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    Posted: September 22 2018 at 11:06am
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A simple question, but I can't find the answer.
When did the british army changed the brass weight pull through for the one with the steel weight?

Which one fits my 1943 Maltby? it came with a mk4 brass oil bottle from W.H.B.
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I don't know I've  never head of, or ever even seen a picture of one till, now.
Are you sure its an Enfield pull through?


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I am sure it's the same rope only now there is a steel weight crimped on the rope.

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looks the same BUT , i fear that might be reproduction thing as i do not think the commonwealth ever issued a steel weight - i could be wrong , never say never or always with enfields - but im fairly confident in that statement , i think it a reproduction 

that said the oilers look good from what i see in the photos 
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It may also be some one off in the field thing. I've done the same got the rope then made a weight & fitted it, only I used a piece of copper pipe.
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When a bore brush is past it's best I used to use the brass end to make a pull through. Now I don't bother as 'Bore snakes are so cheap on e-bay.
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Maybe it is a reproduction or something made in the field I dont now. But I did a little search on google images and you can find some more steel ones.

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Its a Henfield, never say never!
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Please excuse: I am an ( Enfield ) beginner!
 
What´s on the other end of the pull through? A thread? Which size? ( I suppose NOT 8 - 32 or 8 - 64, and NOT 4 mm, which is fine in European Militaries ) or a loop?
 
And what´s the brass loop? Where to attach this?
 
And the metal part with 4 points - is that a firing pin tool? Is this necessary, or just nice to have?
 
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The firing pin tool isn't necessary if the rifle is correctly set up, but nice to have if it's not. The Lee-Enfield has fairly lax tolerances on firing pin protrusion, but you can puncture primers if it's outside the desired range.

They're not terribly expensive. I think my reproduction tool cost about $20 off ebay.
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Arminius:
just a couple of loops of the cord. what you do is tear off a strip of "2X4" (the rolled fabric with the red lines) & make a "patch" which your partner will pull through the bore. The could be whetted with a soluble oil bore cleaner which was the military version of "Young's .303" or run dry.
There was also a square of "Gauze" (steel fly screen material) that was used (with a sergeant's permission ONLY) to scrape rust from the bore. *shudder*
https://www.milsurps.com/enfield_site/ti21_files/image001.jpg


I'm not sure I understand what the "Metal part with 4 points" or the "brass loop" are, can you post a pic?

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Steel pull through weight was a WWII war expedient, brass was diverted towards ammunition casing manufacture.

Also, oiler bottles were produced using a plastic type material to conserve brass.

So a steel weight pull through with plastic oiler would be good in a 1943 rifle.
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i stand corrected - ive not seen one personally but the explanation makes sense as the war expediants were quite common in those days of rationing and shortages , 

most of us today never lived in such times , my folks told me of them but neither were on the european front , i do know the metals were precious here according to my mother there was always a drive to reclaim needed metals , brass was a crucial item and much the reason for the MAZAK/ZMACK butt plates seen on the no4 mkI* rifles from this side of the pond , 
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Originally posted by Shamu Shamu wrote:

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I'm not sure I understand what the "Metal part with 4 points" or the "brass loop" are, can you post a pic?



I referred to the first pic in the thread.

Piece of brass with loop on the end, and "4 pointed thing" , I think it´s the FP tool.

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“4 pointed thing” is actually a “2 pointed thing”, you are seeing the shadow from the two lugs in the end of the tool making it appear to have 4 points.  It’s a tool to remove the striker from the bolt.  
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