A Lee Enfield Sporting rifle

[JeffinNZ]

Gazza, you are the man! Spectacular. I have a CBE 240gr bullet mould that might be useful for that rifle if you want to borrow it.

[nekshot]

awesome job!!! Sure will look good with the wood grain. You ever think of tinkering with the clip and turning it into a 5 shooter?

[W.R.Buchanan]

Von Gruff: excellent work in remodeling this gun! When you put the finish on that gun it is going to be very handsome. Excellent grain in the wood.

I have been looking for an Enfield to do something very similar to what you have done. I want the Mk4 -#1 (I think) it was the latest model with the Integral Peep Sight on the rear receiver ring. Few and far between over here, but they show up occasionally.

My intention for the gun would be a Cast Boolit shooter for Short Range Silhouette games. Hence the Peep Sight.

Another similar project is a Remodeled Finish Nagant with the same end use in mind.

Keep us informed.

Randy

[Von Gruff]

Gazza, you are the man! Spectacular. I have a CBE 240gr bullet mould that might be useful for that rifle if you want to borrow it.

Cheers Jeff. I have about 2 k cast from Euans 316299 mould and I have a CBE 316175 so should be right for suitable cast until I run some decent tests after it is finished

[Von Gruff]

awesome job!!! Sure will look good with the wood grain. You ever think of tinkering with the clip and turning it into a 5 shooter?

I would like to find a genuine 5 shot mag but there were a lot of the rifles still made with the 10 shot mag so will not alter this one--for now that is. Time down the track may see that decision challenged though.

[docone31]

I saw somewhere, where they cut down their mags. Looked pretty straight forward.The drawings are on line somewhere.http://www.303british.com/id34.html

[Von Gruff]

Agree that cutting a mag down is not that difficult but to get this shape and finish might be. It is not just the radiused bottom plate from front to back but the slight radius across from side to side and of course the radiused edges are another little facet that is desirable.

[FrankG]

On the rifle , what is that metal sticking out above magazine ? And what model is it ? #1 ?

[DeanWinchester]

Magazine cutoff

[Von Gruff]

On the rifle , what is that metal sticking out above magazine ? And what model is it ? #1 ?

Yes, as DeanWinchester says, it is the magazine cutoff. So may of these were discarded and are missing from many of the no 1's


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[Idaho Sharpshooter]

I am a bit curious, the one I owned several years ago had a one-piece stock, like the original Lee that was submitted to Sharps about 1878(?).
Was there a specific reason to stick with a two-piece?

Rich

[FrankG]

Ah ha ! Ive never seen one with it intact!! Or with dust cover .

[Von Gruff]

I am a bit curious, the one I owned several years ago had a one-piece stock, like the original Lee that was submitted to Sharps about 1878(?).
Was there a specific reason to stick with a two-piece?

Rich

That is more than I can say Rich. I have to wonder if it the previous use of the Martini as the military rifle with its 2 piece stock had a bearing on the design, that and the ability to use the naturally smaller pieces of wood than would be required for a one piece stock.

[Von Gruff]

Today was a slow day with another 'go over' with the 240grit and a wetting down to whisker it the first time. Will go to 360 grit tomorrow, whisker again then go to 600 grit before the first 50/50 tung oil/ vegetable turps soaking.
Not the bets light but a little colour starting to show itself.

[JeffinNZ]

Open sights and cast bullets. Can you kill deer with that?

[Von Gruff]

Open sights and cast bullets. Can you kill deer with that?

[mikeym1a]

What a lovely job you have done. I admire your abilities. mikey

[FrankG]

Yessir ...........sure is a beauty !!

[W.R.Buchanan]

As far as the magazine modification goes It would take a little more metal working expertise than the average guy normally possesses.

If you want the bellied bottom, the bottom plate would have to be formed slightly before it was welded to the outside of the mag.

I have the ability to do this type of thing and the way I would go about it is to pound the base plate into a dished wooden "Buck." This would produce it's dished or spoon shape. Then I would put it over the previously trimmed exterior of the magazine and trim the base plate to it's profile .

Then I would heliarc (TIG) tack welds at about 12 places around the perimeter of the mag, and then I would MIG weld the entire perimeter.

The reason for the MIG weld is so that you would end up with enough weld built up that you could get a decent radius on the edge after you ground off the excess.

This would be a good project for a Saturday Morning.

There are certainly other ways to accomplish this however this is how I would do it.

Randy

[Von Gruff]

As far as the magazine modification goes It would take a little more metal working expertise than the average guy normally possesses.

If you want the bellied bottom, the bottom plate would have to be formed slightly before it was welded to the outside of the mag.

I have the ability to do this type of thing and the way I would go about it is to pound the base plate into a dished wooden "Buck." This would produce it's dished or spoon shape. Then I would put it over the previously trimmed exterior of the magazine and trim the base plate to it's profile .

Then I would heliarc (TIG) tack welds at about 12 places around the perimeter of the mag, and then I would MIG weld the entire perimeter.

The reason for the MIG weld is so that you would end up with enough weld built up that you could get a decent radius on the edge after you ground off the excess.

This would be a good project for a Saturday Morning.

There are certainly other ways to accomplish this however this is how I would do it.

Randy

You would have a steady line of requests if you were to make these.