restoring LE Mk I carbine

[superbee]

Hi,I am trying to restore a lee enfield mkI carbine.

Any ideas where to find a forestock,front band,middle band and top handguard?or is this next to impossiable?

Eric

[louthepou]

Hi Superbee,

Well there's a tough one, I wonder if some of the sites on this list could help: Rifles, Parts Misc.

Lou

[bigduke6]

Hi,I am trying to restore a lee enfield mkI carbine.

Any ideas where to find a forestock,front band,middle band and top handguard?or is this next to impossiable?

Eric

Would say impossible or as rare as Rocking horse S**t to find, have a sporterized one i picked up last month, excellent all matching rifle, but the fore-end has been cut down, hangaurd, barrel band and nose cap missing am looking at splicing in a piece to extend the fore-end, will make the handgaurd and am trying to find the nose cap or a drawing so i can make one. An other forum member (Surpmil) is in the same boat.

The fore-end can be made from a long lee stock and think it may be possible to use a No4 Mk11 fore-end, to make one.

If you do get lucky let me know as i dont mind spending the cash but i know it will cost more than the rifle.

[Surpmil]

I'm working on getting some reproduction forends done. Have a superb example to work from. Am told to expect accuracy within a few thou. Will post about it when I have something to show.

Do you have any photos of yours?

Judging from the preponderance of carbine bolts in Lee Speed, BSA and other pre-WWI Lee Enfield sporters, I would guess a lot of these carbines were converted to sporters by the UK gunmakers.

The LEC's were disposed of circa 1907 were they not?

It must have been the first big lot of Lee Enfield rifles disposed of by the War Department.

(I've seen a photo of an Indian in Canada carrying one in full wood configuration, but no date on that IIRC)

[englishman_ca]

Any progress on getting repop woodsets made up?

[Surpmil]

Forend is at the stockmaker's now. No progress report lately.

[RJW NZ]

Sorry I missed this post somehow, go to www. connection-junction.com and from the front page notice board about repro wood custom made contact Stuart in NZ, he makes repro wood and I hear very good reports, cheers rjwnz

[englishman_ca]

Any progress on getting repop woodsets made up?

[bigduke6]

Sorry I missed this post somehow, go to www. connection-junction.com and from the front page notice board about repro wood custom made contact Stuart in NZ, he makes repro wood and I hear very good reports, cheers rjwnz

Update?
Any progress on getting repop woodsets made up?

Recommend the site Roger mentions in his post, I,ve got an order in with Stuart, he sent me a few pics of his work and it is excellent.