I saw my father put down a bull moose with a No 4 Mk 1 shooting downhill across a valley at 350 meters with the iron sights. One shot and the bull was down and never moved. We had to hike down one mountain and climb another to dress the kill. Dad was a firearms instructor in the RCAF during the war, and shot left-handed with a right-hand operated bolt action rifle. Dad had the matched scope but never used it. He didn't need to. I never saw him waste a round if he did not have a clear killing shot while hunting, and I never saw him miss the first shot. I'm a decent shot, but the old man was in a different league. That generation grew up with guns, putting meat on the table during the Depression. We bought him an 8mm with a left-handed bolt and a 4X scope on it one Christmas, and he still preferred his old Enfield most of the time! When we cleaned out the house after Mom passed there were still two boxes of ammo, one for each weapon, with only six .303 rounds and four 8mm rounds missing from the boxes. Each missing round represented a freezer full of moose, deer or caribou meat. I learned to shoot using that Enfield as a boy. Loved that old gun but it went to another family member because my spouse hates firearms and hunting. I'd take one any day over over the ones I was trained on in the service in the 60s, mostly because it fits my comfort zone while shooting.
700 yards with 1940s ammo is just an incredible performance. Really goes to show that if you can't regularly hit stuff with modern match grade ammo, a modern well built bolt gun, and good glass you just need to spend more time practicing rather than blaming the equipment.
@@spencer1980 well the ammo is also 70+ years old after all. Though I'm suprised cordite holds up this well would have thought it would have deteriorated with age.
I understood ball powder was more modern, I thought all ww2 British ammo used was cordite strips? the commonwealth forces used cordite as I understood it. dad said they used to buy used 303 ammo after the war, take out the cordite and refill them with powder, or did snipers get different ammo? it doesn't explain this, so i am a bit confused.
Don't underestimate irons either. Shot steel with a M1917 the other day at 850 with irons and it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. Those long range adjustable sights on them work pretty well.
My Grandfather was a Canadian Black Watch sniper. His name was Dale Sharpe.I think he would of been impressed with your sniper ability and I am so very proud of you for doing this video on behalf of the Canadian British Australian and New Zealand soldiers that fought with this master piece of a rifle and some who gave up there lives to beat a hateful enemy so all humanity can live in peace. From the bottom of my heart Thank You Sir for doing this clip
There is a full length documentary on the Canadian Black Watch snipers that was produced not that long ago with some of the actual snipers from the regiment. If you have not heard of it I can highly recommend it. Their stories from WW2 are just hair raising! 😮
@@schrodingersgat4344 ....land based skeet shooting, I like. love your handle....let me guess instead of poison it the box with the cat....some kind of revolver with 4 random cartridges removed...lol!
I learned to Shoot with a mk 4 Lee Enfield and could comfortably hit targets out to 600 yds with iron sights even out to 900 One heck of an accurate Rifle with a Scope !! And Deadly
The accuracy varied widely. My father told me the Army used to select the most accurate weapons from the factory and then set them up for even more. He complained that the match rifle he brought home with him was not a patch on the one he carried in North Africa. His nickname was 'Ming the Merciless" because he was the only one who would shoot the stray dogs around camp.
@@ianhelyar9553 we used to practice 'snap' shooting at 200 yds on 'jerry heads' as we called them Triangular targets on a post you had 5 seconds to shoot then down to 3 and some tried it for 2 with them appearing over the Butts and we never used scopes only iron sights and woe betide you if you dropped more than a couple of shots!! The only difficulty was the ' furniture ' and for a Young lad of say 13 / 14 to carry around and use was heavy ! .. you had to grow into it as they said ..I would happily use a decently maintained mk4 for hunting or as a Sniper Rifle with a scope and no need for a fancy one either!
Gotta give it you. Your country had better doctrine. The us army I couldn't ever hit 300yds. I was support not front line . But shooting is shooting. M16 /AR-15. Is not made to reach out that far anyway.!! Now .308 mini 14 or socom 14. May pace the Enfield. Without a scope at the ranges you mentioned. Idk. C. Hathcock and c. Kyle aren't available. You gonna have to take me to school. Bruh.
@@doubled6419 I was told by an ex-army guy that the Australian Infantry grunt would qualify as a rifleman in the US. There's an awful lot of air between randomly fired bullets. Far better to aim a little more carefully. You might need that ammo later.
I trained on the 303 in the 1970's in the Irish Reserves. Beautiful weapon and brilliant shooting. A point on using the bolt. We were taught to only use our thumb and forefinger to operate the bolt and never to use our palm. This was to ensure you did not trap your palm as the bolt locked down.
Same. Mid 1960's I always remember we were taught never to palm the bolt just thumb and forefinger. Army cadets then under Australia Commonwealth Military Forces using mainly Mk III * SMLE range 200-600yds ... and drill of course.
Thank you for showing a great Canadian Scout Sniper and his kit. The way you shot that No.4(T) made this Canadian very proud, thank you. You sir are one hell of a shooter and you've got a great camera operator. Cheers from Canada!
Canadians never got credit they deserved for their role in WWII. I do respect them tremendously. Also, I hope you guys will get some freedoms back in regards to firearms...Kind of said that politicians are trying to kill shooting sports in Canada as hard as they can...
Vintage Rifles Shooters Club thank you and yes Trudeau is on a mission to kill shooting sports where competitors use AR-15’s in 3 gun matches. I’m an Alberta and Trudeau hates us just like his dad did but we embarrassed his dad in the 1970’s so he’s trying to get revenge for his father. He’s already almost killed the oil business here. Many people out of work from high paying jobs.
You hear or read ww stories and they always say the british commonwealth forces. Some battles where this is mention there were no british there or very few. Usually Australian, Nz, Canadian, Indian or Gurkha's. Also not diminishing the poms for the way they battled on either.
That's Called The Vapor Trail Of A Spinning Bullet... The Spotter Would Turn His Spotting Scope Out Of Focus, That Way He Could See The Vapor Trail Of The Bullet, Then He Would Give Range Corrections To The Shooter...
