![]() ![]() What is needed for your rifle is to obtain a "too long" head, or build up the length to "too long" by adding material & then machine back to the correct length to give good headspace in your individual rifle. Sometime in the history many of these were apparently ground on as they vary in length quite a bit even within a specific "number". It has a different bolt head (which is not interchangable with the No1/SMLE)& to spped up production they were pre-made in different lengths numbered as 0~1~2~&3. The No1 rifle (also known as SMLE) had one bolt head length, (way too long) & they were fitted to the individual rifle by shortening them untill they just made headspace distance. ![]() Lee-Enfields adjust for correct headspace by either changing or machining the length of the bolt head. Its a discussion that comes up fairly regularly, I'd suggest doing a search for "bolt head length" or "Headspace adjustment of SMLE", or something similar. ![]()
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