need pointers on lee enfield woodwork

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hello everyone, just like the title says, more precisly, the forestock for nr1 mk3, Ive got a nice deal (I think) on a gun show in Orangeville, unfortunetly the gun had its recoil blocks/pads broken off and reglued, I didnt know that till too late and it coused my forestock to crack, now I need a replacement ,for a resonable price, so I can enjoy that beautifull rifle for years to come
 
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Unless the situation is really bad, the stock should be repairable. Epoxy and bedding compound can do wonders.
 
Im looking for full wood (ill post pics soon), sporters are easy to find
and yes its lithgow, how did you know;)

I fear its too late for epoxy, Im going to try screwing it, after glue, but that's just a temporary solution:(
 
Lithgow recoil blocks all need checking as the wood is Australian Coach wood and not as strong as walnut. recoil buffer plates/shims were installed and work!
 
It's near impossible to repair crushed and broken recoil shoulders on a coachwood stock. You can glue it, but it won;t hold for anything more than wall-hanging in my experience.

If you really like the rifle, a repalcement can be sourced. Watch e-bay for real coachwood and have deep pockets. Or, what alot of ppl do is order a whole new set of furniture from Lawrence Ordnance in Australia. It looks like coachwood but is made of more durable teak.
 
Yep, just properly glass-bed the critter. Likely, it cracked at the back end, where the trigger comes up into the action. They all crack there.

Five bucks' worth of Acra-Glass and you've got a good stock again. As the man said, bed to the front of the chamber. Make sure the barrel is completely floating apart from that. When the Inner Band Screw (Magpie Screw) is tight, it exerts downward pressure on the barrel, which makes it bear against the barrel reinforce halfway up the stock. Actually, this is for zeroing purposes, so you always do your bedding and stocking with the Magpie Screw slackened off, tighten as necessary to get your zero back after bedding. Sounds silly but it works.
 
smellie said:
When the Inner Band Screw (Magpie Screw) is tight, it exerts downward pressure on the barrel, which makes it bear against the barrel reinforce halfway up the stock. Actually, this is for zeroing purposes, so you always do your bedding and stocking with the Magpie Screw slackened off, tighten as necessary to get your zero back after bedding. Sounds silly but it works.
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So, for example, if I was shooting low, would tightening the screw move the point of impact up a bit?
 
It used to be against service rifle rules in comps at Bisley to do any bedding. There was a whole industry built around accurising dodges that either bent the rules or were hidden well enough so as not to show!
 
thank you to everyone with the advice, I dont trust myself to be able to glass bed the stock though, even if its a cheaper solution, Ill go with a replacement, since walnut aparently is stronger, now just for a dilema of buying the whole furniture or just the forestock:confused:
 
If you can get the lot then do so, if not dont worry I wasnt issued a single rifle on which anything apart from the serial numbers matched!
 
TimC said:
If you can get the lot then do so, if not dont worry I wasnt issued a single rifle on which anything apart from the serial numbers matched!
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thanks, I think Ill go for forstock only, since I want to redo the whole rifle, its a keeper for me
 
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