In the mid 70's I used to use a No4 LE for the army competition shooting on the 1000 yds Bisley range. We would regularly use the iron sights to 600 yds.. Fantastic gun.
This guy is an amazing GREAT marksman and hilarious!!! If someone was betting, they'd never believe a guy could make those series of targets with such an old rifle with old ammo. Wonderful display of skill and knowledge. Camera work is solid too!
Excellent presentation with helpful commentary done with good humour and no BS or time wasting and just a good old thump "tink" for a sound track. When I was a schoolboy (1962-6 era), our shooting team used standard no. 4 and surplus WW2 .303 ammo. No scope, no bushes permitted in sight aperture. Battle sight plus flip up smaller aperture with micrometer type thumb screw on top for elevation adjust. No windage adjust. Falling plate run-down shoot from 300 yds. (plates 12 in x 12 in 30x30cm) HPS no problem. Sling support only permitted no barrel or butt rests. At 600 yds regular range targets were from memory 4 feet wide and six feet high. Scoring rings inner about 8 inches (20cm) diameter, then 16 inches (40cm) diameter Usually got HPS on inner out to 600 yards using sling support only from prone position. Barrel and butt resting strictly not permitted for our college team members. 900 yard range used a few times. Once sighted-in and established necessary aim-off for wind, score in 30in (80cm) inner usually consistently on target. Always allowed to fire 2 warmers and allowed to sight-in for wind (no telescopes, just a 8inch diameter (20cm) white disc displayed in shot hole which we could hardly see and relied most on a voice message from the butts team working the targets. On windy days often took 10 shots to get a five round group and establish wind offset. I must have inherited markmanship from my grandfather who as a 3 Rifle Brigade rifleman could hit the front plate on a maxim gun about 200 yards distant with his SMLE .303in while the Maxim was shooting at him and his mates. He never told me that. It came from another old soldier in the same platoon. (Both WIA on 12 Oct 1917) When I joined regular NZ army 1967 I found I could not shoot as well with 7.62mm L1A1 SLR standard ramp aperture sight, as I had with Enfield No. 4 a couple of years before. One inch groupings at 100m no problem, 12in (30cm) groupings at 300yds still achievable from lying position but not consistent at 600m on man sized targets. We shot at those old left over old WW2 German enemy target profiles (ie crouching, head and shoulders, gun team profiles). We did standing, sitting, kneeling, lying positions, stationery, moving, plus short range snap shooting and night shooting. Never used M16 at any range greater than 100 yds. All this skill at arms wasted as the next calibre I used was 105mm and I quickly learned this required a team effort and not so much individual skill.
That's fine shooting, and we all should give credit to the manufactoring level of excellence. I was a varmint hunter shooting to 600 with hi velocity 22 calibers and them to 6.5 mm before the current craze. Your shooting form and adjustments before the shoot are very good!
Righto Chaps! 😅 Enjoying this all the way from New Zealand. Funny enough,the Enfield is my main hunting/deer stalking rifle. 150grain FMJ perfect for our overly dense bush
With all of the Lee-Enfields in circulation around the world and especially in the former British Empire, some FA historians estimate that those old war horses have taken just about more game than any other rifle. Don't know if it is literally true or not, but you figure that the .303 Enfield has to be in the running.
also From NZ just found this video channel and love the format and the informative talks while letting the camrea reset to next target, also the sniper response if missed from other factions side making it a sniper shoot out is just excellently good idea. Subscribed just from this video alone
Hello from Australia. I'm new to the channel and love the content. Great setup, shooting, camera work is excellent (The highlight for me is watching the bullet vortex arcing to plates).
When testing No4s any rifle that showed accuracy beyond the norm was sent to purdeys gunsmiths and further refined. These things were absolutely deadly.
@@howler6490 All rifles were factory tested at 100 feet with a requirement to place 4 out of 5 shots in a rectangle 1” x 1.5” and a randomly selected 10% were further tested at 600 yds, and that was it. So potentially a selected rifle may have been subject to two accuracy tests. H&H rejected the majority of rifles sent to them which would indicate that the factory testing was pretty rudimentary. Accuracy tests for the No. 4 (T) sniper rifle involved placing 7 out of 7 shots within a 5 inch diameter at 200 yards and 6 out of 7 shots into a 10 inch diameter at 400yards.
@@FenellaBeach At that time barrels were straightened by hand and it was impossible to get all 100% perfect. It made sense to select the best and refine them for sniper use. After all the rifle was a battle rifle designed to take a bayonet.
Rob - Awesome video mate, job well done from down under mate. Love when you have a decent rifle and a good marksman and it all come together, regards Michael
Thank you mate. We’ve been around a long time and back then we had a lot of sporting & game shooters so it made sense to translate that into hunting man which is what snipers do. Even to this day we still have a lot of sporting & gaming shooters although probably not in the numbers we had in back in the day which is a sad matter of fact. I enjoyed watching you walk it out there. Good to see that old girl can still reach out there to this day.
@@mickvonbornemann3824 yeah I’m aware of that. Thanks. If you go back even further some Brown Bess black powder muskets has “Purdey” markings on them and they are worth a fortune if you can find them because Purdey is just as good if not better and more expensive and luxurious than Holland & Holland firearms and Purdey have been around for over 207 years and Holland & Holland since 1835, consequently the production stopped of Brown Bess muskets in 1835 so Holland & Holland didn’t make any. Some of the Ts on the Lee Enfield’s were actually modified by Holland & Holland only I can’t remember if it was some or all of sniper T models.
Excellent video.. great enthusiastic commentary bringing a fun element to a fine tuned discipline, great shooting with a great gun combination.. thank you 👍
I’m so glad I found your channel! You did so well with the AK Operators Union channel, and here to come find out you’re shooting some of my favorite military scopes rifles. I may have an accuracy international AT, but I’m JELOUS of your Enfield and SVD.
