Finding a Scope mount to match the tapped receiver?

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deerslayer303

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Hey Guys,
My No.5 Mk1 (jungle carbine) has been drilled and tapped in the past for a scope mount. Well the threads look good, so I thought maybe I would try to find the mount that is compatible with the tapped holes in the receiver. If so I'll scope it and maybe hunt with it a little. Could any of you maybe recognize this mount by the holes in the pic? I know it may be a long shot but I gotta try.
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I guess I'll show my ignorance, but I don't recall any scope mount base that would fit those screw holes; I usually used a side mount on those rifles.

I would check out the depth of those holes in the receiver ring; they look pretty deep and if too deep would go into the chamber.

Sorry not to be more help.

Jim
 
There was a trend at some point to use a piece of angle iron as the starting point for mounting a scope on the Enfield rifles.
This may be one of those. And everyone was done a little bit different.
Good luck.
 
The "no gunsmithing" mounts don't require drilled and tapped holes, which is why they are called "no gunsmithing." However, the OP can mount one of those and either put plug screws in the holes or just ignore them.

Whatever the good or bad features of the Lee-Enfield actions, they share one factor common to military rifles of that era and later. The rifle designer(s) gave no thought at all to mounting a scope for sniper use. The first US rifle which incorporated a scope mount was the M14, vintage 1957.

Jim
 
The only likely candidates I can see are Parker or SAI based on my very limited knowledge of enfield mounts other than S&K.

Jimro
 
Thats the sad part, this is a REAL ROF No5 Mk1 made in 1947. I wish it didn't have the tapped holes but hey that seems to be ALL the kitchen gunsmithing done to this old girl. Someone did add the 300/600 flip sight to the rear. So I may just buy an original No.5 Micrometer sight to go back on it and leave it be. I have my fully sportered No.4 to put the venison on the table.
 
Alright guys, I'm not going to mount a scope on this old girl. Where can I get some plug screws to go in these holes. And does anyone have any idea what the thread pitch may be. And what do you think about installing the plug screws and maybe filing them down to the curvature of the receiver and maybe cold blue it? I want to try to right this wrong if I can.
 
I have bought allen headed set screws in approximately that size as a hardware store. You will need to know the thread pitch.

I was working at a college and the maintence department has installed exterior doors with non exterior door hinges. Instead of replacing the hinges I just drilled and tapped the inside of the hinges and installed setscrews so the hinge pins could not be pulled from the outside.

Even if ther holes came through into the chamber the rifle would not be ruined. If you check your history you will find that early military full automatic bring backs were made unusable by drilling a hole in the barrel so that if the weapon was fired if would blowback into the face........this was sloved by many a GI by a simple taped in plug.
 
Brownell's has blank, undrilled scope bases. Turning them into a clean, working, installation requires machine shop level measuring and drilling gear.

Brownell's also has filler screws.
 
Generally you will find the holes to be either 6x48 or 8x40. Any gun shop should have some laying around left over from mounting scopes. No need to go to the trouble of ordering some.
 
Most gunsmiths will have lots of proper screws around to fit the holes. I would personally have the depth of those taps checked by a gunsmith, to see exactly how many thousandths of receiver metal remain around the chamber.

The No. 5 is not exactly a good candidate for a scope, it's a carbine and is not going to give you results much better than your open sights in brushy hunting terrain.

Put some good screws in there, a little Loctite, and try your cold blue, should get good results.
 
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