1910 SMLE for restoratation..

This arrived today, have got my work cut out on this one, compared to the last bubba,d one i got, the butt is quite a work of art.

(the last bubba,d SMLE was a No1 MkV and is nearly finished, pics in the Restorers corner forum)

Its a 1910 No1 Mk111, original barrel (missing 3"), the action has had a few drills through for a mount, see pic, charger bridge missing, interesting bit is the N (Naval) on the left side.

I knew it had the mount on, and was looking at making another mount, to make a repro WW1 sniper rig. The barrel i was going to extend and sleeve with a .22 liner, and use on the MkV but as its matched may leave it with this.

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...DSCF3002-1.jpg
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That butt is a work of art, I've got a couple like that. Someones done a beautiful job of scarfing/joining in the comb and pistol grip. I might try one myself out of bits and pieces.
I'd love to know who has all the bands, nose caps, barrels bands, rear sight protectors etc... from these cut down jobs. I've got a few range rifles crying out for rear sight protectors...

BTW can you put in a close up of the knox? i can't read what's on it.
Cheers

Unless you restore it as a sporting rifle of the time with a period scope & mount, a friend has a sportarised P14 with an early scope & its a pleasure to use.

Any hint of who carried out the conversion to sporter, the style is slightly different from the parker hale conversions but the butt is similar to the Parker hale Supreme No.1

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Originally Posted by Simon P

Unless you restore it as a sporting rifle of the time with a period scope & mount, a friend has a sportarised P14 with an early scope & its a pleasure to use.

Any hint of who carried out the conversion to sporter, the style is slightly different from the parker hale conversions but the butt is similar to the Parker hale Supreme No.1

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Its going back to a milsurp. Hardest thing to find is the original SMLE Butt,s if anyones got a spare or spares knocking about Let me know.

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Originally Posted by tbonesmith

BTW can you put in a close up of the knox? i can't read what's on it.
Cheers

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From here it looks like: 303 BRITISH

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Originally Posted by tbonesmith

BTW can you put in a close up of the knox? i can't read what's on it.
Cheers

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Will try to get one posted later, knox form has " 303 British " and also a D in a circle= Draw lapped barrel.

Odd to see that "303 BRITISH" mark in the UK, sounds more American.

For what it is, it looks fairly nicely done. Probably not bubba - maybe a gunsmith.

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Originally Posted by Claven2

For what it is, it looks fairly nicely done. Probably not bubba - maybe a gunsmith.

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Maybe the original conversion done by a gunsmith, but not the mount, side of the action looks like a colonder. Some previous tapped holes look well done but the rest....

From the wear around the slot, the cutoff must have been slammed shut many a time.