I love the Enfield, we have 4 of them in our family here in Afghanistan. My Great Grandpa was part of the attack on the British as they were trying to flee.
@@andrewburkes4837 Basically any kind you want, we know how to reload our own ammo and shape bullets. Most of it comes from Darra Adam Khel area just over the border in Pakistan but it's an Afghan village with all Afghans living and making firearms and ammo.
Bro, I love me a good Enfield they have the smoothest action for a bolt operated rifle and very accurate. It's always great to hear about people running off the monarchy. I apologize for what our government has done over there for the last 20 years. Most of us never wanted Bush or his stupid invasions. He wasn't even legitimately elected.
@@JoeShmoe376 Yeah they leave us alone, they are Afghans themselves so it's just like seeing your brother walking around with a rifle. Not really a big deal to most of us. All those people escaping and falling off planes are equivalent to what you guys call liberals in the states, just mindless scaredy cats.
Gotta tell this story here. An uncle of mine told me how he got the freedom of a town by... shooting down a Zeppelin. Lee Enfield. Billericay, Essex, England 1st World War. Sentry duty on a cold foggy night. Up there somewhere the engines of a Zep could be heard - but all was fog. They were passing over en route to bomb London. Engines louder. Slowly through the fog - a Zeppelin. She had had to drop down to find her way... so Ernie (Cecil Ernest Wright) watched. The gondola with steering crew lit from inside (from behind) just visible, up there somewhere about 300 yards. So Ernie (who would go on to be a sniper in 1920's Afghanistan) shot all he could see of the crew. Gave them all his rounds (had plenty). Zep drones on, lost in fog/mist/cloud. 15 mins later, a loud explosion. Sky lit up. She'd run aground on a hillside; apparently no-one was in control.... Told to me by Ernie about 1970. A small, quiet harmless-looking guy (he would never go out with a spotter, as you ended up talking... then get shot by Afgani snipers) - he worked solo. Never said how many he'd shot, but more then a few.... Hm.
Great shooting. Great rifle too. Love this content. AK's are awesome, but there is something awesome about pushing these "outdated" rifles to their limits.
That is awesome that you got your hands on some 1940s ammo to shoot out of that wonderful rifle. Hats off to your performance. You made something look simple that i assure you is not.
I love this guy he is a good shot and shooting in real world conditions also he is not on a bench which would make more accurate shots. I would have liked to see Ula lol
Love the slow-motion bullet arc to target, good shooting. That No4 T is a real gem Rob. I really enjoy shooting my No1 Mk3 HT Sniper with a 1918 Scope on low mounts. Reload for it as well, imitating the original Mk7 load 174 gn FMJ but with modern ball powder AR2209. Very accurate for a 110 year old (refurbed in 1945) rifle. Cheers from Aussie
Great video! I built an Enfield sniper with an Irish Contract #4 MKII from 1955 that was never taken out of the mummy wrap. Your video has inspired me to zero it precisely and wring it out at distance. It has the #2 scope installed with the correct mount, which correct mounting was a job indeed for my late friend who was an SF Master Armorer.
Your clips are very educational and amusing. I've been following your clips for a while, especially the ones about AKs. Keep it up. Greetings from Munich
Great video. Great shooting. I really like being able to see the trace. That is something that I don't normally get to see outside of videos like this. Goes along with my bad eyesight. Beautiful rifles you are showing off in this series. There is something sexy about blued steel and wood stocks.
1944, British are pushing against Nazi Germany! British Snipers often are on the tip of the spear, leading attacks against Germans. So how their main Sniper rifle, No.4 MK. I (T) worked? I'm taking on 13 different size targets all the way from 100 to 700 Yards! Let's see what this rifle really can do! As a counter sniper I'm going to use German BYF High Turret Sniper! Link to VRSC T-shirts: www.shop.akoperatorsunionlocal4774.com/Vintage-Rifles-Shooters-Club-T-Shirt-VRSC-T-Shirt.htm Link to VRSC Stickers: www.shop.akoperatorsunionlocal4774.com/Vintage-Rifles-Shooters-Club-Sticker-Classic-VRSC-Sticker.htm Thank you for watching!
Rob, I am enjoying this series very much. You have been shooting some absolute beauties. I favor the Mauser rifle. Have owned several over the years. I think my favorites are the Swedish rifles. Again, I love this series. Keep it up!
Reminds me when I was back at school in 1971 at the championships cadet-pair at Bisley. 200yds and 500yds with a Lee Enfield and Parker Hale blade sight. Bronze medal !
I enjoy watching your videos . The old bolt action rifles just have more character to them , I just need to acquire about 4 more rifles and will have them from WWI & WWII , from Italy , France , Germany , Britain , Japan , China & the US.
@@VintageRiflesShootersClub I agree shes doing great. Maybe build a plexiglass box to shield it? Idk what the ideal solution is but either way it's pretty fantastic footage as is
You prove your point. The butt stock was held in place by a bolt which would be frowned at to day. I was surprised the 1940's primers had no delays. They went off immediately after 70 years if I heard you right.
My Enfield is bad news at 500 yds with iron sights. Hard on the eyes to bear down o dot that far out, but damned if that .303 can't zing it. Nice Rob Ski. You have skills.
Thanks for the video, great shooting with vintage WWII ammo and a MK4 (T) sniper rifle. When I was stationed at Whidbey Island Washington 98-2002, I built a M1D sniper using a 1943 receiver and a new 1953 dated M1D barrel I found at a hole in the wall gun shop in Boise Idaho. Sadly I don't have the rifle any longer, but what a sweet shooting rifle that M1D was.
I have M1D and it's a great rifle. I just think that US Army could do better job at finding better scope for it at that time when it was released...kind of set that rifle back...leave it up to do the bureaucrats to screw good idea up...
You took me back to the early 80's. My unit qualified for Bisley. We had some mk4 in 7.62 with Iron sights. 38 out of 40 at 1000m. A cracking days shooting. Nice shooting yourself thanks for the memory.
