Great info guys. I ordered some 375 win brass already, I think it was wolverine that had it, but I'm going to read into the other ammunition as there may be a better option. Perhaps loading up some 375 win and trying different loads with the rifle in a vise, pulling the trigger with a string would be necessary if I pursue the Winchester cartridge though.
enfield sporter?'s 303 to 375 win?
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"...billable hours..." Yep. He'd scream, "Call the Porche dealer!"
"...these are blanks, would need to be contoured..." Be more than just that. It'd require complete machining to fit on a Lee-Enfield. That would require a smithy who knows how to cut the correct threads and has the tooling to do it.
"...have a 45-70 mk5..." That one of the Gibb's bubba jobs? Isn't a No. 5. It's a bubba'd No. 4 made to look like a No. 5. Not that it matters.
"...these are blanks, would need to be contoured..." Be more than just that. It'd require complete machining to fit on a Lee-Enfield. That would require a smithy who knows how to cut the correct threads and has the tooling to do it.
"...have a 45-70 mk5..." That one of the Gibb's bubba jobs? Isn't a No. 5. It's a bubba'd No. 4 made to look like a No. 5. Not that it matters.
Thanks for the input, it is in fact a #5. I had a smith by the name of John Rempel put a barrel on a no5 action i bought as loose parts. Thats another story and I wouldnt reccomend him to anyone else. Not that it matters...
As for the smith, I may have it done at accurate action in Calgary, Ill see what his pricing is, but it wouldn't be the first time I had a custom barrel put on something, rempel was around $700 including the barrel, and on my A-bolt corlanes was around $800-100, including the barrel and fluting, I had some other work done there too though.
eDIT: It's the zebra stocked one shown below, it's currently getting the front site mounted, and then Im going to modify the stock a bit so I don't hear that it reminds people of a dink anymore, and shorted the butt stock slightly. May not suit everyone's taste's, but I built it myself and I'm not a smith with fancy tooling.
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