Martin Adjusted SMLE
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Topic: Martin Adjusted SMLE
Posted By: Series2a
Subject: Martin Adjusted SMLE
Date Posted: September 01 2019 at 2:14am
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Just purchased a SMLE 1917 Enfield Low number 3 digits. Found it had stamped “Martin Adjusted “on a Bsa Heavy Barrel Cork Bedded. Shot it at my club and managed to get a 1 1/4” Group with Battle sights at 100yds. 174g Sierra 38.1g n140 PPU case   |
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Posted By: Zed
Date Posted: September 02 2019 at 11:28am
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Excellent! don't touch a thing on it. Looks like you've got yourself a really fine rifle! ------------- It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice! |
Posted By: britrifles
Date Posted: September 02 2019 at 12:19pm
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YES!!!! What Zed said!!! This is a rarity for sure. If it were mine, I’d be looking for a PH aperture sight. Will it group like that consistently? |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: September 02 2019 at 7:33pm
| congrats , i agree with the above , you did just fine , |
Posted By: Stanforth
Date Posted: September 03 2019 at 4:21am
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Hi Peter. Welcome aboard. That is a really fine rifle. I use the same loads as you but couldn't match that grouping. ------------- Life.. a sexually transmitted condition that is invariably fatal. |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: September 03 2019 at 7:00am
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Yes get an aperture sight you'll love it. Its a bolt on No drill no tap installation. Completely removable & revertible if you don't like it. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Parker-Hale-PH5A-Sight-for-the-Lee-Enfield-No-1-SMLE-W-Mounting-screws/254346229837?_trkparms=aid%3D1110001%26algo%3DSPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131231084308%26meid%3D3d2b742d22fc44839f25ffa1746dd70a%26pid%3D100010%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D254344716890%26itm%3D254346229837%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100010.m2109" rel="nofollow - https://www.ebay.com/itm/Parker-Hale-PH5A-Sight-for-the-Lee-Enfield-No-1-SMLE-W-Mounting-screws/254346229837?_trkparms=aid%3D1110001%26algo%3DSPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131231084308%26meid%3D3d2b742d22fc44839f25ffa1746dd70a%26pid%3D100010%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D254344716890%26itm%3D254346229837%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100010.m2109 ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: xLAADjarhead
Date Posted: November 15 2025 at 10:30am
| If you have not done so already DO NOT ALTER THIS RIFLE! The Lee-Enfield Martin Adjusted SMLE is a rifle built around the best part taken from the Birmingham Small Arms (BSA) production line in the Inter-War years by the Alexander Martin Company as Competition Rifles. These were produced in VERY limited numbers. |