As an 18 year old RAF apprentice back in 1959, a trip to Bisley, something we all did, saw me come away with a Marksmans badge using the Enfield Mk4. Not up to Rob's standard though!
I have a 43 No.4 Mk. 1 without a scope, from 44, and it is as accurate as any rifle I've ever fired. The .303 round is particularly equal to this duty, as it is very consistent and reliable. It's slightly less powerful than either the 8mm, used by Germany, or the 30.06 we used, but it's consistency was a key factor, and I am very pleased with my own rifle, and what I've seen here today. I've never had the opportunity to shoot at a fixed target beyond 200 meters, but am confident this No. 4 would be very much the same. Thanks for a great demonstration of what a good shot can do with the most excellent rifle. Very nicely done. Semper Fidelis,
my 1st introduction with full bore shooting was with a no.4 Mk2 in the cadets 40 years ago, and I even shot in competition at Bisley with one every year until I enlisted, a few years later during my service I switched my SLR for the L42
I've taken several Kansas Whitetails with my No4 Mk1 with 3-9x32 scope out to 200 yards. That .303 with a 150gr BTSP drops em in their tracks. It's always fun to hunt with these WWII surplus rifles. Great video!
Rob you have once again outdone yourself! Incredible video as always! Thank you for the incredible content and the wealth of knowledge all of these years.
@@gregsmith7261 you can't keep it at your house.you can only have small quantities of ammo."they" can take it whenever they want.Fail your psych evaluation and you don't have a rifle.
Nice. I can hit an 8" plate at 300 meters with open sights with my No4 Mk 1 (1944 ball ammo). Loved the format of this video and the ongoing commentary.
There's an investigator who says that it was an Enfield that was the actual rifle used by one of the 'lone gunmen', the one who was given the favoured position on the knoll and delivered the kill shot on that day of November '63. @@VintageRiflesShootersClub
A GREAT video and a fantastic format that you put these rifles through!!! It was Holland and Holland who made the standard No 4 Enfield into the No 4t , and a very good job they did !!! Keep the videos coming because I am enjoying then alot ! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
IT is nice to see someone as excited as I was The first time I picked up this rifle as I have shot all the different versions at least the ones available to me and I was lucky enough to have one of the best coach in the country if not the best Paul Bodden
I saw my father put down a bull moose with a No 4 Mk 1 shooting downhill across a valley at 350 meters with the iron sights. One shot and the bull was down and never moved. We had to hike down one mountain and climb another to dress the kill. Dad was a firearms instructor in the RCAF during the war, and shot left-handed with a right-hand operated bolt action rifle. Dad had the matched scope but never used it. He didn't need to. I never saw him waste a round if he did not have a clear killing shot while hunting, and I never saw him miss the first shot. I'm a decent shot, but the old man was in a different league. That generation grew up with guns, putting meat on the table during the Depression. We bought him an 8mm with a left-handed bolt and a 4X scope on it one Christmas, and he still preferred his old Enfield most of the time! When we cleaned out the house after Mom passed there were still two boxes of ammo, one for each weapon, with only six .303 rounds and four 8mm rounds missing from the boxes. Each missing round represented a freezer full of moose, deer or caribou meat. I learned to shoot using that Enfield as a boy. Loved that old gun but it went to another family member because my spouse hates firearms and hunting. I'd take one any day over over the ones I was trained on in the service in the 60s, mostly because it fits my comfort zone while shooting.
Super! Thanks for sharing. ❤️🏆
I'd have told my spouse to move out, rifle can stay. Don't be a simp.
Should have chosen your spouse more wisely.
Can you keep one at a rifle club? And get a couple shooting days a year?
I love 303 so many of my uncles put moose down with this rifle n4mk1 and n1mk3 great rifls and hard hiting caliber
700 yards with 1940s ammo is just an incredible performance. Really goes to show that if you can't regularly hit stuff with modern match grade ammo, a modern well built bolt gun, and good glass you just need to spend more time practicing rather than blaming the equipment.
It's the poor craftsman who blames his tools
@@spencer1980 well the ammo is also 70+ years old after all. Though I'm suprised cordite holds up this well would have thought it would have deteriorated with age.
I understood ball powder was more modern, I thought all ww2 British ammo used was cordite strips? the commonwealth forces used cordite as I understood it. dad said they used to buy used 303 ammo after the war, take out the cordite and refill them with powder, or did snipers get different ammo? it doesn't explain this, so i am a bit confused.
Don't underestimate irons either. Shot steel with a M1917 the other day at 850 with irons and it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. Those long range adjustable sights on them work pretty well.
@@MrMalicious5 Did you lick your finger and run it along the front sight?
Iconic rifle- THE best bolt action service rifle ever made. Outstanding marksmanship on display, really terrific to watch! :)
"Hit is a Hit" the guy who just received a bullet would never argue.
My Grandfather was a Canadian Black Watch sniper. His name was Dale Sharpe.I think he would of been impressed with your sniper ability and I am so very proud of you for doing this video on behalf of the Canadian British Australian and New Zealand soldiers that fought with this master piece of a rifle and some who gave up there lives to beat a hateful enemy so all humanity can live in peace. From the bottom of my heart Thank You Sir for doing this clip
There is a full length documentary on the Canadian Black Watch snipers that was produced not that long ago with some of the actual snipers from the regiment. If you have not heard of it I can highly recommend it. Their stories from WW2 are just hair raising! 😮
I love this format of one shot and if you miss, the opposing rifle gets a shot!
...but what about the mad minuit?
@@franky2shoes660 RC car with a target?
Have someone drive it at the platform from 150?
@@schrodingersgat4344 ....land based skeet shooting, I like. love your handle....let me guess instead of poison it the box with the cat....some kind of revolver with 4 random cartridges removed...lol!
700 yards with 1940s ammo and original scope is an outstanding shot. Congratulations. I enjoy the long range shooting. Thank you.
