[Reddog1]

First post
This is my first time out and I hope someone can help me
I have an enfield No.4 Mk1 made by longbranch and the barrel is in real bad shape. Any one out there know where I can replace the barrel? would be thankful for any help. this rifle has always been a fine shooter.
reddog1 :( :(

[Sunray]

That'd be Longbranch. Not Longpond. And it's a No. 4 Mk I. It's not an SMLE either. Try Gunparts. They're showing them as 'sold out' but it doesn't hurt to ask. http://www.e-gunparts.com/model.asp?idDept=231
It's a gunsmith install too. You need proper equipment to do it.

[Sewerman]

I know how you feel. I have a longbranch too. It is without a doubt one of the finest shooting rifles i have ever fired. a bunch of adds have appeared in shot gun news for long branch and savage enfields. you could probably buy one as cheep as you could fix yours. Or buy one to shoot while you look for your barrel :D

[Ash]

Is if pitted and that is the problem? Cordite-loaded Brit ammo was pretty bad stuff on barrels. However, a pitted barrel is not always a bad shot. Many rifles have pitted barrels and still shoot accurately. If it is not shooting well, you may need to counter-bore the barrel from potential bad cleaning. In Enfields, crown damage from cleaning is not so common because they used a pull-through. But it can happen. If the pitting is not horrendously deep or anything, try shooting it to see if it still shoots.

As an aside, shooting it can help clean it out as well. If you run, say, 20 rounds through it in fairly rapid succession and then run a bronze brush with solvent down the bore, you may find much of the gunk cleans right out. This is an old trick for cleaning Mosin barrels and it could work in this case.

Ash

[dfaugh]

with a variety of milsurps, the bore can look pretty bad, and still be cleaned (try one of the foaming bore cleaners,they're simply amazing), AND they will shoot quite well EXCEPT if the muzzle is worn from steel cleaning rod wear). If you want to keep it original you need to have it counterbored (which is what I'm gonna do to a No.1 MK.III* I have been restoring...Or cut the barrel and recrown (which I did to a Mauser that I sporterized).

[rbernie]

Also, let's not forget that there are plenty of good condition take-off No4Mk1 barrels out there in surplus-land. I have several (first and second variant) and I spent no more than $40 each. It will cost a bit to have the replacement screwed back on, but it's actually not a hard job since the barrel has flats for a simple wrench and the action uses removable bolt heads to set headspace. The hardest part is figuring out how to support the receiver while unscrewing the old barrel and installing the new....