Smle bolt thread sizes

http://forums.gunboards.com/showthread.php?291939-Smle-bolt-thread...

User Name

Password

Log in

Help

Register

Remember Me?

What's New?

Forum

New Posts FAQ Calendar Community Forum

Forum Actions

Quick Links The Lee-Enfield Forum Smle bolt thread sizes

Advanced Search

Lee Enfield - 22 Caliber Forums & English Gun Pub

Results 1 to 11 of 11 Thread: Smle bolt thread sizes

Thread Tools Display

11-29-2012,

02:28 PM

#1

wolf3461

Member
Smle bolt thread sizes Does anyone know if the threads for the bolts holding on the trigger guard front and rear are a standard modern size? if so what is correct. Also will Ishapore bolts fit the #4 mk1? These are the last two pieces i need to finish mine. Numrich has the ishapore not the smle. Looking a few other places also.

Join Date: Posts:

Nov 2012 47

Screws for plastics

screwerk.com More than 90 million screws available immediately

Reply With Quote

11-29-2012,

02:54 PM

#2

plonker

Senior Member

Join Date: Posts:

Dec 2008 1,755

Here is every screw on a SMLE No1 MkIII or Mk III*, hope this helps. Unfortunately the thread form is not a modern one. Rifle No 1 Mark III & III* Screw, cap, nose, front Screw, extractor retaining Striker Screw, striker retaining B15 A45 A49 A50 .1875dia x 33tpi .126dia x 42tpi .25dia x 30tpi .144dia x 37tpi Whitworth form? Two types: - Domed, wide slot - Flat head, narrow slot. Also longer version for attaching aperture sights. Commercial sources. Later examples have larger head and wider slot.

Screw, guard, trigger, back Screw, cap, nose, back Screw, piling swivel Screw, butt-trap spring Screw, cap, handguard, front Screw, bayonet grip Screw, backsight protector Screw, cut-off Screw, trigger guard, front Screw, outer band Screw Windage Backsight No1 Screw, sear Screw, ejector Screw, catch,slide,backsight Bolt Bayonet Patt 1907 Screw, dial sight fixing Screw, sling swivel rear Bolt, Stock Bolt Head Screw, cap, backsght Screw, back sight spring Screw, inner band Screw, safety catch spring

B27 B14 B17 B49 B20 C09 B33 A36 B28 B11 N/A A39 A37 A20 C4 NA B43 B36 A47 A13 A25 A03 A33

.144dia x 37tpi .1875dia x 33tpi .1875dia x 33tpi .1656dia x 37tpi .096dia x 56tpi .1656dia x 37tpi .1875dia x 33tpi .114dia x 49tpi .25dia x 30tpi .1875dia x 33tpi .17dia x 46dia .1745dia x 50tpi .1656dia x 37tpi .1875dia x 33tpi .181dia x 26-1/3tpi .181dia x 26-1/3tpi .1875dia x 33tpi 7/16" BSW (14tpi) .4175dia x 20tpi .1656dia x 37tpi .144dia x 37tpi .1875dia x 33tpi .1656dia x 37tpi

Later spares use 3BA Counter sunk m/c screw All marks bar MarkIII*

On Mk III only and some re-worked III*.

2 lengths - .205 (obsolescent), .23 current

Different ot P14

75-78deg, incl flank angle. Enfield form.

I suddenly had this feeling that everything was connected. It was like I could see the whole thing; one long chain of events that stretched back to before Larkhill. I felt like I could see everything that had happened, and everything that was going to happen With so much chaos, someone will do something stupid. And when they do, things will turn nasty. Inspector Finch, V for Vendetta.

Reply With Quote

1 of 3

3/18/2013 1:47 AM

Smle bolt thread sizes

http://forums.gunboards.com/showthread.php?291939-Smle-bolt-thread...

11-29-2012,

03:24 PM

wolf3461

Member

Join Date: Posts:

Nov 2012 47

Thank you very much indeed! This information will be a great help!

Reply With Quote

11-29-2012,

03:29 PM

#4

Mk VII

Senior Member

Join Date: Location: Posts:

Dec 1969 England 702

#4BA is about right for the rear one, though one may have to chase it over with a 4BA tap. There is nothing readily available that will substitute for the front one.

Reply With Quote

11-29-2012,

04:02 PM

#5

wolf3461

Member

Join Date: Posts:

Nov 2012 47

found a front guard screw at Sarco. just need to find that rear one now.

