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The old SMLE no longer deserves to be called “Crazy Albert.” It has had its problems fixed as well as may be reasonably done and will shoot as accurately and as reliably as the run-of-the-mill National Match M-1. It would make an easily portable and effective service rifle due to its light weight, handy configuration and smooth bolt operation. While it didn’t have “target accuracy” as received, it probably had sufficient battlefield accuracy, particularly when used as described by my old Brit Infantryman Dad.

MOISIN-NAGANT

The Moisin-Nagant was a hexagonal-actioned rifle picked up out of the snow by the Finns during the winter war of 1939-1940 after the Russians threw them away so they could run faster. Being no dummies and recognizing the value of the salvage, the Finns brought the rifles home and reworked the ones they liked, rebarreling them with a 27-1/2 inch tube and restocking them with an extended forend. Sights were replaced with the Finnish military standard rear leaf and a windage adjustable front set with two opposing screws graduated to move the service bullet impact the width of one ring on the 300-meter international/ Scandinavian target for each increment of adjustment.