Buttstock plug removal issues, or the cause of my mental breakdown

[LSUTigersFan]

Normally, I take things like this as a mental challenge that I have to work out on my own. But, work has become exceedingly stressful, so my patience is pretty much a memory.

So, how do I remove the Stock Bolt Buffer plug to be able to remove the buttstock? I cannot seem to figure it out, and it's taxing what little patience I have left. I want to shoot this weekend, but my neurotic approach to things like this require that I beat this plug issue before I shoot.

PLEASE help this poor new Lee-Enfield owner, and thanks in advance to everyone for their advice or commiseration.

PS 1942 Lithgow No.1 Mk.III* with matching serials

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[Surpmil]

You need a worm as used to pull wads from muzzle loaders. A coat hanger bent straight with a 90 degree "hook" about 1/8" long bent on one end would work. Grind or file the tip of the hook to a chisel point and amuse yourself by trying to get the hook into the 1/4" hole in the leather washer.

[LSUTigersFan]

You need a worm as used to pull wads from muzzle loaders. A coat hanger bent straight with a 90 degree "hook" about 1/8" long bent on one end would work. Grind or file the tip of the hook to a chisel point and amuse yourself by trying to get the hook into the 1/4" hole in the leather washer.

That makes more sense than the chainsaw related solution I was pondering. I'll give it a try in the morning.

Thanks!

[Brian B]

I have used the coat hanger trick in the past. I picked up one of these last year and it seems to do the trick as it was designed to do.

Brian B

SMLE Wad Removal Tool (brass) - BRP CORP Store

[Homer]

Your probably aware but if your not, the forend must be removed first.

[Peter Laidler]

We had a little tool in our Armourers basic tool kit. TOOL, removing, wad, stock-bolt. I'm totally bemused as to why you just didn't look down the 3/4" hole with a torch whereupon the answer would have been obvious

[Gil Boyd]

We had a little tool in our Armourers basic tool kit. TOOL, removing, wad, stock-bolt. I'm totally bemused as to why you just didn't look down the 3/4" hole with a torch whereupon the answer would have been obvious

Ha Ha...........it always makes me laugh when I see the Military's bad English used when trying to describe a part "Carrier, Aircraft for the use of" etc. There were some purlers which slip my mind at the moment, probably now I have said this we'll need a thread solely for the answers...............any good ones out there in the old memory banks?

[Flying10uk]

Another possible trick is to weld a wood screw to a length of 1/4" bar to screw into plug then pull out.

[RobD]

Excuse my ignorance, but why did the Lee Enfield need a butt plug?

[LSUTigersFan]

Excuse my ignorance, but why did the Lee Enfield need a butt plug?

Don't ask, don't tell...

---------- Post added at 10:43 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:42 AM ----------

I have used the coat hanger trick in the past. I picked up one of these last year and it seems to do the trick as it was designed to do.

Brian B

SMLE Wad Removal Tool (brass) - BRP CORP Store

I found it last night, and I was going to try the clothes hanger trick first. It was, alas, unsuccessful.

---------- Post added at 10:44 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:43 AM ----------

Your probably aware but if your not, the forend must be removed first.

That was on my "don't miss this part" list, but it appears that someone in the rifle's past was unaware of that requirement.

---------- Post added at 10:47 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:44 AM ----------

We had a little tool in our Armourers basic tool kit. TOOL, removing, wad, stock-bolt. I'm totally bemused as to why you just didn't look down the 3/4" hole with a torch whereupon the answer would have been obvious

I can see the plug with a bore light, but what is in the hole of the rifle appears to be packed wadding. It have seen replacement plugs online, and they have a hole in the center. In my rifle. it appears to be pack wadding possibly wool from the look of it and is solid.