G'day,
I bought a MK III Lithgow SMLE a week ago, everything seems well and good on it.
I went to the range today, and I attempted to chamber a .303 round, and the round would slide in perfectly well, untill it was 3/4 into the barrel, then it would just jam up, and I would have to aggressively push the bolt to get the round fully seated, ready to fire in the chamber (which I didn't do, because that's stupid.)
It seems like the round is too large for the barrel?
I tried a .308 out of interest, and it didn't even get 1/2 in.
Does anyone know why this would happen? It's not sporterised or anything, it's a full stock Lithgow .303.
I didn't take a photo, feel like a royal dumbshit for not doin so.
Cheers for any responses.