restore my Lee enfield or buy "new" one

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when I get PAL, one of few thing I plan to do is restore my Lee Enfield from sported stock to original stock

However my brother think I better off try to find other Lee Enfield with original stock as it may be cheaper than find original stock.

I wonder if someone has done restoration on lee Enfield, and have idea what kind of cost I will expect?
 
Hi deaf,

Pretty much a good rule of thumb, refurbing is costly. Parts are becoming less easy to find, and less cheap consequently.

Then, there's the whole other question of doing the job; it's not all drop-in fit; there's usually quite a bit of tiny technical details that go into these refurbing jobs. It is fun (and addictive) but not necessarily economically sound.
 
If you want to restore then it has to be for the personal joy of it...The above posts sum it up well..Definately not as easy finding good matching parts these days and they can be expensive. Thumbs up if your going to have a shot at it..:)
 
If you spend the time and source the parts, you can rebuild a #4 for about $50 less than the retail price. But that's only if you didn't pay too much for the sporter in the forst place. It's not about the money however. It's the fun of it. I do it for a hobby and any hobby will cost you money that you won't get back. There is no greater joy than seeing the finished product that you have built compared to just buying something off the shelf. And as said above, you have just added one more rifle to the small pool of full furnitured pieces.
For the best prices on parts, check out site sponsor Ellwood Epps and a place in the US, Numrich. There are several others but these guys carry quite a few of the parts. Parts are quickly getting scarcer so don't wait too many years.
 
points said:
If you spend the time and source the parts, you can rebuild a #4 for about $50 less than the retail price. But that's only if you didn't pay too much for the sporter in the forst place. It's not about the money however. It's the fun of it. I do it for a hobby and any hobby will cost you money that you won't get back. There is no greater joy than seeing the finished product that you have built compared to just buying something off the shelf. And as said above, you have just added one more rifle to the small pool of full furnitured pieces.
For the best prices on parts, check out site sponsor Ellwood Epps and a place in the US, Numrich. There are several others but these guys carry quite a few of the parts. Parts are quickly getting scarcer so don't wait too many years.
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it is NO.1 Mk3, not NO.4 which my brother got from our grandfather. my grandfather bought it from hunting store long time ago. So, in some way it don't have a lot of value because he(grandfather) don't use it often far as I am aware.


I went to see exchange area, and don't see a lot of NO.1 while do see bunch of NO.4 rifles for sales

I will check sites you mention.
 
First check the headspace. Thousands of Lee-Enfields were assembled out of parts bins with zero QC. Then measure the barrel length. Should be about 25". If it's ok, then do a net search for the parts.
Stock sets for a No. 1 will not be cheap, but, as mentioned, it was your grandda's rifle and putting it back isn't always about cost.
 
points said:
If you spend the time and source the parts, you can rebuild a #4 for about $50 less than the retail price. But that's only if you didn't pay too much for the sporter in the forst place. It's not about the money however. It's the fun of it. I do it for a hobby and any hobby will cost you money that you won't get back. There is no greater joy than seeing the finished product that you have built compared to just buying something off the shelf. And as said above, you have just added one more rifle to the small pool of full furnitured pieces.
For the best prices on parts, check out site sponsor Ellwood Epps and a place in the US, Numrich. There are several others but these guys carry quite a few of the parts. Parts are quickly getting scarcer so don't wait too many years.
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exactly. it`s a hobby and i enjoy things like this, especially when you have to fit the parts. i like hot rods too, now there is a money pit....
liberty tree is another place but they won`t ship fore ends to canada
 
A #1 just takes more patience. It took me a little over a year to find the parts I wanted at the price I was willing to pay. That is the point. If you keep looking, You will find what you need.
I found a complete set of furniture with all the metal bits for $225 shipped to my door. With the cost of the rifle that brought the whole project in at $375. About the least you will pay for a full wood but with the joy of the build.
 
points said:
A #1 just takes more patience. It took me a little over a year to find the parts I wanted at the price I was willing to pay. That is the point. If you keep looking, You will find what you need.
I found a complete set of furniture with all the metal bits for $225 shipped to my door. With the cost of the rifle that brought the whole project in at $375. About the least you will pay for a full wood but with the joy of the build.
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Want to share with us where you found your parts?
cheers
 
Could do like I did on my last one and restore a beat to death Ishaphore screwed stock set while you are at it. I think the whole stock set cost me a hundred bucks and a lot of time but it was worth it.
 
Mick Jagger said:
Want to share with us where you found your parts?
cheers
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Miraculously,I got it off of Ebay. I had gone to $350 on my bid and stopped. The set sold for $550. 2 weeks later, I got a notice from Ebay and asked if I would buy now at $212 plus shipping. I have no idea how that worked. I did not look a gift horse in the mouth and hit "YES". I got it the next day and it was even better than I had hoped. I think I won the lottery on that one. But it shows they are out there
 
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