Her first three shots with the Enfield. Inch and a half grouping at 25 yards translates to a six inch group at 100 yards, or a 12 inch group at 200 yards. Iron sights.
Good thing that someone in the house is a good shot. Come the Zombie Apocalypse, I'll reload for her ...
Actually, if you have a mess of stripper clips loaded up, the Enfield would probably make a good Zombie gun. The .303 has authority to put 'em down, the ammo doesn't weigh anything near as much as a shotgun, the stripper clips mean not only fast reload times but light weight (magazines weigh something, even if they're empty).
A Garand might be even better - the clips hold almost twice as many rounds as the stripper clips and don't weight much more. And the semi-auto action means that target acquisition will be that much faster than when working the bolt.
The post title refers to a very clever series where the ending of famous films is re-written to, err, improve them. Heh.
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I like the Garand for that reason :-) and the video was pretty funny too!
Yes, well the Lovely Belle out shot me today with her goblin killing pistol. I am quite happy to have the backup, or should I say, her on point.
oh, You are bringing the Enfield to the semi-annual BAR blogshoot,aren't you? plzz, plzz, plzz!?
kx59, absolutely!
There's a reason why it took so long for the Brits to Dump the SMLE for the L1A1.
Once you climb that short learning curve of working that cock-on-closing bolt (which IMHO is the superior way for bolt to reset)and running those 5-round chargers into the 10-round box you'll have a gun that can compete in the field with Modern Semi-auto battle rifles.
And given its simplicity when you factor into mechanical failures the gap gets scary close.
The gas-operation of the M1 Garand also is easier on the shooter's shoulder than the bolt-action, so the shooter with an M1 can keep on working the rifle after the bolt-action has beaten the other shooter black and blue.
In an early high-volume test of the M1 rifle they ran a squad of men shooting the '03 against a squad of men shooting Garands, and as the test wore on the '03 shooters' accuracy (and freshness) suffered - and on the second day of testing half of the '03 shooters declined to continue...
As a gun deprived Brit I bought an Enfield to keep at my sisiters in Utah for my biannual visits.....I love that gun!
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