I learned to Shoot with a mk 4 Lee Enfield and could comfortably hit targets out to 600 yds with iron sights even out to 900 One heck of an accurate Rifle with a Scope !! And Deadly
The accuracy varied widely. My father told me the Army used to select the most accurate weapons from the factory and then set them up for even more. He complained that the match rifle he brought home with him was not a patch on the one he carried in North Africa. His nickname was 'Ming the Merciless" because he was the only one who would shoot the stray dogs around camp.
@@ianhelyar9553 we used to practice 'snap' shooting at 200 yds on 'jerry heads' as we called them Triangular targets on a post you had 5 seconds to shoot then down to 3 and some tried it for 2 with them appearing over the Butts and we never used scopes only iron sights and woe betide you if you dropped more than a couple of shots!!
The only difficulty was the ' furniture ' and for a Young lad of say 13 / 14 to carry around and use was heavy ! .. you had to grow into it as they said ..I would happily use a decently maintained mk4 for hunting or as a Sniper Rifle with a scope and no need for a fancy one either!
Gotta give it you. Your country had better doctrine. The us army I couldn't ever hit 300yds. I was support not front line . But shooting is shooting. M16 /AR-15. Is not made to reach out that far anyway.!! Now .308 mini 14 or socom 14. May pace the Enfield. Without a scope at the ranges you mentioned. Idk. C. Hathcock and c. Kyle aren't available. You gonna have to take me to school. Bruh.
@@doubled6419 unfortunately not with our Gun laws In this Country anyway but if i ever get to the states for sure!
@@doubled6419 I was told by an ex-army guy that the Australian Infantry grunt would qualify as a rifleman in the US. There's an awful lot of air between randomly fired bullets. Far better to aim a little more carefully. You might need that ammo later.
This man conveys the real joy of shooting as a sport.
I freakin love the vapor trails that were visible for alot of these shots! Fabtastic marksmanship as usual Rob! And very entertaining content!!!
Not vapour trails but the shockwave of supersonic flight is what you are seeing. 👍🏻
This series gets better every time I watch it. Ausgezeichnet!
Aber sicher !
I trained on the 303 in the 1970's in the Irish Reserves. Beautiful weapon and brilliant shooting. A point on using the bolt. We were taught to only use our thumb and forefinger to operate the bolt and never to use our palm. This was to ensure you did not trap your palm as the bolt locked down.
Same. Mid 1960's I always remember we were taught never to palm the bolt just thumb and forefinger. Army cadets then under Australia Commonwealth Military Forces using mainly Mk III * SMLE range 200-600yds ... and drill of course.
Thank you for showing a great Canadian Scout Sniper and his kit. The way you shot that No.4(T) made this Canadian very proud, thank you. You sir are one hell of a shooter and you've got a great camera operator. Cheers from Canada!
Canadians never got credit they deserved for their role in WWII. I do respect them tremendously.
Also, I hope you guys will get some freedoms back in regards to firearms...Kind of said that politicians are trying to kill shooting sports in Canada as hard as they can...
Vintage Rifles Shooters Club thank you and yes Trudeau is on a mission to kill shooting sports where competitors use AR-15’s in 3 gun matches. I’m an Alberta and Trudeau hates us just like his dad did but we embarrassed his dad in the 1970’s so he’s trying to get revenge for his father. He’s already almost killed the oil business here. Many people out of work from high paying jobs.
Canadians should sing their own countries National Anthem maybe? Good markmanship.
Kiwi. Lol.
You hear or read ww stories and they always say the british commonwealth forces. Some battles where this is mention there were no british there or very few. Usually Australian, Nz, Canadian, Indian or Gurkha's. Also not diminishing the poms for the way they battled on either.
Really great how we can see the path of the bullet before impact.
That's Called The Vapor Trail Of A Spinning Bullet... The Spotter Would Turn His Spotting Scope Out Of Focus, That Way He Could See The Vapor Trail Of The Bullet, Then He Would Give Range Corrections To The Shooter...
In the mid 70's I used to use a No4 LE for the army competition shooting on the 1000 yds Bisley range. We would regularly use the iron sights to 600 yds.. Fantastic gun.
and can lay down a high rate of fire , no wonder the military kept this bolt action rifle for so long
I saw a few of these rifles in Afghanistan. 90 years old and still being used .
And still effectively, according to news reports one can find out on the internet.
That 400 yard shot went straight through the heart. Just beautiful.
This guy is an amazing GREAT marksman and hilarious!!! If someone was betting, they'd never believe a guy could make those series of targets with such an old rifle with old ammo. Wonderful display of skill and knowledge. Camera work is solid too!
Excellent presentation with helpful commentary done with good humour and no BS or time wasting and just a good old thump "tink" for a sound track. When I was a schoolboy (1962-6 era), our shooting team used standard no. 4 and surplus WW2 .303 ammo. No scope, no bushes permitted in sight aperture. Battle sight plus flip up smaller aperture with micrometer type thumb screw on top for elevation adjust. No windage adjust. Falling plate run-down shoot from 300 yds. (plates 12 in x 12 in 30x30cm) HPS no problem. Sling support only permitted no barrel or butt rests. At 600 yds regular range targets were from memory 4 feet wide and six feet high. Scoring rings inner about 8 inches (20cm) diameter, then 16 inches (40cm) diameter Usually got HPS on inner out to 600 yards using sling support only from prone position. Barrel and butt resting strictly not permitted for our college team members. 900 yard range used a few times. Once sighted-in and established necessary aim-off for wind, score in 30in (80cm) inner usually consistently on target. Always allowed to fire 2 warmers and allowed to sight-in for wind (no telescopes, just a 8inch diameter (20cm) white disc displayed in shot hole which we could hardly see and relied most on a voice message from the butts team working the targets. On windy days often took 10 shots to get a five round group and establish wind offset. I must have inherited markmanship from my grandfather who as a 3 Rifle Brigade rifleman could hit the front plate on a maxim gun about 200 yards distant with his SMLE .303in while the Maxim was shooting at him and his mates. He never told me that. It came from another old soldier in the same platoon. (Both WIA on 12 Oct 1917)
When I joined regular NZ army 1967 I found I could not shoot as well with 7.62mm L1A1 SLR standard ramp aperture sight, as I had with Enfield No. 4 a couple of years before. One inch groupings at 100m no problem, 12in (30cm) groupings at 300yds still achievable from lying position but not consistent at 600m on man sized targets. We shot at those old left over old WW2 German enemy target profiles (ie crouching, head and shoulders, gun team profiles). We did standing, sitting, kneeling, lying positions, stationery, moving, plus short range snap shooting and night shooting. Never used M16 at any range greater than 100 yds. All this skill at arms wasted as the next calibre I used was 105mm and I quickly learned this required a team effort and not so much individual skill.
