Is there a tactical stock for the lee enfield?
- Thread starter Nelson84
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It came with one, just tactical then and now mean different things.
You could go for something like this - View attachment 10108View attachment 10109View attachment 10107
or just keep the rifle standard and dress like this when using it - View attachment 10106
or just keep the rifle standard and dress like this when using it - View attachment 10106
There's no such thing as a 'tactical' anything. It's a marketing term only. And a battle rifle is already 'tactical'.
If you want a synthetic, then yes there is. ATI makes 'em for not an ugly amount of money. Increases the felt recoil considerably though.
Which Lee-Endfield you have matters. A No. 4 stock will not fit on a No. 1 rifle. Where is the rear sight? A No. 4's is on the receiver. A No. 1's is on the barrel.
Marstar is showing No. 4 ATI stocks at $79.95. Remember that you get what you pay for and changing a stock will alter how you rifle shoots. Maybe better, maybe not. Has to do with bedding. And check the headspace first.
If you want a synthetic, then yes there is. ATI makes 'em for not an ugly amount of money. Increases the felt recoil considerably though.
Which Lee-Endfield you have matters. A No. 4 stock will not fit on a No. 1 rifle. Where is the rear sight? A No. 4's is on the receiver. A No. 1's is on the barrel.
Marstar is showing No. 4 ATI stocks at $79.95. Remember that you get what you pay for and changing a stock will alter how you rifle shoots. Maybe better, maybe not. Has to do with bedding. And check the headspace first.
Nelson, the Moisin-Nagant rifle never had anything "tactical" as a factory add-on. ALL of this crap is after-market junk designed to remove your money from your wallet, painlessly enough that you don't call the cops. It's very flashy, designed by its gaudiness to attract the people who have money to burn and who don't know any better. Think of it as being rather like swapping beads and shiny things to the Indians and walking away with Manhattan Island.
Military rifle stocks are designed over a period of years into their final forms. In the case of the Lee-Enfield rifle, this process began with the introduction of the Remintgon-Lee Rifle in 1879. The British liked the basic bolt system and the magazine, but they already had the Martini in production and so could see the advantages of a 2-piece stock.... so they modified the Lee action in such fashion that said 2-piece stock could be used to advantage. Then they built the rifle, first in a .402 (likely half a dozen specimens) and then finally in the new .303 cartridge which the Royal Laboratory had designed with input from Major Rubin. Over the following years the 8-shot magazine gave way to the 10-rounder, Metford rifling gave way to Enfield rifling (also invented by Metford, by the way), the long Rifle and short Carbine combination gave way to a single Short Rifle, charger-loading was developed, a lighter barrel was introduced, the Cordite was modified to a much-less-erosive type..... and the Rifle, Short, Magazine Lee-Enfield Mark III was approved for manufacture at the end of January of 1907.
By that time it was PERFECT. The stock protected the hands of the shooter, it kept the sights well visible and usable when the barrel was good and hot, it provided a very solid platform for the Bayonet..... and it rebalanced the entire assembly into absolutely the SWEETEST bayonet-fighting combination ever developed, anywhere.
So the stock on a proper Lee-Enfield as absolutely as TACTICAL as they get.
No PLASTIC abortion of a thing can possibly fit the role as well.
Military rifle stocks are designed over a period of years into their final forms. In the case of the Lee-Enfield rifle, this process began with the introduction of the Remintgon-Lee Rifle in 1879. The British liked the basic bolt system and the magazine, but they already had the Martini in production and so could see the advantages of a 2-piece stock.... so they modified the Lee action in such fashion that said 2-piece stock could be used to advantage. Then they built the rifle, first in a .402 (likely half a dozen specimens) and then finally in the new .303 cartridge which the Royal Laboratory had designed with input from Major Rubin. Over the following years the 8-shot magazine gave way to the 10-rounder, Metford rifling gave way to Enfield rifling (also invented by Metford, by the way), the long Rifle and short Carbine combination gave way to a single Short Rifle, charger-loading was developed, a lighter barrel was introduced, the Cordite was modified to a much-less-erosive type..... and the Rifle, Short, Magazine Lee-Enfield Mark III was approved for manufacture at the end of January of 1907.
By that time it was PERFECT. The stock protected the hands of the shooter, it kept the sights well visible and usable when the barrel was good and hot, it provided a very solid platform for the Bayonet..... and it rebalanced the entire assembly into absolutely the SWEETEST bayonet-fighting combination ever developed, anywhere.
So the stock on a proper Lee-Enfield as absolutely as TACTICAL as they get.
No PLASTIC abortion of a thing can possibly fit the role as well.
