Lee Enfield 303 British? Nope!

[cartridgeguy]

Now that is sweet! Thanks for posting. I still wanna do one on the old .405 win!

That would be awesome! I think it would work well.

 

[cartridgeguy]

As promised, more photos.

 

[bertn]

Wow, very nicely done.
Bubba with the capital B lol.

 

[Ranger Dave]

Looks awesome even though I think it’s a sin that it’s not chambered for 303 British. Lol

 

[SuperJohn]

I love the colour of that stock, very nice!

 

[BWEST]

Very Nice , Great work , good choice on the .444 , althou I really like the .303 Brit., I would like to have one in .444 , --- love that stock as well !! ----

 

[cartridgeguy]

I do have a 303 British. It's a Whitworth Lee Enfield No IV MK I.

 

[SHELL SHUCKER]

Nice. Could a 303 be converted to fire 25/35?

No worries on that one. I built up one in 32-40 Win & another in 45 ACP. The 25-35 conversion would be easy, as would one in 35-30. When using the Brewer method of fixing barrels, many options are open for various chamberings on the LE. On a 25-35 conversion, one will have to alter the magazine follower and feed lips a tad to give the cartridge a good approach into the chamber.

 

[conor_90]

I wonder if the single stack 45/70 mags online would feed cases based on the 444 marlin

 

[MiG25]

Nice work.

 

[Jensen98]

awesome build, well done.

 

[Rod]

It looks very nice, well done. . Nice figure to the wood as well. . Are you planning to have the stock checkered?

 

[Chilly807]

Nice looking rifle, awesome looking wood in particular. The 444 is a much overlooked cartridge these days with the "re-introduction" of the 45-70 as a mainstream cartridge. How is availability of brass? I seem to recall that it's hard to find.

 

[freddyfour]

Do you know where or who made the stock? Looks Great!

 

[Zedbra]

Nice job - the stock looks great.

 

[cartridgeguy]

It looks very nice, well done. . Nice figure to the wood as well. . Are you planning to have the stock checkered?

I think I'll leave this one as is because it has such nice figured wood. I do like checkering though. When I have a gun that I think I'd like checkered, I'll get my wife to do that - she has all the checkering tools and does a good job.

 

[cartridgeguy]

Nice looking rifle, awesome looking wood in particular. The 444 is a much overlooked cartridge these days with the "re-introduction" of the 45-70 as a mainstream cartridge. How is availability of brass? I seem to recall that it's hard to find.

I see that Tradeex currently has some, but I've got some factory ammo and I'll reload that brass. Factory loaded ammo is easier to find.

 

[cartridgeguy]

Do you know where or who made the stock? Looks Great!

Not sure about the stock maker. It was only roughed out when I got it and had to do a fair bit of work on it. It might be a Bishop since that's what is on the butt plate that came with it - not positive about that though.

 

[TriggerHappyGal]

Beautiful rifle!

 

[hometownhero]

Nice looking rifle, awesome looking wood in particular. The 444 is a much overlooked cartridge these days with the "re-introduction" of the 45-70 as a mainstream cartridge. How is availability of brass? I seem to recall that it's hard to find.

Starline makes brass