An excited sniper...he's fun! Very gifted as a shotist.Great seeing such a famous rifle being used.
Fantastic shooting. Just love the fact that you did it with period ammo.
That's fine shooting, and we all should give credit to the manufactoring level of excellence. I was a varmint hunter shooting to 600 with hi velocity 22 calibers and them to 6.5 mm before the current craze. Your shooting form and adjustments before the shoot are very good!
I'm annoyed I haven't found this channel sooner, I'm loving the energy here, couldn't help but smile
Righto Chaps! 😅
Enjoying this all the way from New Zealand. Funny enough,the Enfield is my main hunting/deer stalking rifle. 150grain FMJ perfect for our overly dense bush
New Zealand? No kidding! Thank you for watching!!!!
With all of the Lee-Enfields in circulation around the world and especially in the former British Empire, some FA historians estimate that those old war horses have taken just about more game than any other rifle. Don't know if it is literally true or not, but you figure that the .303 Enfield has to be in the running.
also From NZ just found this video channel and love the format and the informative talks while letting the camrea reset to next target, also the sniper response if missed from other factions side making it a sniper shoot out is just excellently good idea. Subscribed just from this video alone
Also from NZ. My Grandad shot a deer on the run at 400 yards with the iron sights.
@@GeorgiaBoy1961 I think the old .303 has killed just about everything from elephants down lol 😂
Never seen this guy before, but he's full of beans and great fun !
Lee Enfield!!!! My favorite vintage riles to shoot!
So much fun! Like a game of horse but with guns. Fantastic! Rob has the skills man, makes it look easy.
It is easy when you rest the rifle on a bloody stand !
I love your enthusiasm. Brilliant demonstration, and great shooting skill.
Nice shooting Rob👍 thanks for everything you and your family do, the world needs more people like you now more than ever. Also, God bless America 🇺🇸
Hello from Australia. I'm new to the channel and love the content. Great setup, shooting, camera work is excellent (The highlight for me is watching the bullet vortex arcing to plates).
When testing No4s any rifle that showed accuracy beyond the norm was sent to purdeys gunsmiths and further refined. These things were absolutely deadly.
The No 4 (T) British sniper rifles were set up by Holland & Holland, not Purdey.
@@FenellaBeach yep you are right . My mistake
Question...simple better than average scoring in initial testing was enough to be sent to H n H,or did they have a second round of 'deciders'.
@@howler6490 All rifles were factory tested at 100 feet with a requirement to place 4 out of 5 shots in a rectangle 1” x 1.5” and a randomly selected 10% were further tested at 600 yds, and that was it. So potentially a selected rifle may have been subject to two accuracy tests. H&H rejected the majority of rifles sent to them which would indicate that the factory testing was pretty rudimentary. Accuracy tests for the No. 4 (T) sniper rifle involved placing 7 out of 7 shots within a 5 inch diameter at 200 yards and 6 out of 7 shots into a 10 inch diameter at 400yards.
@@FenellaBeach At that time barrels were straightened by hand and it was impossible to get all 100% perfect. It made sense to select the best and refine them for sniper use. After all the rifle was a battle rifle designed to take a bayonet.
Rob - Awesome video mate, job well done from down under mate. Love when you have a decent rifle and a good marksman and it all come together, regards Michael
Thank you mate. We’ve been around a long time and back then we had a lot of sporting & game shooters so it made sense to translate that into hunting man which is what snipers do. Even to this day we still have a lot of sporting & gaming shooters although probably not in the numbers we had in back in the day which is a sad matter of fact. I enjoyed watching you walk it out there. Good to see that old girl can still reach out there to this day.
Some “Ts” had Holland & Holland markings
@@mickvonbornemann3824 yeah I’m aware of that. Thanks. If you go back even further some Brown Bess black powder muskets has “Purdey” markings on them and they are worth a fortune if you can find them because Purdey is just as good if not better and more expensive and luxurious than Holland & Holland firearms and Purdey have been around for over 207 years and Holland & Holland since 1835, consequently the production stopped of Brown Bess muskets in 1835 so Holland & Holland didn’t make any. Some of the Ts on the Lee Enfield’s were actually modified by Holland & Holland only I can’t remember if it was some or all of sniper T models.
Excellent video.. great enthusiastic commentary bringing a fun element to a fine tuned discipline, great shooting with a great gun combination.. thank you 👍
Outstanding...........thanks for the entertainment, love the energy & enthusiasm you bring to this test of the No4 MK1 T
I’m so glad I found your channel! You did so well with the AK Operators Union channel, and here to come find out you’re shooting some of my favorite military scopes rifles. I may have an accuracy international AT, but I’m JELOUS of your Enfield and SVD.
I love the Enfield, we have 4 of them in our family here in Afghanistan. My Great Grandpa was part of the attack on the British as they were trying to flee.
What ammo are you able to get there??
@@andrewburkes4837 Basically any kind you want, we know how to reload our own ammo and shape bullets. Most of it comes from Darra Adam Khel area just over the border in Pakistan but it's an Afghan village with all Afghans living and making firearms and ammo.
