I'd like the following parts,
no4 mk4 trigger assembly (incl pins, seers) ...my one is un-polished but I dont want to touch it till I get a spare.
2 x cocking pieces.
A no2 and a no3 bolt head.
2 x strikers/firing pins 5 x main springs (think they came as a pack).
Any other pieces advisable as spare parts...I have 8 x ejector claws and springs but that is the only spares I have so far.
In particualr any advice on companies that will ship the above to NZ please.
thanks
Why import ssj?? you're in NZ just like me, don't just sit at your computer looking for stuff, you're living in prime hunting grounds for most things Lee Enfield, try any local gunsmith you can find (the older ones have tons of spares) ask around, try your local gunshop & if you have not joined the NZ Antique & Historical Arms Association yet, then get on to it! :) The New Zealand Antique and Historical Arms Association IncorportedQuote:
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5th Batt is dead right, try locally for parts.
Don't know the situation in NZ as far as importing parts goes, the only problems I can see are for the trigger assembly and the bolt heads.
The mainsprings come separately from the strikers - ebay out of the UK has been useful here for me.
Cause those who Ive talked to so far want to hang on to what they have to allow them to repair guns that come in. The Phale is at a gunsmith, his words were he'd fit a 3 bolt head for me if he could find one, Ive told him not to touch it, its got a 1 and that's how it came and tahst how I want it to stay. Others tell me they have few parts, bear in mind its decades since these were copious. I'm sure trying...so far Im finding it easier and cheaper to import from the UK, unless Im lucky and see them on Trademe.
I went to the last NZAHAA auction...probably wont go again, trademe has as much if not more and its not just once a year. So far Ive had most luck on ebay....but the postage doubles the cost and the parts mentioned are not common there either.
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Ive been collecting parts for 4~6 months....locally has not been to fruitful, ebay way better.
Dont waste your hard earned $ on buying bolt heads before reading this :
No 4 No5 Bolt Heads (Update)
Jeeeeeeees...... we'd only hold small quantities of spares like that at a Unit Armourers shop! You'll never use that quantity of spare parts on one or two rifles in 10 years. A spare parts 'mechanic' might, but an Armourer certainly wouldn't. As for changing bolt heads, then just proceed with caution as AdeE says. Simple it might be, but to do it correctly ain't! Just buy it as you need it is what I say. Bulk buying up like that is just an expensive way of storing fresh air!
There's more than 1 Antique Arms auction each year & many clubs occasionally hold a "mickey mouse" auction at a club meeting, being a member (are you?) also puts you in contact with many fellow collectors, so finding a part that you don't have a spare is rarely more than a few questions away, i have many spare parts & have helped a few people out & had the same reciprocated.Quote:
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In short ssj, there is no need for you to waste money importing Lee Enfield parts especially the parts you listed.
When I got the 10 extractors and springs 1 pair was 8sterling, or 10 pairs was 10sterling or 22NZD delivered to NZ. I sold 2 pairs on Tradme for about $16NZD, so I have 8 pairs for $8NZ. I have 2 mates who also own and shoot No4s. I think we have about 10~11 of them between us. When I sell another pair I should end up with 7 pairs for free.....
Ah, yes....., point well taken on board but in my limited experience in these matters, it's not the extractors that wear out...., and relatively rarely the springs........ It's the screws that are the bits that wear, around where the extractor rotates! This wear alloows the extractor to rock back and forth in the housing
ah cool, thanks for that titbit....