Winchester-Lee Navy

[N-Frame]

I know this is not the correct forum for the Winchester Lee, but hopefully some of you Krag experts can help me out. I have recently came into the possession of a Winchester-Lee Navy that it looks like Grandpa took his favorite whittling knife to. The metal is in great shape, just the stock is awful. I need some help finding a replacement stock and handguard. I also need the barrel bands, and other metal parts, except for the butt plate. Any help will be greatly appreciated. I will even consider reproduction parts at this point. Thanks!!

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[jon_norstog]

N-frame,

I think anything related to the Spanish-American War, Philippine War or the Boxer War is fair game here. As for your rifle, if the barrel is uncut, better yet if it still has the military sights, you're in biz. Some of the stock hardware may be shared with the W'95 lever action musket, and you might be able to graft a new fore-end on the original stock, the way the krag restorers often do.

There was a civilian version that had a kind of schnabel fore-end and no handguard, maybe that was what the whittler was trying for? Anyway, there's a lot of expertise here.

Hey, Chuck in Denver, do you do Lee rifles?

jn

[andiarisaka]

I don't know if it would have worked or not, but I just sold a Winchester 95 handguard, sorry I didn't consider this post.

[rayg]

Try S&S firearms parts. They have lots of Win Lee Navy repro parts. Download the catalog and look for the Win Lee parts on pg 26, Ray

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[KenK]

Try S&S firearms parts. They have lots of Win Lee Navy repro parts. Download the catalog and look for the Win Lee parts on pg 26, Ray

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A frrind just bought a Lee Navy cut down. Third shot the firing pin broke. The above link provided us with two new origional pins. We were very pleased. I did weld up the one that broke but now he has a couple of spares. His rifle Serial # 16708 has a star on most parts. Anyone know what the star was for?

[rayg]

I believe the star is a Winchester proof mark. Ray

[N-Frame]

I checked out S&S. It appears that they might have all the parts I need to complete this project. It appears that their parts are reproductions, but at this point in the game, that is ok with me. I'll order the parts, and let you all know how it works out. Thanks guys!!

[GeneM]

Phil Seiss at S&S is a great guy. He helped me with "The Winchester-Lee Rifle" book. He has reproduced many of the impossible to find W-L parts.

I have seen Mike Kokolus (Michael M. Kokolus Custom Gun Stock Duplicating) repro Winchester-Lee stock at the Syracuse, NY Gunshow and it is also top notch. I have ordered one from him to restock my first Winchester-Lee. The wood has been cut down and sanded to a sporter - sort of. It is the rifle that started me on my quest for Winchester-Lees so after almost 50 years it will be restored.

GeneM
The Winchester-Lee Rifle
The Remington-Lee Rifle

[oldhoodoo1]

Just out of interest, does anyone make dies and brass for these? Is safe reloading info available for the .236?

Phil Seiss at S&S is a great guy. He helped me with "The Winchester-Lee Rifle" book. He has reproduced many of the impossible to find W-L parts.

I have seen Mike Kokolus (Michael M. Kokolus Custom Gun Stock Duplicating) repro Winchester-Lee stock at the Syracuse, NY Gunshow and it is also top notch. I have ordered one from him to restock my first Winchester-Lee. The wood has been cut down and sanded to a sporter - sort of. It is the rifle that started me on my quest for Winchester-Lees so after almost 50 years it will be restored.

GeneM
The Winchester-Lee Rifle
The Remington-Lee Rifle

GeneM:
I think I may have ordered your book the other day from Amazon. I just rec'd today (I know it is four months from your post) an 1895 Winchester Lee second contract....but no extractor or spring. The bolt just fell out!
However, I looked up your reference to S and S and they have a reproduction part. I have written my own book and know exactly how
folks can help (and how hard it is).
I am a bit curious if the second contract, ordered on February 7, 1898, just a week before the Maine blew up (odds are it wasn't a mine or a coal fire--think I have it figured out), saw delivery before the end of the war (but I guess I can wait for the book to come in).
My stock seems like very good quality wood and is old, but is awful rough, not sure if it because it has dried out or maybe Banner replaced the stocks...fit seems good. I bought the rifle because I have never gotten to even handle one and am about to finish a book on the USS Texas (1898ish Texas) which includes significant support of the Marines at Guantanamo. Have written an article on the Colt Automatic Machine Gun (used by the Navy/Marines with the Lee) at the spanish american war centennial site.
My published book is Battleflags of Texans in the Confederacy, Eakin Press, 1995 (yeah I am from Texas ya'll). Thanks for the referral on the parts. Interestingly I found an 1898 Article on the Lee which I contributed to the SpanAmWar website that mentions that it was easy to allow the bolt to fall out and when it did the extractor would fall out and get lost! Here I go and buy a rifle with just that problem...and I can see how easy it is to drop the bolt, just as described in the article! Look forward to your book...maybe it's in the mailbox now, going to go check! I always get a book after I buy a gun...sometimes wish though that I had bought the book BEFORE buying the gun.

Al Sumrall
alsumrall2001@yahoo.com

[N-Frame]

I'll give Mr. Kokolus a call next week. Does not look like he makes hand guards. Anyone know where I can find a handguard?

Thanks!!