Thread: My mate has bought a Service Rifle, bugger!

Originally Posted by Danger Mouse

Enfield dominate the national level comps. 6.5 is more pleasant to shoot but don't see too many.

Enfield sights snd 10 round mag are advantages but I need to use a recoil pad to compete.

Source: me no1 in nationals last year, no2 this year using no4 mk2

Yeah had my shoulder done last August. Had my ole 303 out this week with some PPU 180gn factory loads. Not sure I want to shoot a comp with that against my shoulder "as issued"

So Enfields dominate the nationals because
- the shoot is a timed match so 10 rds is the best
- because it's kind of the historical default?
- because folk spend a lot of time setting them up for accuracy?
- because other options lack ladder/aperture sights?
- all the above?
- something else?

You can tell I don't know much about service match shooting. Is a smaller mag capacity going to be a serious disadvantage? If that's the case why don't they call it the "Enfield Service Match" ?

Congrats on the win!!