Back at it!

I actually didn't shoot any of my Lee Enfields last summer as I quietly gathered loading components and concentrated on shooting a new receive bow. I produced several hundred rounds for my rifles so I'm ready to hit the range! As powder is getting tougher to find in my area, a few years ago I decided to stick with H4895 for all of the Lee Enfields. I found that some rifle prefer 150gr bullets over 180's so once that was identified, powder charge was adjusted to fine tune each rifles performance. All my rifles are stock, and groupings are usually around 2" @ 100 yds with those with scopes, and 3 -4" without. Very happy with this performance. Oh, yes, all shots off a bench with a rest. None are tack drivers, but then, I'm far from a sharpshooter!

I only shot my No4 three times in a little over a year. Two pig, three shots.

Shamu wrote: My No4 Mk2 definitely prefers 150 gr bullets over anything else. It also prefers the Hornady (far Left) to the speer (Far Right) offerings. I think because of the different bullet profile engaging the lands sooner with the Hornady's profile. The SMLEs both much prefer 174~180 gr pills though. 4895 is  my preferred powder but supply is a problem currently. Middle 2 bullets are MkVII ball (L) & i74gr Hornady (R) all are arranged representative of seating position.