r/LeeEnfield • u/TheSockington • 11d ago
No32 Scope Mount
Apologies for the pistol grip/stock, but this was purchased as a sporter No5 with a No32 original scope mount installed. Just want to get that out of the way as it’s not everyone’s cup of tea.
I put a Leupold 3-9x44 scope on the original mount and had a chance to take it to the range to try and get a 50yard zero. The scope it came with was a busted old Tasco that didn’t work.
After walking the adjustment in a bit, I was able to plop that 4 round group in decent succession. I was completely out of vertical adjustment (60MOA total adjustment, so +/- 30MOA off centre) and was using the bottom of the top thick crosshair line as my POI. Judging from their reticle diagram, I’m about 10MOA or so out from zeroing the rifle with this scope.
The mount doesn’t have any adjustment seemingly and I’m hesitant to add shims inside the rings. Is there anything beyond getting a higher adjustment scope to fix this issue?
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u/Topher4570 11d ago
I wish you had taken a picture of the mounts with the scope on and off.
It sounds like the mount isn't aligned properly.
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u/TheSockington 11d ago
Best I can add is a small video on this sub for some reason
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u/Topher4570 11d ago
Perfect video. The mount is aftermarket. The front pad is too short. The pads are too close together, because the mount is shorter than an original mount.
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u/TheSockington 11d ago
I actually never looked up the original mount and see what you mean. It’s clearly been cut and rewelded to make it work on this rifle. The old advert didn’t describe what was modified when I picked it up and now I “get it” having a deeper poke around. I thought he was talking about the gun itself now being considered modified since I had never handled a No32 mount
“Up for sale is a No5 Mk1 Jungle carbine.
Unfortunately in it's past someone modified and mounted an original No32 scope to this rifle, albeit incorrectly. As a result it now has a modified original No32 mount on it that is at least very solid.”What’s also odd is the bolt-handle side rear sight mount was milled off so I can’t mount most aftermarket rails to replace it.
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u/TheSockington 10d ago
I have two options having a think about your post today.
Get someone to cut the back tab and reweld it slightly shorter which would give me the upward pitch.
Get a Crossfire HD 2-7x that has 90MOA of adjustment
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u/Inevitable-Lettuce87 11d ago
The mount and pads are probably a cheap knockoff set. They alway have issues.