Comments on: 1945 Lithgow 22 trainer

By: Rufus Chucklebutty

Rufus Chucklebutty — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 01:29:53 +0000

I made a .45 acp Delisle carbine from one way back in the 90’s. It had been smooth bored .22, not the most effective of cartridges the .22 shotshell ! You wouldn’t notice if you had been shot with one.

By: Dick Smith

Dick Smith — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 12:55:00 +0000

The British No.7 .22 was a repeater; the Canadian No.7 was not. Both are No.4 based.

By: Dan E

Dan E — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 12:00:14 +0000

cute rifle. funny that they didn’t design a magazine, a single shot trainer chops out half the training it can do lol.

By: Dick Smith

Dick Smith — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 03:02:10 +0000

Making a .22 training rifle is an interesting project. A sported rifle with an indifferent bore is a good start. Make a chamber insert, then run the liner drill all the way through. The chamber insert has to project far enough out of the breech of the barrel to reach the boltface. This fills the gap where the .303 rim would fit. When the firing pin is cut off to turn it into a striker, the cut off piece can be soldered into the centerfire firing pin hole in the bolthead. Drill off center for the rimfire pin.

By: Chris Brosnahan

Chris Brosnahan — Mon, 11 Jan 2016 15:58:36 +0000

The only parts modified on the .22 bolt were the head (all were removable and swappable to adjust for headspascing) and the firing pin…the firing pin was cut off at the collar and used to strike the integral firing pin in the bolt head…this way, the bolt could be returned to use in a full caliber SMLE simply by replacing both the firing pin and .22 LR bolt head