I pray the Taliban leaves you and your family in peace. Best of luck to you.
Bro, I love me a good Enfield they have the smoothest action for a bolt operated rifle and very accurate. It's always great to hear about people running off the monarchy. I apologize for what our government has done over there for the last 20 years. Most of us never wanted Bush or his stupid invasions. He wasn't even legitimately elected.
@@JoeShmoe376 Yeah they leave us alone, they are Afghans themselves so it's just like seeing your brother walking around with a rifle. Not really a big deal to most of us. All those people escaping and falling off planes are equivalent to what you guys call liberals in the states, just mindless scaredy cats.
Gotta tell this story here.
An uncle of mine told me how he got the freedom of a town by... shooting down a Zeppelin. Lee Enfield. Billericay, Essex, England 1st World War. Sentry duty on a cold foggy night. Up there somewhere the engines of a Zep could be heard - but all was fog. They were passing over en route to bomb London.
Engines louder. Slowly through the fog - a Zeppelin. She had had to drop down to find her way... so Ernie (Cecil Ernest Wright) watched. The gondola with steering crew lit from inside (from behind) just visible, up there somewhere about 300 yards. So Ernie (who would go on to be a sniper in 1920's Afghanistan) shot all he could see of the crew. Gave them all his rounds (had plenty). Zep drones on, lost in fog/mist/cloud. 15 mins later, a loud explosion. Sky lit up. She'd run aground on a hillside; apparently no-one was in control....
Told to me by Ernie about 1970. A small, quiet harmless-looking guy (he would never go out with a spotter, as you ended up talking... then get shot by Afgani snipers) - he worked solo. Never said how many he'd shot, but more then a few....
Hm.
Ok
Great shooting. Great rifle too. Love this content. AK's are awesome, but there is something awesome about pushing these "outdated" rifles to their limits.
That is awesome that you got your hands on some 1940s ammo to shoot out of that wonderful rifle. Hats off to your performance. You made something look simple that i assure you is not.
This is the rifle I had years ago, and regrettably, sold it. Great video!!!
I love this guy he is a good shot and shooting in real world conditions also he is not on a bench which would make more accurate shots. I would have liked to see Ula lol
Love the slow-motion bullet arc to target, good shooting. That No4 T is a real gem Rob. I really enjoy shooting my No1 Mk3 HT Sniper with a 1918 Scope on low mounts. Reload for it as well, imitating the original Mk7 load 174 gn FMJ but with modern ball powder AR2209. Very accurate for a 110 year old (refurbed in 1945) rifle.
Cheers from Aussie
I’d love to see Rob or Henry do a video with a Lithgow HT Sniper. Cheers
@@benmclean2291 Henry does one but with a False (Faux) T th-cam.com/video/AfgOb8DOv8c/w-d-xo.html
Great video! I built an Enfield sniper with an Irish Contract #4 MKII from 1955 that was never taken out of the mummy wrap. Your video has inspired me to zero it precisely and wring it out at distance. It has the #2 scope installed with the correct mount, which correct mounting was a job indeed for my late friend who was an SF Master Armorer.
Your clips are very educational and amusing. I've been following your clips for a while, especially the ones about AKs. Keep it up. Greetings from Munich
Great video. Great shooting. I really like being able to see the trace. That is something that I don't normally get to see outside of videos like this. Goes along with my bad eyesight. Beautiful rifles you are showing off in this series. There is something sexy about blued steel and wood stocks.
1944, British are pushing against Nazi Germany! British Snipers often are on the tip of the spear, leading attacks against Germans. So how their main Sniper rifle, No.4 MK. I (T) worked?
I'm taking on 13 different size targets all the way from 100 to 700 Yards! Let's see what this rifle really can do!
As a counter sniper I'm going to use German BYF High Turret Sniper!
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Rob, I am enjoying this series very much. You have been shooting some absolute beauties. I favor the Mauser rifle. Have owned several over the years. I think my favorites are the Swedish rifles. Again, I love this series. Keep it up!
He didn’t shoot the German one, which I think is more accurate
Needed this before work thanks for the upload!!
One of the most entertaining way to review a rifle, Thank you!
High class demonstration of this weapon's capabilities, thanks.
Fantastic rifle. I have had the pleasure of using one of the No 4,s. Nice groups at 300 yards with just the iron sights. 😁
Reminds me when I was back at school in 1971 at the championships cadet-pair at Bisley. 200yds and 500yds with a Lee Enfield and Parker Hale blade sight. Bronze medal !
You’re an amazing shooter Rob and really digging this channel!
These are the weirdest looking AKs ever. I'm subscribing to this channel, too. I've had a hankering for more surplus rifles anyways.
Its crazy that you actually see the curving trajectory of the bullet too.
"God save the Queen" LMAO!!! Love the channel.Rob Ski 2024!!!
I enjoy watching your videos . The old bolt action rifles just have more character to them , I just need to acquire about 4 more rifles and will have them from WWI & WWII , from Italy , France , Germany , Britain , Japan , China & the US.
Kudos to Ula for catching the bullet trace.
She is doing fantastic job and with this wind, camera was moving so she basically was shielding camera from wind with her own body! 😄
@@VintageRiflesShootersClub I agree shes doing great. Maybe build a plexiglass box to shield it? Idk what the ideal solution is but either way it's pretty fantastic footage as is
Yes, she's doing an excellent job.
You have made us Lee Enfield aficionados very happy! From South Africa.
Hi Rupert, thank you for watching! How hard it is to buy Lee Enfield rifles in South Africa now?
@@VintageRiflesShootersClub Lee Enfields are still common in South Africa.
You prove your point. The butt stock was held in place by a bolt which would be frowned at to day. I was surprised the 1940's primers had no delays. They went off immediately after 70 years if I heard you right.
Forget the ammo - I'm impressed with the shooter. Subscribed for sure. Great to watch. Thank you!
These are so much fun. Thanks Rob.
