Restoring bayonet lugs to a No 4 barrel Updated Post #15

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There are lots of #4 Lee Enfields that have been sporterized and had the front section of the barrel cut off, removing the bayonet lugs. The local gun shop donated a couple of shot out and rusty #4 barrels that still had the bayonet lugs. I drilled out the muzzle end with a 7/16 drill bit and then cut them off behind the front sight. I then turned down the muzzle to fit. Here's my lathe set-up.
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The lads who made the "Surrey" rifles didn't do a great job of crowning the muzzle and it needed some touch-up. The two pieces were mated together with epoxy with a bit of black pigment added.
After fitting, they were given a quick spray with Gun Kote to cover up the messy bits until I get them blued after fitting wood to them. A local machinist/gunsmith tumbles the parts with ceramic chips in a solvent and then blues them in the same tanks he uses for blackening parts he makes for the mining industry.

Which twin had the nose job? They both did!
So, if someone has some ratty No 4 barrels they could donate to save another Enfield, pl. give a holler.
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Saving Enfields one Bubba at a time.
 

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Thank you for your excellence good sir.

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Very nice Slug!

BTW, did you epoxy that on? Vs silver soldering?

I would think that torquing the barrel into an action first, and silver soldering the extension on last, after carefully checking indexing straightness, would be the way to go. So that the front sight is perfectly lined up with the rear.

That would be sort of like the AIA front sight setup, which is a very clever way to go.
 
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Yes, I used epoxy. My soldering skills are back in the stone age. Epoxy is cheap and easy and will last longer than I will.
Yeah, I've never done silver soldering. It's a skill. I've gotten gunsmiths to do it while I watch.

But it's strong as hell when done right.

I'm about to learn. Friend of mine is going to teach me, it's a skill I don't have but I need for doing field repairs on hydraulic lines. We are also going to try using it to fix a set of 280 Ross dies I have.
 
well that gives me an idea for a tanker..... :)

as for the C No 7 barrel.... good idea but I already have one :) and a receiver now too, just need to start sourcing the rest of the parts.

but using the barrel stub might be my best option for a 1905 Ross, but what to chamber it in..... :)
 
Nice work, i have to do the same thing with a no4mk2 i have. its fully restored but missing bayo lugs. and SILVER SOLDER is your friend and easy to use if you have enough heat, i use a brazing end on a oxy propane/acetylene torch depending if im at my friends shop or at work

ive seen and also did extend barrels that way, to bring back sporter cut barrels to mill spec, just bore the extension to .320" so it doesn't effect the bullet travel
 
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