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With any of my L-E's,  2" grouping @ 100 yds is a good day at the range! That's with the ones with telescopic sights. 3" with open sights is even a better day! Sadly, my time beh I nd my rifles has dropped off considerably in the last year. Afraid to burn up my small stock pile of loading components for fear of not being able to replace. Banning and seizing weapons is only one way to get the left's gun control dream of unarming the citizens completed...
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Agreed 2" is about all they are capable of without some serious tweaking of both rifle & load.
They're a Main Battle Rifle, not  target or match load, although they can be worked on  to be one."Minute Of Adversary" to 600 Yds is about what was envisioned.
Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)
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Yup. I’ve shot thousands of rounds thru my LEs, more than 10,000.  All of those rounds I was trying to make the smallest possible 10 shot group.  About 98% of those shots were with aperture iron sights “in position”, no scope and not supported.  And for much of these groups, I retained a score book, plotting each shot and recording group size.  My average is right at 2.5 MOA.  On a good day, it’s under 2 MOA.  On a great day, it’s 1.5 MOA.  On an exceptional day, it’s under 1 MOA.  The “exceptional” day is a lucky day….it does not reflect any particular skill of the shooter. 

So, if you’re getting 2 MOA 10 shot groups, you’re doing very well indeed! 
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I went back through all of my past data and my best ten shot group with the scoped No4Mk1/2 Maltby was 1.0 MOA.
My best, "To-Date" ten shot group with the French Resistance No4Mk1 Maltby is 2.0 MOA through the original MkII rear sight.
Both rifles were shooting a factory grade 174grn projectile and loaded to factory grade specifications so, it is of semi serious concern as to what you, m106 are actually looking for, accuracy-wise in your Lee-Enfield because if you want something better than a 2" group at 100 yards, you are going to need to purchase a more accurate rifle. As stated earlier in this thread. The Lee-Enfield rifles are Battle Implements and shoot accordingly. As long as the rifle can deliver the projectile to its intended target/recipient, it did as it was designed to do with a 3 to 4 MOA being acceptable. 
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Originally posted by Goosic Goosic wrote:

Originally posted by m106 m106 wrote:

i shot some greek rounds to make sure it wasnt the rifle and they shot 2 inches at 100 yards. i just got to find a good load
I think I might be missing something here.
If your rifle is shooting a 2" group at 100 yards whether through a scope or the iron sights, it is doing exactly as it should be doing and more so.

 
A 2" group on the NRA Official SR-1 target puts every shot well inside the 10 ring and is considered very respectable shooting. If you are upset that the rifle is putting its 174grn projectiles in a 2" group, you are going to be even more disappointed to find out the 150grn projectiles are going to produce the same size group more or less. 
Again, I might be missing something here but it seems to me that you are upset about nothing to put it bluntly. The Lee-Enfield left the factory if it could put 7 out of 9 shots inside a 4" square ⬛ at 100 feet. The M47C rifles got scopes on them if they shot a tad better.



100 yards through the iron sights on an old Long Branch No4MkI* I owned...

it will shoot 2 inches with greek ammo that i tried from a friends stash.with reloads its probably 5 which im still working on. where should i be velocity  wise on the 150s
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I use ADI 2208 which gives good accuracy and reasonable pressures in my No4 Mk1.
That's called Varget in Europe and USA.
ADI 2206 will work well too, called Hodgson H4895 in Europe and USA.
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Yup, I’ve not found a better load in the No.4 than 40.0 gr ADI 2208 (Varget) with 174 grain Sierra MatchKing. 
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39.0grns of IMR4064, 174grn FMJ-BT, GM215M primers, 3.075" OAL will get you down range and on target everytime.  For me anyways...
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