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Brithunter I worked over the trigger and sear with my dremmel wire wheel. I wanted to polish everything first before I take your method next. I feel a differance already when I dry fire it. But the real test will be the range. Thanks for the advice. I will keep you guys posted on the progress of this rifle.

Might try that first. I think I should also put a little more trigger time in on this project. I've got a micro wire wheel for my Dremel. That should serve well on the polishing of the trigger and sear. After I get them polished I'll set down and send some rounds down range. I'd like to see how close a group that this rifle will make.

Looks like Huber it will be. I'm going to buy one when the funds come up a little. I want to shoot this rifle again. This time with some proper sandbags to steady up on. My first shoot I was using a truck hood and a rolled up pair of coveralls as my rest. I want to bench it now. If you get a chance, list what loads are popular for Enfields in your neck of the woods.

Dave I'm going to start reloading as soon as barrel breakin is over. I'm going to try 190gr Match Bullets for my first attempt in this caliber. I want to see how close a group I can make with an Enfield action. What do you think of Huber triggers? It's a trigger with a ball bearing made on to it. Some other outfit was advertising a new adjustable trigger assembly but I can't seem to find them on the web. One other problem that has cropped up is my gunsmith didn't bevel the chamber opening where the feed ramp is. I've decided to ignore this since I'm going to use this rifle only for target shooting. When I get tired of single loading I'll bevel the chamber opening. One advantage about this is no dings or dents in the projectile as it goes into the chamber.

No4 Mk1 Long Branch action, 28" Medium Palma Match .308" barrel Well I finally got to take my project out for a test drive. At 100yds groups held at 2.5" with Winchester and Remington factory ammo. Trigger pull was the biggest problem with too much needed. An improved trigger should solve a lot of that problem. Also saw a lot of copper fouling. Hopefully this will solve itself. I'm at 42rds of barrel break in.

I picked 30/40 Krag because it shared reloading components with 308win and 3006. Also I did not have to alter the Enfield action. The barrel is 28" in a medium Palma contour. I'm stocking up on cases and loaded ammo now. As far as accuracy goes, well see how the bedding job comes along. The rifle should be as good as my heavy barrel 3006. I had a few people tell me I was nuts when I started this project. I did it anyways because I like old rifles and I like old cartridges. I've killed deer with a 30/30 so there no reason that this rifle can't do the same and more. My gunsmith said he hasn't worked on a Enfield as far as rebarreling in 20yrs. I think its a shame to let classics die if they can still do the job. Plus side to having a longer barrel is I get more velocity with same loads.

This is a project rifle I've been working on. Heavy Barrelled Enfield in 30/40 Krag