I wish I could afford this one...

took it to the range today. Shoots great. Feeds and extracts really smoothly. The safety location is nice. The 1 stage heavy trigger takes some getting used to.
 
A cut off from a Mk.III will fit and work just fine, as will a safety catch dog bone spring.

The fore wood looks to be home made, but for now it will let you shoot the beast. I can hook you up with someone who has excellent repop forewood in stock that will be a drop in installation with a little adjustment at the draws. A little pricey but would be a good investment to bring your rifle back up to spec and bring back some value.

Well done!
 
englishman_ca said:
A cut off from a Mk.III will fit and work just fine, as will a safety catch dog bone spring.

The fore wood looks to be home made, but for now it will let you shoot the beast. I can hook you up with someone who has excellent repop forewood in stock that will be a drop in installation with a little adjustment at the draws. A little pricey but would be a good investment to bring your rifle back up to spec and bring back some value.

Well done!
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ah, yes a a spring from a mark III, don't know why that didn't occur to me, I had already figured I could use the cutoff from one. thanks for the tip.

The stock didn't seem home made to me, just old and shrunk a bit. What makes you think it is? I wouldn't want to replace it if it's original, but if it's not i would consider a repro. please define pricey.
 
Forestock

From what i see in the pictures and from the original posting on the EE, I believe the stock is a home made jobby for a number of reasons.

One would be the inletting for the action. Not crisp and clean corners as a machined factory unit would be.

Two, the back reinforcing pin is too far forward by about 1/8 inch, its position doesnt look right in relation to the butt socket.

Three, the forewood should have a swell on the left side to accomdate the inletting for the long range volley plate. Looking from above or below, the volley plate side should be noticeably fatter.

Four, the volley plate is indexed 90 degrees off. It should be fat end backwards, not upwards.

Home made? Perhaps the home where it was made was around the borders of Pakistan and Afganistan? I chase after Long lee parts for my projects and the past year or so have started to find Kyber parts stripped from rifles and advertised as original, so who knows who made this one?, but I don't think it was Enfield etc.

Fore wood is available if you hunt hard and long. One nice uncut one just sold last week on Fleapay for $145 (I bid $140).
 
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