Lee Enfield myths?

[No1Mk3]

G'day magnum012,
Brand new Lothar Walther barrels for the No1 can be had from T-Bone Shipwrighting for $480, these are an H profile barrel, and are ready to install after blueing, Cheers.

[Stoney]

conveniently free floated for you at no expense.

Is it? I had the impression the barrel required 2lbs (or something like that) of upward pressure against the "nosecap" (clearly not a nosecap, but the muzzle end metal bit whatever it's called) in order to be judged in-spec.

That sounds like the No1Mk111 to me GojiraSteve. The No 4 is not fully, fully, floated but has way more room to move. Get a No4 grab the fore end wood near the muzzle then push on the barrel. It moves up, down, left or right.