I bought a Lee-Enfield No 4 Mk 2 about 10 years ago for $800. It was new and unfired and made in Fazakerley, Liverpool, England in 1955 and in near perfect condition. I shot it for the first time yesterday and it was so much fun. I was shooting at a spinning target which was challenging once it was spinning. I did manage to get it to flip over in three shots. The rifle appears to function perfectly and what's not to love about the fast action. It's surprisingly soft shooting for a .30 cal with a brass butt plate and not the brute that I remembered shooting on cold Cotswold mornings at the ranges in Otmoor, Oxfordshire, England!! I have a few thousand Sierra MatchKing 174gr bullets and now have some brass to use so plan on working up a load for this rifle and getting the sights zeroed.
The young woman cheering me on was a US Olympic small bore shooter (competed in England in the summer Olympics of 2012) and world record holder.
The young woman cheering me on was a US Olympic small bore shooter (competed in England in the summer Olympics of 2012) and world record holder.