I don't know how many people out there have had trouble figuring out how the devil to wrap a pull through so it will fit into the butt trap of an Enfield rifle. Well here is the solution. Lewis "Vulture" Maynard of Mooloolaba Queensland has taken step by step pictures and explained just how to do the trick. Lewis learned from his Grandfather, who was an Australian Soldier.
Grasp the uppermost gauze loop in your left hand (or right hand if you are left handed), so that the middle of the loop is held by thumb and forefinger.
Now go around the fingers so you have 2 loops, and the initial piece...
Now start wrapping, pretty tightly, from the base up...
And now you have to insert the brass (sometimes steel / alloy) weight through the loops. Can be awkward, but important. Go through ALL the loops, ending with the extended loop...
And pull it through taught...kinda like tying a hangman's noose eh!
Now, fitting it in the trap. Here is where you go - the bundle goes into the hole on top of the oiler, and the weight goes into the small hole shown...
...like this....
...and push it all the way in. VOILA! And that, my friend is the art of wrapping and fitting a pull through!
And here is the whole set up properly stored in the butt trap.
This article was donated by Smelly SMLE Shooters web page: http://www.smellysmleshooters.net