Reply With Quote

11-29-2012,

04:23 PM

#6

brit plumber

Senior Member

Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 297

Theres a few guys in the UK who sell NOS rear screws on ebay. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Enfield-SM...item3ccc2ef109

Reply With Quote

11-30-2012,

09:25 PM

#7

JB White

Senior Member

Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: Illinois USA Posts: 2,018

Originally Posted by wolf3461

Also will Ishapore bolts fit the #4 mk1? These are the last two pieces i need to finish mine. Numrich has the ishapore not the smle

No, an Ishapore rifle bolt will not fit in a No4. Two different animals with the bolt head riding the rail inside on one and outside on the other. An Ishapore is an SMLE but a No4 is not.

Reply With Quote

12-03-2012,

08:33 PM

#8

DocAV

Senior Member

Join Date: Location: Posts:

Dec 1969 Brisbane, Australia 3,768

BTW, the "Inches" used on SMLEs and earlier rifles are "Enfield Inch" and NOT "Imperial Inch" : there is about 4/10,000's difference between the two. In pra

Reply With Quote

12-03-2012,

11:08 PM

#9

Austen

Senior Member

Join Date: Posts:

Jan 2010 256

Originally Posted by DocAV

BTW, the "Inches" used on SMLEs and earlier rifles are "Enfield Inch" and NOT "Imperial Inch" : there is about 4/10,000's difference between the two. In pra

Tony Griffiths, who wrote the two books on the history of the Lithgow Small Arms Factory, also wrote a small book about the Enfield Inch. It is called, surprisingly enough, "The Enfield Inch".

Reply With Quote

12-04-2012,

12:17 AM

#10

John Sukey

Senior Member

Join Date: Posts:

Dec 1969 12,375

Originally Posted by JB White

No, an Ishapore rifle bolt will not fit in a No4. Two different animals with the bolt head riding the rail inside on one and outside on the other.

2 of 3

3/18/2013 1:47 AM

Smle bolt thread sizes

http://forums.gunboards.com/showthread.php?291939-Smle-bolt-thread...

An Ishapore is an SMLE but a No4 is not.

He is talking about the screws, not the rifle bolt. Oh, by the way, the screws on the No4 are standard brit threads unlike the smle

Reply With Quote

12-04-2012,

01:33 PM

#11

plonker

Senior Member

Join Date: Posts:

Dec 2008 1,755

Standard for Britain, maybe, but BA bolts aren't real common in the U.S. Rifle No 4 Mark 1, 2, 1/2 Screw, blade foresight Screw, guard trigger back Bolt head Screw, foresight guard Screw, band Bolt, stock Screw, swivel butt Screw, guard trigger front Screw, catch magazine Striker Screw, striker retaining Screw, extractor retaining Screw, swivel, front Screw, ejector Screw, spring bolt locking Rifle No 5 Mark 1 Screw, retaining butt-cap Bolt, stock Screw, bayonet grip Screw adjusting, backsight B03 E08 F13 A07 4BA 7/16" BSW 3BA Unique to the No5, according to SAIS. Lightened version, interchangeable with No4 B07 E26 C27-30 E15 A50 D09 D12 E27 E24 A49 C15 C14 A41 E25 E29 4BA .4375dia x 20tpi 4BA 2BA 7/16" BSW (14tpi) 2BA 1/4" BSF (26tpi) 4BA 1/4" BSF (26tpi) 4BA 5BA 2BA 3BA 3BA Also for Rifle No 5 Also for Rifle No 5 Also for Rifle No 5 Also for SMLE Also for Rifle No 5 Long version available for securing target aperture sights. AJ Parker product. Also for Rifle No 5. Also for Rifle No 5 Also for Rifle No 5 Also for Rifle No 5 Also for Rifle No 5 Also for Rifle No 5

I suddenly had this feeling that everything was connected. It was like I could see the whole thing; one long chain of events that stretched back to before Larkhill. I felt like I could see everything that had happened, and everything that was going to happen With so much chaos, someone will do something stupid. And when they do, things will turn nasty. Inspector Finch, V for Vendetta.

Reply With Quote

Quick Navigation

The Lee-Enfield Forum

Top

Previous Thread | Next Thread

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:29 AM. Powered by vBulletin Version 4.2.0 Copyright 2013 vBulletin Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved. 2010 The Mosin Nagant Company

3 of 3

3/18/2013 1:47 AM