L42 Replica

thats looking nice Gav. Mine hasn't moved at all due to a slight unemployment issue but I still have everything. I really should do something about it ....

Well if you feel the need to move on your magazine, let me know.

you can have the magazine, as long as you buy the whole rifle :)

So let's fast forward a couple of years .. and a bit.

I was chatting with TBonesmith and decided it was time to take a cr** or get off the pot. So I sent the barrelled action, mounts and scope to TBone and let him loose.

I got it back today ( 9 days to get from sydney to melb which is a 10 HOUR drive ) and started to put it back together.

What I am missing is a couple of butt plate screws ( dumbass here lost them ) and a cheek piece. The screws I may have .. have to go through the archives and I guess I will have to suck it up and buy the cheek piece.

Overall I am ecstatic at the overall look at the job Tom did. I have used the rifle before so I know it is a shooter. Whilst I was waiting I have run up a lot of reloads to try different weights and types of powders to go for the best combination possible. Plan is to head to the range next Friday !!

Anyway, a pic of the L42 look alike as it is right now. Excuse the blurry pic, taken with my phone.

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Here's a look at the mounting pads, scope etc

If I am permitted to say so XA, I appreciate that it's a replica and it is what it is but you could make it a BETTER replica at little/virtually little cost. Get rid of the fabricated trigger guard, quickly modify the front sling loop to Military spec, get rid of the obsolete cocking piece which was a class A modification, to name but three cheap, quick odds and sods. The big stuff like the scope can come later of course

I was meaning to ask about the fabricated guard but forgot ... will a regular guard do the job or is there sometime specific I should be looking at ?
The swivel was a spare, what should I do to it and lastly... correct cocking piece? I am all good for small details. I've taken steps to make sure it'll never be mistaken for the real thing so I don't mind doing little stuff.

cocking piece solved.. I have a spare No4 bolt that should have the correct cocking piece so once I figure out how to, I will swap them over.
Looks like i have to modify the front swivel ( in front of the mag ?? ) to be a little shorter ....

Seems I can answer my own questions if I look long enough

I maintain that the trigger guard SHOULD have a swivel stop loop on it simply because it prevents the niggling situation where the sling will twist on the sling loop otherwise. I know......I know......, some pictures show the loop missing but it was never official policy or sanction to chop it off nor were spare parts ever issued without it.

I had a spare trigger guard that I put on last night .. now I have to wait for my bolt disassembly tool to arrive from the US to do the cocking piece. No hurry I suppose as it doesn't affect functionality.