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Shame I can't upload any photo's, but I've got the general idea. The paint is pretty shabby anyway, and literally peels off with a finger nail. I'll remove it and clean it up. Thanks once again for...

Thanks to all who chipped in on this one, but the question still remains....do I leave it as is, or remove the paint? The actual blade is a fairly dark blue; sorry no pics, as I don't have a home...

After much searching, I managed to find bayonet for my Remington P14. Previous ones I had found had outrageous prices or looked a little dubious, but mostly they were simply non-existent. So, for a...

Leaving the woodwork for now, one of the issues I was going to run into was accurate windage adjustment. Even though I have modified a front sight adjuster for an AK47 to fit the Lithgow sight blade,...

Thanks for all the tips and advice on stock finishes everyone:). As this is more of an accuracy project as opposed to a restoration, I was tossing up using tung oil on the interior of the timber as...

Still working on putting up pictures......the stock is coming along quite well, although a few minor gremlins arose in the fitting. There are numerous small discrepancies in the machining and...

The replacement stock arrived yesterday, and is in better shape than anticipated. It is virtually identical in every aspect to the original, with a very good matching finish on all four pieces of...

Have to get my son to post the photo's as I can't do it from where I am. Hopefully some pics by next Monday ( still waiting for the stock to arrive )

While I didn't intend to get side tracked in this thread, I thought it would be interesting to someone to know what happened to the Bubba'd parts rifle that I got for nothing. She ended up being the...

Late last year I managed to pick up 3 Lee Enfield rifles from a nearby dealer for a really good price. My initial thought was to have one as a parts rifle, one as a dedicated sporter, and the other...

Like Sherlock Holmes reputedly said.." when you have discounted everything else, what you have left, no matter how improbable, is the answer ". Certainly an unusual one though. If the rifle is set up...

Makes me want to immigrate to Canada...….are your politicians as bad as ours?

Not sure what Canadian dollars were worth back then, but that sounds like a really good price for an all-matching mint rifle. For all my fond memories, they have always been overpriced by comparison....

Great thread on the No 5, so I thought i'd add my 2c worth. Usually referred to as the Jungle carbine here in Australia for as long as I can remember, I picked up my first one when I was 18 from a...

That should cover it then. It appears the Lithgow HT rifle performed really well in Korea, and the rifle clubs continued to shoot impressive scores with their SMLE's for decades to come. Still, it...

That would make sense, being a logistical decision more than one rifle outclassing another, especially on a wartime footing.

When I look at the history of "Full bore" rifle clubs in Australia,...

It's possible I may have missed a thread about this somewhere in the listings, but due to a project I'm currently working on I am very curious about the choice of Sniper rifles in the Australian...

Just found your thread while looking for other info. I'm surprised no-one else has got back to you, although i haven't been active on here for quite some time.

Great to see that the rifle shoots...

later model No.4 rifles had a different trigger set up, but I'm guessing that yours is the standard WW2 one that was fitted to the trigger guard and pivots on the locating pin.

I've owned (and...

I'm starting to think along the same lines Anzac...….if only they didn't want so much money for Lithgows' with worn out barrels and out of spec headspace.

Thought this forum would be the best place to ask advice before I do anything....

I'm building a project out of a Lithgow sporter in very good condition, which I wanted to restore to full wood as...

With all the sabre rattling between Pakistan and India again, one of my sons asked me if they both used lee Enfields against each other over the years, before adopting more modern arms. Assuming yes,...

Haven't posted for ages, but I'm literally a bit stuck with this one. My Remington p14, which I originally found, lost, and found again continues to shoot and operate as well as it ever did. The only...

Thanks for the info and welcome back....not sure how often I'll post, but this forum is the best on the subject:thup:

Well, after all this time ( got diagnosed with metastatic cancer, operated on, chemo and radiation , recovered, now back at work full time) I finally got back to this thread I originally...