dastardly-D
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Does anyone know of any companies selling the old Ishapore 7.62 NATO rifles ?
Milsurp for the milsurp. Russian for the russians.
Yep.... same thing happened to me. No more steel for me.Case head ruptures are an issue running steel cased commercial .308 in the Ishy. Thats what mine did and there are other reports online as well.
Yep.... same thing happened to me. No more steel for me.
Link if interested.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=595460
Why would anyone think about running steel 308 in an old military action? Thats just asking for trouble.
Milsurp for the milsurp.
Russian for the russians.
The Ishapore rifles made in the 60s for 7.62 nato are supposed to have improved metallurgy etc to handle the cartridge. The older rifles converted from 303 to 7.62 are considered to be the especially dangerous ones.The Enfield design isn't a particularly strong action. It was one of the weakest of World War II (contrary to popular belief, the Carcano was actually quite strong). They reinforced it to handle .308, but even then it was just barely safe with the ammo of the time.
If Ishapores are junk then all Enfields are by extension junk. IMO Ishapores are made as well as any other Enfield.Junk for Junk ... Ishys are crapola junkers.
Get rid of it before you hurt yourself.
The Ishapore rifles made in the 60s for 7.62 nato are supposed to have improved metallurgy etc to handle the cartridge. The older rifles converted from 303 to 7.62 are considered to be the especially dangerous ones.
I have never had a problem with mine, keep in mind that I only shoot brass cased ammo.
If Ishapores are junk then all Enfields are by extension junk. IMO Ishapores are made as well as any other Enfield.
Obsolete in what capacity? They were used as sniper variants by the UK.The Enfield simply reached its limit, and trying to push it further was foolish. That it was also wholly obsolete at a time when the US and most other major countries had adopted semi-automatic or fully automatic designs just makes it worse.