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What the previous owner said, repair by lee enfield with a new barrel in 1952, reblueing in 2010 by a gunsmithing in quebec named Christian Lemieux and the new wood bought by the previous owner and finished by him. I see mark proof GRI on receiver, FR+42 and 1952 date.
 
pourquoi said:
What the previous owner said, repair by lee enfield with a new barrel in 1952, reblueing in 2010 by a gunsmithing in quebec named Christian Lemieux and the new wood bought by the previous owner and finished by him. I see mark proof GRI on receiver, FR+42 and 1952 date.
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Looks like the teak stocks that were being made for a while in S.E. Asia. Too bad no one can duplicate the original blue, or wants to try.
 
Nose cap is blued for sure. That greyish finish on the metal looks more like Rust Oleum BBQ paint though. You may need to drive a brass rod through the back of the forend to keep it together in the future.
Good looking rifle you have there. Congratulations.
 
You don't need to drive a brass rod through the fore end to keep it together

A bit of judicious inletting in front of the King screw hole, filled with acraglass or some other epoxy compound fortified with completely immersed and soaked steel wool, will be much less unsightly and be just about as strong as the "dreaded Ishy Screw" used by the Indians on their fore ends.

Some epoxies become brittle when fully cured and will crack, even with the ''Flox'' provided in the kits.

The cloth used in autobody glass kits works well also. The steel wool needs to be washed first as most of it has some sort of oil residue on it to keep it from rusting.

I use steel wool because it's better than the flox provided in bedding kits for this purpose. I also use it for bedding Mauser recoil lugs in light stocks.

I should have added that some of these rifles also had spiraled brass pins through them just behind the trigger as reinforcement as well.

Does your stock have the proper metal insert inlaid to retain the stock bolt??? This also works as reinforcing at another weak spot but ham fisted folks like to take the butt off before removing the fore end and will often exert way to much force, causing the insert to twist in its inlet and crack the base of the stock and it just goes on from there.
 
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Maybe it's just me, but I would think with the widespread availability of SMLE's and people making repro stocks that something like repro bayonets would be more available. Original bayonets are tough-ish to find and command a premium. I found some repro bayonets online out of the US, but nothing in Canada
 
DiMP said:
Maybe it's just me, but I would think with the widespread availability of SMLE's and people making repro stocks that something like repro bayonets would be more available. Original bayonets are tough-ish to find and command a premium. I found some repro bayonets online out of the US, but nothing in Canada
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I've seen some on the auctions listed I believe, but nothing new production.
 
DiMP said:
Maybe it's just me, but I would think with the widespread availability of SMLE's and people making repro stocks that something like repro bayonets would be more available. Original bayonets are tough-ish to find and command a premium. I found some repro bayonets online out of the US, but nothing in Canada
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Original bayonets aren't that hard to locate tons of them in Canada, if anything they are one of the easiest bayonets to locate. Generally in the 150-200$ range.
 
Last reproduction bayonet I found I bought for $30 off of GP. Originals are now over $100 now. I have a few originals for various rifles which are hanging on my wall and don’t get anywhere near a rifle.
Definitely a nice rifle. Nothing wrong with a rebuild.
 
I see two bayonet length, at my choice or it's a specific length? Btw no steel reinforcement plate and pin brass so a upgrade needed soon. Thanks folks for your info, this will help me what to do near futur.
 
Short one is Indian pattern, the long one is 1907 British/Commonwealth. Initially the short ones were also issued in UK and were called 1903 pattern and were replaced with the long ones.
 
The DP marked Indian bayonets seem to be commonish but have gone up in price lately. They are genuine but more often than not have no scabbards. They are cool blades resembling the Jap bayonets. More practical for scraps in the jungle as the Japs were usually not charging on horses during attacks.

Even the late war so called 'last ditch' Indian bayonets were stoutly made where it counted. About the only resource saving step was rudimentary shaping of the pommel area.

The Indian 'jungle' bayonets were not based on previous models from other Commonwealth countries unless someone can correct me on this.
 
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Very nice rifle indeed!! There is something about a good old No.1 Mk 3. I have a few, some nice, some with lots of character.

OP, you done good scooping that one.
 
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