To be precise, Thompson: full wood is the tactical stock for Lee Enfield. Put a bayonet on the front and the zombies won't have a chance.
That said, there are people who machine off the wristband and weld on a rear lug, in which case, you'll have a Lee Enfield action that can be made up to look like any other bolt action. As well, if you google L42A1 Enfield, you'll see a pretty cool looking gun.
That said, there are people who machine off the wristband and weld on a rear lug, in which case, you'll have a Lee Enfield action that can be made up to look like any other bolt action. As well, if you google L42A1 Enfield, you'll see a pretty cool looking gun.
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- Tucson, Arizona
TACTICAL is the most misused term these days. Even saw an ad for "Tactical underwear"
I just threw up in my mouth !
Donny Fenn1
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this, or smellies lengthier description.
I love taking out my "military syle assault rifle" when non-gunnies come over they expect my Swiss Arms (that's my coyote rifle) and I pull out the Long Branch.
4 different lengths of Butt for the Number 1, 6 for the Number 4.
A broken Butt, or one that does not fit the Troopie, can be changed in about 10 minutes to give you a Troopie with a WORKING rifle..... and no need to mess about with the bedding.
Remember, the Commonwealth were the only countries in the world to fit the RIFLES to the MEN. All other countries make one length of stock and expect men from 5-foot-2 to 6-foot-6 to be able to use it. Doesn't work. Our system allows faster training of troops to a higher standard, with less expenditure in ammunition.
Also, if necessary, smaller pieces of wood can be used for making the Fore-ends of the rifles.
Butts DO get bashed-about on parade-squares, in riots, on rocks, in combat. Restoring a wrecked rifle to combat condition in 5 minutes CAN be an advantage.
And you don't need to use up a 44-inch piece of wood to replace a 13-inch Butt.
Okay for starts?
A broken Butt, or one that does not fit the Troopie, can be changed in about 10 minutes to give you a Troopie with a WORKING rifle..... and no need to mess about with the bedding.
Remember, the Commonwealth were the only countries in the world to fit the RIFLES to the MEN. All other countries make one length of stock and expect men from 5-foot-2 to 6-foot-6 to be able to use it. Doesn't work. Our system allows faster training of troops to a higher standard, with less expenditure in ammunition.
Also, if necessary, smaller pieces of wood can be used for making the Fore-ends of the rifles.
Butts DO get bashed-about on parade-squares, in riots, on rocks, in combat. Restoring a wrecked rifle to combat condition in 5 minutes CAN be an advantage.
And you don't need to use up a 44-inch piece of wood to replace a 13-inch Butt.
Okay for starts?
Eaglelord17
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Easier to manufacture (can use two bits of smaller wood as opposed to one long bit), and easier to repair (if one part of it brakes you just replace the one part as opposed to the whole stock).
Edited to say that Smellie beat me to it
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I can't help but think the original question being asked is sacrilegious.
I understand that once a person owns something they can customize it however they want, but really? A Lee Enfield?
It's one thing to take a POS SKS that you paid $200 for and making it what you want, but a Lee Enfield is almost part of Canadian identity, so why change it?
It would be kind of like asking "Hey, I've got this awesome 1950s Porsche, what kind of awesome ground effects kit can I put on it?"
I understand that once a person owns something they can customize it however they want, but really? A Lee Enfield?
It's one thing to take a POS SKS that you paid $200 for and making it what you want, but a Lee Enfield is almost part of Canadian identity, so why change it?
It would be kind of like asking "Hey, I've got this awesome 1950s Porsche, what kind of awesome ground effects kit can I put on it?"
infideleggwelder
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The definitive difference between "tactical" (or "tacticrap) can be summed up with my range experience.
My buddy and I go to the local range and shoot milsurps. Pre WW1, to WW2 stuff with wood furniture and as issued. We set up our targets at 100 and 200 yards. That's as far as this range goes
The tacticrap guys with their black "tactical" firearms with the laser, sonar, deathray crap hanging off them, set up their targets at 25 yards.
That is the difference.
I was in the army befor plastic furniture. I guess we were never tactical. FOR GOD"S SAKE STOP THE MADNESS!!!!
My buddy and I go to the local range and shoot milsurps. Pre WW1, to WW2 stuff with wood furniture and as issued. We set up our targets at 100 and 200 yards. That's as far as this range goes
The tacticrap guys with their black "tactical" firearms with the laser, sonar, deathray crap hanging off them, set up their targets at 25 yards.
That is the difference.
I was in the army befor plastic furniture. I guess we were never tactical. FOR GOD"S SAKE STOP THE MADNESS!!!!
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- Chilliwack BC
I have a sported Mklll that I have thought would look real nice in a Boyds stock.
