As part of an ongoing series comparing each aspect of the design and use of the last of the WW2 mainstream Lee-Enfield rifles (No. 4 Mk.1* in .303 British) and of the Mauser rifles (Kar98k in 7.92x57mm), here we take a look at basic accuracy off the bench, and make some comments on the sights.

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But that's unpossible! How can someone shoot straight with that great big ghost ring 0.2" / 5.1mm battle aperture on a Lee-Enfield No.4! Let alone at 300m! Inconceivable!

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To add a little context to a quotation in Richard Law's Collector Grade book on the Mauser K98k Sniper Rifle. The Russian angle. Basically, and entirely contrary to popular belief, the Germans had systematic accuracy problems with their Kar98k sniper rifles. And were rather jealous of the Russian...

In the days before the heavy-barrelled 7.62mm target rifles, there was SR (b) - Service Rifle (b), which permitted deviations from the military stocking-up system, target sights and middle sling swivels. Calibre was still 303 British though. Various Long Lee-Enfield rifles, SMLE's, P14's and No.4...

loke takes his STEN Mk.II, which was blocked at semiauto with two blobs of weld on the selector (which means he can shoot it on any range rather than just at permitted events as would be the case if it were not permanently blocked), shooting it "precision" (lolz) offhand at 25m.

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The Bloke takes his Hungarian Mosin-Nagant PU sniper out to 300m, and shares his experiences on working with the piece in question. This rifle is identical to the WW2 Russian / Soviet sniper rifles, and actually working with them in a vaguely "precision" environment shows up some of the drawbacks...

In the interests of serious historical research, The Bloke takes a number of bolt-action rifles up-close and personal, at about 10m, to illustrate an often completely forgotten aspect of bolt-action rifle shooting: what do you do between normal ranges and use of the bayonet? Was the middle finge...

Lloyd, of the Parish of Lindybeige rapid fires four rifles under so-called "Mad Minute" conditions - a Swiss Schmidt-Rubin K31, Mauser Kar98k, a Lee-Enfield No.4 and a US M1 Garand. How did he get on?

Mike was lucky enough to be able to shoot the semiauto SA80 / L85A1, so he zeroed it at 100m and shot it at 300m

Mike and Rob of the parish of Britishmuzzleloaders try their hand at the Advanced Snap Shooting exercise from Weapons Training Memorandum No.7 of 1944: https://vickersmg.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/wtm07.pdf

In this, they use Rob's Lee-Enfield No.4 Mk.1* with Rob's .303 British cast bullet loa...

Mike and Rob continue their look at official British WW2 close quarter battle CQB techniques, this time from Weapons Training Memorandum 7 from 1944, downloadable here: https://vickersmg.blog/manual/small-arms-training-manuals/ Plus, support those guys!

This is the earliest official reference...

Bloke takes his Bulgarian-contract 8x50R Mannlicher M95 straight pull rifle out for a spin at 300m. It's really surprisingly accurate!

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In a slight deviation from normal mad minute programming, Mike takes a look at a more or less practical 15 rounds, and discusses the important point that if you can in principle fire 25+ rounds, when you dial it back to 15 you can spend much more time doing things like aiming, worrying about your...

A bit long this one, but I thought some people might like to see the whole process, and how some rifles will really like some ammo and not others.

Here's Bloke's "Minty Mauser", which is a Spanish M43 (kinda almost VZ24 / Kar98k configuration), with a scope mount and turned down bolt handle do...

An addendum to an earlier video...

Bloke gets loaned a back-converted M1900 Kurzgewehr and some re-primed original 1910 dated GP90 ammo to try out at 300m!

This one was originally a 1900 Short Rifle, was officially converted to a K00/11, and then unofficially converted back to a model 1900.

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Bloke takes his mint 1963 dated Chinese Type 56 Carbine / SKS out to 300m to see how well it is zeroed, and how well it shoots. The first shot you see here is genuinely his first ever shot with this rifle at any distance.

It is surprisingly well zeroed with S&B 123gn FMJ out the box, and shoot...

Yes, so the big aperture bit of this footage has been used in an earlier Extra Vid. But what are these Extra Vids for, if not for re-cycling footage to illustrate specific points? In this case, that the Lee-Enfield No.4 big aperture isn't less accurate than the small aperture to any meaningful de...

Bismark of the Military Aviation History channel https://www.youtube.com/user/Bis18marck70 was filming in Switzerland, and asked me if I could get him on the range and teach him to shoot. How could I refuse such a request from a Top Bloke like himself? And it gives me an opportunity to illustrate...

So, after his Tikka T3x Arctic / C19 Canadian Rangers Rifle was returned from warranty repair, Mike takes a look at it and gives it a good wringing out at 300m on the range with SalTech and GGG 308 Win ammunition.

Bloke takes his shiny new Tikka T3x Arctic out to 300m and tests it against his trusty 1943 Long Branch Lee Enfield No.4 off the bag, and offhand standing, kneeling and prone.

There's a little disappointment in places...

Bloke and Chap take on the Karabinerschiessen 2019 over open sights to see if they can medal in a "proper" competition.

Course of fire is: 2 sighters, 3 individual shots, 1x3 shot string, 1x4 shot string. No time limit.

Mike takes on the challenge of the October 2019 Historic Service Rifle match at the National Shooting Centre, Bisley, UK, with his trusty 2-groove Long Branch made Lee-Enfield No.4 in .303 British. This match consisted of 5 practices at 100, 200 and 300 yds, with the rifles shot "as-issued". Divi...

In which Bloke makes a point that should be obvious to anyone who's ever a) shot prone, and b) handled a pump-action rifle or shotgun...

Featuring a Remington 7600 pump action rifle in 308 Win and a Lee-Enfield SMLE in .303 British

Having previously done to death the use of .32 S&W Long wadcutter in Swiss M82 and M82/29 revolvers, we had another few revolvers handy with which to try it out: an Austro-Hungarian Gasser M98 in 8mm, a French St. Etienne Mle. 92, and a Trocaola (Eibar) "Spanish Model 92", the latter two in 8mm/9...