Cheek rest for enfield?
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All the glass bedded, scoped, Sniper Enfeild's had them. As far as mounting one on a regular Enfield, try Northridge International in California. They might have one. Also, BDL Ltd. in South Carolina is another excellent source for Lee-Enfield parts, accessories, and rifles. Give them a ring, the owner is a former Canadian.
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- Pile of Bones, SK
If you don't want to drill/screw into your original buttstock, google for Beartooth Products and see their comb-raising kit. It gives you a neoprene sleeve that fits over the butt and pieces of very dense foam in varying thicknesses that you fit under the sleeve to build up into a cheekpiece. I think Russells in Calgary still carries them and Cabelas in the U.S. shows them on their web-site.
I use one of these kits on a No4 with a Cad-Tech and had enough pieces of foam left over to buy another sleeve on its own and do my Savage 24, too. I also had a wooden (No4T replica) cheekpiece on another No4 with a Cad-Tech mount and it works just as it should. The Beartooth kit works just as well for me.
I use one of these kits on a No4 with a Cad-Tech and had enough pieces of foam left over to buy another sleeve on its own and do my Savage 24, too. I also had a wooden (No4T replica) cheekpiece on another No4 with a Cad-Tech mount and it works just as it should. The Beartooth kit works just as well for me.
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Cheek rest
If you want a non-permanent cheek rest, I like the one I got from Brownell's. It's black nylon, and it laces over the stock. I use it on my little .22LR with peep-thru scope rings and it's great because you can just move it over to use the open sights, and move it back to use the scope.
If you want a non-permanent cheek rest, I like the one I got from Brownell's. It's black nylon, and it laces over the stock. I use it on my little .22LR with peep-thru scope rings and it's great because you can just move it over to use the open sights, and move it back to use the scope.
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- Tucson, Arizona
All the glass bedded, scoped, Sniper Enfeild's had them. As far as mounting one on a regular Enfield, try Northridge International in California. They might have one. Also, BDL Ltd. in South Carolina is another excellent source for Lee-Enfield parts, accessories, and rifles. Give them a ring, the owner is a former Canadian.
Since when did they glass bed No4Mk1T's? glass bedding wasn't around in WW2. And they sure didn't glass bed the L42A1's either.
Since I don't know. I apologize for the faux-pas, but I know they were "bedded" somehow. My focus was to point out the different nature between the sniper and regular Enfield, in case he didn't know that just a scope and cheek weld were not the only differences between them. I thought that if he was trying to recreate one, he should know that just those two pieces wouldn't accomplish the goal, and he would have to do some more in depth research. Certainly a lack of attention to detail on my part, but no malice was intended.
Actually it's my understanding that they were not bedded any differently than stock rifles. They were perhaps better bedded, but that would be somewhat unintentional and serendipitous, as No4 (T) rifles were initially selected from regular production rifles that demonstrated a greater degree of accuracy than infantry standards, and were set aside for conversion. I'm no expert on LE snipers, nor do I own one (yet, but I have my lottery ticket), but it is my understanding from what I have read (written by very knowledgeable individuals) that the conversion process was essentially addition of cheek piece, improved rear sight and scope and mounts. Certainly practically every piece of a T rifle is marked as such, but this would be after the fact and the parts themselves would be in effect no different in manufacture than standard parts. This doesn't mean anyone can simply make their own and it be correct as H&H were very meticulous in their conversions and would reject some rifles sent for conversion if they didn't meet their standards, but the rifle in essence is the same throughout. If his (or yours or mine or anyone else's for that matter) No4. didn't by chance alone meet the criteria of exceptional accuracy when first manufactured, you can bet it doesn't now either. Adding a cheek piece and a scope may make it more accurate for him, it's his rifle after all, but you can't make a quarter horse a thoroughbred just by putting a small saddle and blinders on it.
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Target rifles of that era were bedded with pieces of hardwood (usually mahogany) inlet into the stock and carefully fitted for contour and location. I've talked to owners of 'Regulated by Fulton' .303's but none of them would let me pull them apart to see exactly how it was done. (Go figure) If anyone here has done this unspeakable sacrilege, I'd love to know the details.
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- Pile of Bones, SK