"there is some wind and I am spotting for myself, but enough of the bullshit talk...more germans are coming!" 💯🤣😂🤣
Picked off the close in first. Makes sence.
Rob Ski, what a fantastic job you and Ola do. Just love it "old chap". You have a great comentrary.
Outstanding marksmanship. You did that fast and I didn’t once see you adjust for natural point of aim . Very impressive
Great work and a jolly good show, wonderful instruction and shooting skills you have Sir.
Wow! That is some great shooting with rounds that are over 70-years-old!....😲
Love it, I have vintage No4 with a modern rail/scope setup and its superb. Love that T scope. Ty for the video and the setup for hits, classy job :)
Great video man, as always 👏. Btw, nice salomon speed cross 5s.
A little bit of thread locker adhesive and your screws stay in place 😀 Very nice rifle 🤤
My Enfield is bad news at 500 yds with iron sights. Hard on the eyes to bear down o dot that far out, but damned if that .303 can't zing it.
Nice Rob Ski. You have skills.
Wow amazing footage from behind , never thought that such a fast bullet would drop so much . 👍
Excellent! I've never seen the "swirl" captured on film before..
I own both of these rifles - I don’t have a long range to shoot - but this is awesome to see! Love your vids
Thank you, Rob.
This is so cool. I just picked up a Pattern 1914 303, I really want to take it out shooting now!
Thanks for the video, great shooting with vintage WWII ammo and a MK4 (T) sniper rifle. When I was stationed at Whidbey Island Washington 98-2002, I built a M1D sniper using a 1943 receiver and a new 1953 dated M1D barrel I found at a hole in the wall gun shop in Boise Idaho. Sadly I don't have the rifle any longer, but what a sweet shooting rifle that M1D was.
I have M1D and it's a great rifle. I just think that US Army could do better job at finding better scope for it at that time when it was released...kind of set that rifle back...leave it up to do the bureaucrats to screw good idea up...
Great. Very entertaining and high quality photography. "There is something about a Lee Enfield" Subscribed. Cheers from Australia.
Really like that vapour trail. Really helps with the hold I think. Especially if you were spotting
Great shooting and its amazing you are doing it with ammo from the 1940s not modern match grade ammo.
You took me back to the early 80's. My unit qualified for Bisley. We had some mk4 in 7.62 with Iron sights. 38 out of 40 at 1000m. A cracking days shooting. Nice shooting yourself thanks for the memory.
As an 18 year old RAF apprentice back in 1959, a trip to Bisley, something we all did, saw me come away with a Marksmans badge using the Enfield Mk4. Not up to Rob's standard though!
Brother your one hell of a shot! Great Video
Such good content. Keep up the amazing work!!
Love Enfields, got excited when I heard more .303 was coming in but got they want alot for it. Glad I have what I do. Great Video Rob!
I have a 43 No.4 Mk. 1 without a scope, from 44, and it is as accurate as any rifle I've ever fired. The .303 round is particularly equal to this duty, as it is very consistent and reliable. It's slightly less powerful than either the 8mm, used by Germany, or the 30.06 we used, but it's consistency was a key factor, and I am very pleased with my own rifle, and what I've seen here today.
I've never had the opportunity to shoot at a fixed target beyond 200 meters, but am confident this No. 4 would be very much the same. Thanks for a great demonstration of what a good shot can do with the most excellent rifle. Very nicely done. Semper Fidelis,
my 1st introduction with full bore shooting was with a no.4 Mk2 in the cadets 40 years ago, and I even shot in competition at Bisley with one every year until I enlisted, a few years later during my service I switched my SLR for the L42
I've taken several Kansas Whitetails with my No4 Mk1 with 3-9x32 scope out to 200 yards. That .303 with a 150gr BTSP drops em in their tracks. It's always fun to hunt with these WWII surplus rifles. Great video!
Love the way You have edited this video With pulling back from the close up of you To a wider field showing the target, well done!
Rob you have once again outdone yourself! Incredible video as always! Thank you for the incredible content and the wealth of knowledge all of these years.
Loving the new channel. I wish I lived in a country that actually allowed ownership and use of real rifles. Being a gun nut in the UK is tough!
That really sucks.
I am in the uk and i regularly shoot my No4 mk1 ???
@@gregsmith7261 you can't keep it at your house.you can only have small quantities of ammo."they" can take it whenever they want.Fail your psych evaluation and you don't have a rifle.
Come to the USA.make your stand here.We need people like you.
@@gregsmith7261 how many hoops did they make you jump through to get it though? What are the requirements if you don't mind me asking?
That's beauiful rifle. The only Lee Enfield I have is a former police Ishapore from India (SMLE 1 mk 3 but in.308). I love the Lee action.
Nice. I can hit an 8" plate at 300 meters with open sights with my No4 Mk 1 (1944 ball ammo). Loved the format of this video and the ongoing commentary.
I'm Michael Lorusso & I approve of this video. Well done Sir! :)
Thank you kindly! 😀
Thank you for showing the reticle . I never knew it was a post.
600-650-and 700 yards all headshots with that ammo is insanely impressive
Rifle is shooting awesome for sure. I just pull the trigger! Ha!
@@VintageRiflesShootersClub well I still know I wouldn’t wanna be a German in the same field as you ahahah
There's an investigator who says that it was an Enfield that was the actual rifle used by one of the 'lone gunmen', the one who was given the favoured position on the knoll and delivered the kill shot on that day of November '63. @@VintageRiflesShootersClub
I have a No4 I converted into a repro T. Even scored a surplus wooden case for it. Really nice pair of rifles you got there.
A GREAT video and a fantastic format that you put these rifles through!!! It was Holland and Holland who made the standard No 4 Enfield into the No 4t , and a very good job they did !!! Keep the videos coming because I am enjoying then alot ! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
IT is nice to see someone as excited as I was The first time I picked up this rifle as I have shot all the different versions at least the ones available to me and I was lucky enough to have one of the best coach in the country if not the best Paul Bodden
Love the enthusiasm!
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