My First and Second Enfield Refurbs.

[bck1968]

Well, time to post the pics and face the firing squad, as it were. But I was waiting until I got the second job done before posting pictures of the two. Both are No. 1, MK III* SMLEs (formerly sporterized) bought off of fellow CGNers. Unfortunately I didn't have a more flattering place to take pictures than my basement.

Both were similar jobs and on each rifle the barrel, action, and sights are matching. Mag, nosecap, and stock do not.

Unissued stocks, as far as I know, which I generously Linseeded.
All metal parts were thoroughly cleaned.
I only replaced parts that were missing or worn out. I kept as many of the original parts as possible and in as historical condition as possible.
I probably made a mistake here or there, but I'll happily chalk it up to the learning curve.

Many thanks to the Enfield gurus on here who helped me out with their knowlege (whether they knew it or not). All in all I'm pretty happy with the way these old girls turned out.

 

[Tyler]

Nice work.

Where did you pick up the stocks?

 

[stuckon308]

Looking good. Wanna sell the left one?

 

[louthepou]

Good work BCK, and good choice of hobby

I'm curious too about the source of your parts?

You should get some slings on them.

Looking good for sure,

Lou

 

[Beater]

nice job. welcome to the addiction

 

[MagnumPeanut]

Good job, any more pics?

 

[Vimy Ridge]

Well done.

 

[bck1968]

Good work BCK, and good choice of hobby

I'm curious too about the source of your parts?

You should get some slings on them.

Looking good for sure,

Lou

Some of the parts came from Marstar, some from eBay. Both the stocks came from eBay.
Thanks for the compliments, everyone.

 

[louthepou]

Thanks Bck.

Hey, how do they shoot?

How much work was involved in bedding the forends?

 

[Pblatzz]

The stocks are very nice, I bought one from ebay as well. Enfield stamped. All walnut and completly unused, mint.

Your rifles look super.

Pete

 

[bck1968]

Thanks Bck.

Hey, how do they shoot?

How much work was involved in bedding the forends?

How they shoot? That remains to be seen

As for the forends they were surprisingly less work than I thought they would be. A little bit of filing at the rear of the trigger area and a bit of sanding on the sides so it basically dropped most, but not all of the way in, then a rubber mallet and block of wood to tap it down in to position on the action, and everything married up right where it was supposed to. It was so easy that it had me a little scared that I'd screwed up.

The trickiest part of the whole deal was keeping the bloody inner barrel band aligned while putting it all together. But that's probably no secret.

Brian

 

[macadoodle]

Excellent Job!