08/06/2025
Did up a 3d drawing for the volley sight plate. Thinking i may get them made in blank form and have metal stamps made for the MLE, SMLE and P14 ranges.
As far as threads are concerned. Reproduction ones will have modern threads.
According to a post by London Small Arms Co Ltd page. September 2020 post i quote
What was the Enfield Inch:-
"The first major hurdle became evident during the production trialling phase at Pratt & Whitney, prior to the machinery
being sent to Lithgow from the US. The issue was that, unbeknown to anybody outside of the Enfield Factory in England,
the British were using two different measurement standards. Anything below 2 inches was measured against a local Enfield
standard that was āfour tenths of a thouā (0.0004 of an inch) shorter than the true Standard Imperial Inch that was used for
dimensions over 2 inches. (More details on this can be found in the book titled The Enfield Inch & The Lithgow .303, copies of
which reside in the Lithgow Small Arms Factory Museum.)"
The book mentioned in that post is available however i do not know if drawings are available in it.
Does anyone have a copy of it?
