who restores lee enfields?

Bart Bandy said:
I've been looking at this guy. Seems to do good work.

http://leeenfieldrestorations.com/index.html

Jim
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Dont

Sent him my enfield to have the bedding done. Came back with all pieces and bits mismatched. How on earth can i send a gun with a Mk3 sight and once the bedding is done come back with a Mk1 sight still puzzle me. Bedding was baddly done with overflow epoxy all over the wood. Anyway do as you wish but with my experience avoid this guy at all cost
 
Thanks for the kind commnents, folks. Small volume here, doing this on my spare time, and I try to help anyone who has trouble with his Lee Enfield(s). Doing essentially what's needed for the rifles to shoot as good as they reasonably can, and can be enjoyed for years to come. Sometimes I receive guns which unfortunately were quickly put together by folks who intentionally just slapped parts together to make a quick buck and sell ill-assembled guns to unsuspecting milsurp enthusiasts.
 
I can personally attest to both Louthepou's and Stuart's work (http://leeenfieldrestorations.com). Their rebuilds are of the highest quality.

My teenage son and I can shoot sub-MOA with both Lou's and Stuart's guns. We've send them pics of our groups and I'm sure they will share if you ask.

To Ced1942, sorry to hear about your experience. Mine has been the opposite.
 
Does LeeEnfieldRestorations not bed the guns in the traditional Lee Enfield manner? Why glass bedding? I’ve been mulling over buying one of their restorations. Do they test fire their guns?
 
Moodie said:
Does LeeEnfieldRestorations not bed the guns in the traditional Lee Enfield manner? Why glass bedding? I’ve been mulling over buying one of their restorations. Do they test fire their guns?
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I normally don't weigh in on threads like this, but let me quote off the gentleman's splash page:

The restoration process. All restoration rifles are fully disassembled, new wood fitted and oiled, action and barrel are checked for wear and defects most firing pin springs are replaced along with ejector and springs. bolts are re blued barrel interiors are polished. action and barrel are then fine glass beaded, and finished with a hard coat flat black paint, which can be made into a low gloss finish by applying a coat of oil and polishing with a soft cloth, barrel bands and fittings are hot oil treated , and then all parts are assembled and tested including head spacing! final checks are then performed and barrel interior lightly coated with oil.
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I think that says all I need to know about sending anything here any time soon. YMMV.

I also admire how he bead blasts barelled actions without even disassembling them fully. I'll bet all that efficiency is passed on to the customer via lowered prices.

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Ced1942 said:
Dont

Sent him my enfield to have the bedding done. Came back with all pieces and bits mismatched. How on earth can i send a gun with a Mk3 sight and once the bedding is done come back with a Mk1 sight still puzzle me. Bedding was baddly done with overflow epoxy all over the wood. Anyway do as you wish but with my experience avoid this guy at all cost
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Well that's exciting, I have a rifle there for the past few months now. :popCorn:
 
I saw that blurb you highlighted in red on their site but was thinking it was referring to the sandblasting and not the bedding.

Claven2 said:
I normally don't weigh in on threads like this, but let me quote off the gentleman's splash page:



I think that says all I need to know about sending anything here any time soon. YMMV.

I also admire how he bead blasts barelled actions without even disassembling them fully. I'll bet all that efficiency is passed on to the customer via lowered prices.

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Moodie said:
I saw that blurb you highlighted in red on their site but was thinking it was referring to the sandblasting and not the bedding.
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they have a bunch of info on their page about how they used old, trashed stocks that are warped and they steam and straighten the wood.

FWIW, the military throws out warped stocks, because even if you straighten it, it will re-warp when it fully dries out. the correct course of action, within reason, is to re-fit the inletting and if there is not enough virgin wood, you skive in new draw blocks or a new Knox platform and re-fit the action from scratch. You don't steam and straighten anything.

I could go on, but suffice it to say, I would not practise what they web site purports to practise.

As for epoxy bedding... in the matches I've shot we call that cheating. you don't epoxy bed full wood lee-enfields. You use a sharp chisel properly and fit the wood as intended.
 
Try the guy in whitehorse.

Guy in england whom has excellent prices and products as well.

I would go to lou the pou before i touch anyone else

And i have 7 lb snipers and 10 other enfields
 
As far as I know, the guy in Whitehorse closed up shop a while back - cleared out his inventory on the EE.

If the guy in England is EFD - they've closed up shop as well, due to one of the owners passing away.
 
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