G’day shooting enthusiasts!
Been on here before & floated around this forum quite a bit. ( couldn’t remember password or email )
That reoccurring sickness is back ! You know the one of wanting a custom milsurp.
There are 4 Lee Enfield sporters in the safe 3 x no1mk3 & 1 x no4 mk1 .
One no1mk3 is a 270 / 303 & the others are 303 Brit .
The one I’m most fond of is a matching number 1942 Lithgow with a cut down stock with heavy carving & ingenious stippling & burning pattern in the stock & the whole thing was covered in some sort of varnish or shellac . It wasn’t done by a master gunsmith , but someone put a lot of time & effort into it . It still shoots reasonably well , but it does have a dark & rusty bore . I have bought a cbe 190gr .314 fp mould & would love to work up some loads, to plink with but also do the occasional nostalgic hunt with it.
I’ve flirted with the idea of a medium bore 303 wildcat to ring the most out of the Lee Enfield no1mk3 & 2208 / varget powder. As we can’t get pistol & shotgun powder anymore that does have impact on potential caliber candidates!
I’m thinking .338 , .358 or .375 are the obvious choices.
I believe the std necked up .35 / 303 would be the easiest option. There are a few barrel manufacturers in my vicinity so a new barrel is a potential candidate, however a open sighted 2nd hand barrel is also a option.
I know some guy’s on here have done this before & I will search through the archives if I can work out how to do that!
If anyone who has done this before has an “ if you were to do it again “ opinion I’m all ears. But by all means everyone’s opinions are appreciated. Thanks in advance.