loads are greatly reduced giving longer life.
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Posted: November 21 2019 at 3:05pm |
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Testing to destruction is just that. I can't believe thats a £50 rifle! ARGHHHHHH!
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Posted: November 21 2019 at 3:08pm |
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I can't believe how "worthless" they said these rifles are. I'd pay some money just for that barrel!
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Posted: November 21 2019 at 3:09pm |
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I know! At those prices I'd empty Fultons & start parting them or something!
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Posted: November 21 2019 at 4:20pm |
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I know I am using a 2A1 barrel on a No5Mk1 and No4Mk2 receiver accordingly with standard issue bolts and boltheads. To date the No4 has had 750 rounds through it and the No5 has had 550 rounds through it. Both with my handloads of 40.0 grns of Norma 202,WLRM primers with the Sierra TMK 168grn bullets with an advertised CUP of 49,500.
I have checked the headspace, bolts, boltheads and the receivers after every 150 rounds. Nothing abnormal, no cracks,and headspace still within specs of a NoGo gauge. The rear locking lug setup of these rifles do exactly what they are intended to do,period...
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Posted: November 21 2019 at 6:15pm |
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very interesting and enlightening , sticky it , ive seen a lot of threads over the years that this might have answered quite nicely ,
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Posted: November 22 2019 at 3:55am |
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It would be interesting to see how a rifle with front locking lug's would fail. Would both lugs fail at the same time? The long lug on the Enfield is an excellent safety measure for the shooter when it all goes wrong. It would have been more interesting if they had examined the rifle a bit more before starting the shoot. I would like to have seen the bolt lug contact areas blued and tested. It is possible that if the small lug was taking more of the load, it may have initially started the crack over a long period of time.
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Posted: November 22 2019 at 12:45pm |
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OK stickyfied four for ought.
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Posted: November 22 2019 at 5:46pm |
He has another video in which he reads a passage from an original manual. It said that an oiled cartridge produced roughly twice as much force on the bolt as a dry one as measured by a crush guage. The front locking actions tend to be a lot "meatier" than the enfield, so it would be hard to get a good comparison. I don't think that would really be relevant anyway. The point he's making is that the action is plenty strong for service cartridges.
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