No. 4 Mk. 1 Lee Enfield Shoot

I decided it was time to take out my Savage US Property No. 4 Mk. 1 Lee Enfield rifle. This was the standard-issue rifle of Great Britain and Canada during World War II. The Lee Enfield series rifle was used by great Britain for much longer before and after the war though. I picked this one up at Big 5 Sporting Goods for $239 back in 2008. All the numbers match except for the magazine, which is a line-out.

I decided to do 10 rounds fired at a 100 Yd steel plate in the "Mad Minute" fashion. The "Mad Minute" was developed during World War I in which a group of British soldiers would fire as many semi-aimed rounds as fast as possible in one minute. Some German soldiers were said to have mistaken this action as machine gun fire. The Lee Enfield rifle has one of the smoothest and fastest actions of any bolt action rifle I've ever encountered, easily allowing the "Mad Minute" better than any other rifle could.

The major advantage of this rifle is that it is accurate. If it had better sights, this rifle could be as accurate as the K98k Mauser rifle, but it is still extremely on-target. The only flaw with this rifle is that reliable surplus has dried up for it, and the ammo can be expensive, so I wanted to capture this on film because expending this much ammo is a big deal for this weapon!

If there are any questions you have feel free to post a comment on the video and I'll do my best to answer your questions.

Thanks for watching, and God bless America!

"The gun has played a critical role in history. An invention which has been praised and demonized, served hero and villain alike, and carries with it moral responsibility. To understand the gun is to better understand history."

-Tales of the Gun, The History Channel

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[Aazaazk]

thanks for reply,

well . how to adjest the sights while shoting the target on 200 yards and 300 yards.

[Mr2ndAmendment]

@Aazaazk That's just it, you can't. You have to use Kentucky windage to make your mark. If you are shooting something 200 yards away, you'll have to aim a little below the target since the rifle is zeroed for 300 yards. Perfect for human targets, not so great for pin-point targets lesser than 300 yards.

[Aazaazk]

how to use the two position aperture (peep-hole) sights,............plz rply

[Mr2ndAmendment]

@Aazaazk

It has two sights of course, the first is the basic battle sight, and the second is the flip-up sight. The battle sight is automatically sighted in for 300 yds, so if you're shooting anything shorter or longer than that, you have to use Kentucky windage. The battle sights were meant for human targets, using the "battle zero" concept, allowing the soldier to aim at the belt line on his target and he would still get a solid belly or torso hit anywhere within and up to 300 yds.

[Mr2ndAmendment]

@Aazaazk

So, if you want to use the battle sight and you're shooting at something 100 yds away for example, you're going to have to aim a little low, because the rifle is sighted in for 300 yds but you're only shooting something 100 yds away, so aim low and you'll make your mark. Shooting at longer than 300 yds will require you to aim high above the target, because the 300 yd zero makes the bullet drop at anything past 300 yds, or you can use the flip-up sights for more precision shooting.

[Mr2ndAmendment]

@Aazaazk

The flip up sight is a graduated device that allows for precise zeroing for whatever ranges you want past 300 yds. Just adjust the flip up sight for whatever range you're shooting and you'll hit your mark. Just keep in mind that the rifle's shortest zero with either sights is 300 yds, so anything closer than that and you'll have to know your rifle and ammunition well using Kentucky windage, unless you want to modify the height of the front sight post (don't recommend that).

[zr2pilot]

Awesome gun...I have one sporterized and it's been used to murder deer for 45 years...my dad got it for $50...

What's cool about the U.S. Property stamp is the history in it. Savage made the weapon for British and Canadian troops under the lend-lease program in early 1941 and the stamp was meant to keep the pretense that the weapons were being lent to the UK rather than permanently sold to them.

[chenlixingjstz]

beautiful l like this gun Very clear picture HD

[Yachera]

That was some violent fuckin' editing :o

[TheMatthewGillard]

Fire It the British Way mate if you want to fire quickly

[dphitch]

I have a longbranch No. 4 Mk 1, its flip up sight starts at 200 yards and I shoot 100 - 200 with it and it is pretty much dead on. It doesn't group that great, the rear sight is kind of large in my opinion but I'm still getting about a 3" group at 100 yards. I get a 6-8inch group at 200 yards. It is a fun rifle to shoot, I love it, I just wish the ammo wasn't so expensive for it.