What to do: De-sporterize? .45ACP conversion? Tanker? Wannabe Jungle Carbine?

Grizz Axxemann said:
So I've had this Savage No4MkI* sporter collecting dust (and possibly even rust) for quite some time now... I was going to desporterize it, but it got backburnered. Now after poking around fr the last little while, I see guys are doing .45 conversions now.

I also remember a couple of guys doing tanker jobs, too. Now this appeals to me because my barrel was backbored.

Not sure what to do, since it's probably all over my head, but it'd be nice to have a project to putz around with from time to time when there's nothing to do at the shop (very gun friendly workplace) or set aside money from my side job to compensate someone for their work on my gun.
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I am looking for the posting on here there was a fella doing the conversions if you know of it (I wanted to do one)
Thanks in advance :)
 
John Sukey said:
An X is an unknown quantity and a spurt is a drip under pressure.
Of course since we are talking about Enfields, its a charger, not a clip
Garands use clips;)
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"Magazine charger" or "stripper clip" both terms were used. Ergo, clip is not incorrect. Just to pick a nitt.
As for the term "jungle carbine", if Skennerton can use the term, so can I. Although it was not officially called such, It was colloquially called that fom just about day one.
Skennerton "The Lee Enfield a Century of ...." pg 238
"mainly intended for use in the far east where jungle fighting and the more inaccesable terrain........."
So people called it a jungle carbine.
It is also interesting that one of the experimental lightened rifles looked exactly like a sported #4. Cut down wood and bare barrel.
 
points said:
"Magazine charger" or "stripper clip" both terms were used. Ergo, clip is not incorrect. Just to pick a nitt.
As for the term "jungle carbine", if Skennerton can use the term, so can I. Although it was not officially called such, It was colloquially called that fom just about day one.
Skennerton "The Lee Enfield a Century of ...." pg 238
"mainly intended for use in the far east where jungle fighting and the more inaccesable terrain........."
So people called it a jungle carbine.
It is also interesting that one of the experimental lightened rifles looked exactly like a sported #4. Cut down wood and bare barrel.
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it was actually intended for and used by the airbourne units, the rubber butt pad was meant to not damage or slide around on the floors of aircraft, not absorb recoil. if anything, it should be an airbourne carbine
 
The term "enbloc" came from the French "en bloc": 'in a block' or 'all at once'.

The Americans have been enamoured of things Frennnnch since the Revolution, so this happens from time to time.

Properly speaking, the Ganand clingy pingy thingy is a 'Pederson Clip'. Mannlicher clips all were single column.



Hey, this is fun!

Guy posts in, supposedly asking for advice.

Advice does not go the way he likes, so he starts getting snarky with people.

People don't like it, he announces the thread derailed (even though he started the digressions himself), betakes himself off in a huff.

Hilarious!
 
Every now and then some twit has to come here (where restoration of milsurps is the topic) dangle a military surplus rifle in front of everyone and ask " is a hack saw the best tool for modding my rifle?"
Just to get a rise out of people. There is a special place in he11 for these guys.

Now excuse me - I havta bake a thin crust pizza and slip it under the sock closet door.
janice

I think I may take a hack saw to the bottom of the sock closet door, raise it up from the floor, so I can slip a mega topping pizza in there. Poor guy.
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twosteam said:
Every now and then some twit has to come here (where restoration of milsurps is the topic) dangle a military surplus rifle in front of everyone and ask " is a hack saw the best tool for modding my rifle?"
Just to get a rise out of people. There is a special place in he11 for these guys.

Now excuse me - I havta bake a thin crust pizza and slip it under the sock closet door.
janice
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I approve this message! :)
 
twosteam said:
Every now and then some twit has to come here (where restoration of milsurps is the topic) dangle a military surplus rifle in front of everyone and ask " is a hack saw the best tool for modding my rifle?"
Just to get a rise out of people. There is a special place in he11 for these guys.

Now excuse me - I havta bake a thin crust pizza and slip it under the sock closet door.
janice
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Hey now, I know better than to use a hacksaw.
 
tootall said:
Points,
Thanks, thats what I figured. I have a complete full wood and metal Longbranch, and was recently given a beat up sporter No.4. At the time, it was missing the bolt.
(remember this thread? http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/853968-Question-for-Lee-Enfield-gurus? )
Anyway, while I appreciate the desire to save milsurps as issued, I have to be practical as well.
I dont see restoring the beater as practical, so I am debating replacing the ugly wood with an ATI synthetic stock, and adding a sight base and some sort of reflex sight.
I could do that for less than ~$350
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Tootal don't waste your money on an ATI stock for the enfield. I bought one and I had to give it away to get rid of that pos. The guy I gave the stock to tried to give it back, twice. It was stupid heavy and the checkered inserts would cut the crap out of my hands. I also had to hack the front stock to even get it to fit. A Churchill sporter stock is a much better way to go IMO.
 
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