303 magazine conversion

I've had some trouble recently trying to source a 7.62 magazine for my lee enfield 308 conversion. most of the suppliers and or surplus stores in US does not supply nor ship to SA.
I am currently doing my own conversion by modifying my current 10 shot Lee enfield 303 magazine by fitting a metal insert that allows double stack to single feed.
I hope to have it done by month-end, as I mostly do this at night after work.

I will post pics and hopefully a short video clip to show the actual chambering process.

See you guys soon, and wish me luck.

Waiting with much interest hope it works :thumbsup:

Sounds like fun, there is not much leeway in having the feed lips wide enough to clear the bolt and tight enough to stop rounds flying out the top. I made one for a 410 in an enfield, since been bent under our stupid laws

Did one a few years ago using armalite ar10 genuine late model mads that didnt fit the standard modern ar10 . Just slit front of mag till it fits then reweld and bend lips to suit a no4 mag was reliable for 4 shots in a indian no4 enfield . the other option if you can get the brass is use 307 win brass in the mag that way it ejects as well In fact I think the 307 brass works in a no4 mag just check first . We used hornady ftx 160 inthe loads just in case some one loaded them in a win 94 l/a , they sure dropped deer when pushed to lite 308 velocities eg about 2600 fps , think the load was 39 2208 so not to hot for the no 4 .

There is a company in SA that makes some of the best SMLE & No4 mags I have seen, maybe they have some .308 models ?

I had a No4 in .308Win it was crazy accurate & I got a nice mag in from the US (back in the day) but mine wouldn't eject & I needed the type with the ejector on the mag, or so I was informed later !

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Originally Posted by Mauser308

Yeah, that's the biggest issue with the conversion mags - they need the ejector added.

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I assume the ejector is a little tab to flick the case out of the boltface?


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