Old, old sporterized Lee Enfield UPDATE! with 1-piece stock...

Would Bannerman have added the tang, stamped their name, and then drilled a hole through it? Doesn't make sense.

The ledge just in front of the added tang would act as sort of a recoil lug, but the wood it engages isn't backed up very well.
Another way to create a recoil lug is to leave part of the butt socket in place, running down from the receiver, when the rest of the butt socket is cut away.
A better solution would be to install a Savage/Remington style recoil lug sandwiched between the barrel and receiver ring.
 
tiriaq said:
Would Bannerman have added the tang, stamped their name, and then drilled a hole through it? Doesn't make sense..
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The pics might only tell part of the story, but from what I can see, the conversion was a real "hack job" - is that hole in the tang off-centre? Brazing as opposed to welding, numerous grind marks, etc., and not to mention the lack of effective recoil transmission to the stock, make me think that this is not the handiwork of Bannerman. I have an actual Bannerman Mosin Nagant converted to 30-06, and that conversion is most definitely a professional job. Aside from their name stamped on the tang, this conversion has all the hallmarks of anything but a Bannerman conversion....
 
tiriaq said:
Would Bannerman have added the tang, stamped their name, and then drilled a hole through it? Doesn't make sense.

The ledge just in front of the added tang would act as sort of a recoil lug, but the wood it engages isn't backed up very well.
Another way to create a recoil lug is to leave part of the butt socket in place, running down from the receiver, when the rest of the butt socket is cut away.
A better solution would be to install a Savage/Remington style recoil lug sandwiched between the barrel and receiver ring.
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The conversions I have seen were done just thst way - leaving part of the butt socket in place to act as a recoil lug. I don't think a front mounted recoil lug would be the best arrangement for an action with rear mounted locking lugs.

I agree with tiriaq's comment regarding the tang and, to be honest, Andy has said what I have been thinking.
 
Would not the sear lugs still be an option for taking up recoil? In the "normal" 2 piece Lee Enfield stock these aren't really "recoil lugs" any longer as the bulk of recoil is taken up very nicely by the massive butt-socket but in the original Remington -Lee I'll bet the "draws" were load bearing. I wish I owned one and could have a look! In nay case. while the American Lee's weren't a great success, I've never heard they couldn't deal with recoil without stocks breaking.

milsurpo
 
Well here they are. The one-piece stock .303 with its scope mount, no scope yet though - I have a Weaver J4 coming soon for it. I ended up inletting a piece of steel at the back of the receiver, hope this will help with recoil management. Still have to put sling swivels on it.

And another old one! Sparkbrook receiver, came to me with a so-so sporter stock, shortened barrel, slighly buggered up Lyman peep sight base... Jason Spencer did help me a lot here, finding another base for the peep and machined it so it followed the receiver contour properly. I had saved a decent sporter stock set a while ago, shows that sooner or later anything finds its use.

Can't wait to try these out at the range... Hope to find flush-mount mags at some point, I think it would look cleaner on both rifles.

First the one-piece stock:




Now the Sparkbrook:



 
Boy those are nice. The number of sporters made and the variety of ways it was done makes them all a bit unique to me. Yours are treasure to my eyes.
 
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