LOOKING FOR No1 MK 3 Wood Parts

[mac2017]

Hi folks...im looking for a wood set for my 1917 BSA Enfield if anyone has any for sale or knows anyone it would be a great help

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[CINDERS]

Place a WTB here or go on flea bay but be prepared to spend or pay a substantial price for them if its a complete set, even a set that is incomplete is going to sting......

[Peter Laidler]

My Q is what's the matter with the old/original set for you to need a complete set? If it just looks a bit tatty, take it from me that it can probably be restored with a bit of care and skill. The next Q is that can you actually fit a fore-end properly?

[Flying10uk]

If it just looks a bit tatty, take it from me that it can probably be restored with a bit of care and skill.

This is a P14 stock that I've been working on recently for a U.K. deactivated Winchester P14 that came incomplete and fitted with a M1917 stock. One problem that I encountered is that someone had shortened the butt by removing wood from the rear of the butt stock, unbeknown to me when I purchased it on eBay. I found that the butt plate overhung the wood and rather than doctor the butt plate, I decided to add wood to the end of the butt. Since the first picture was taken, I have drilled into the wood that I added, through into the original wood, and then glued in oak pins in a number of places, 2nd pic. The new wood has been shaped to match the original and the repair is, in this area of the stock, is nearing completion.(not pictured yet) Yes I had to glue 2 bits of the same wood together side by side because the wood that I had available wasn't wide enough. I have also had to do a couple of other repairs to this stock.

The purpose of showing these pictures is not to try and show off but to try and show what is possible for the average chap in the street to do in his shed who is not a carpenter by trade. I was intending to start a new thread on this project at a later date. I realise that this stock is only being used on a deac which makes matters a little easier.

There will be some further pictures of the completed repairs to the stock posted, probably in a new thread, at a later date.

[Flying10uk]

Here are some further pictures of the P14 stock which still needs a little more contouring and fine sanding etc, etc.

[CINDERS]

Definitely not a job for the amateur thats why if I have any issues with my bedding it goes to Ken Davis who has by now 40 years as a custom stock maker and has like Peter done squilions of them.

[mrclark303]

Definitely not a job for the amateur thats why if I have any issues with my bedding it goes to Ken Davis who has by now 40 years as a custom stock maker and has like Peter done squilions of them.

Agreed Cinders, it's a steep but enjoyable learning curve, very easy to mess up too!

Caution needs to be applied!

[Peter Laidler]

Yep, you're right. It could also be an expensive learning curve too. As apprentices we learned time and time again and totally ruined plenty of fore-ends before we got the knack. And even when we ruined a new fore-end, or butt or whatever else, we had to patch it - and then start again

[browningautorifle]

And even when we ruined a new fore-end, or butt or whatever else, we had to patch it - and then start again

Must have been exasperating at times...

[mac2017]

Cant wait to do the Enfield....IF SOMEONE CAN FIND ME A FOREND FOR GOOD PRICE DAMNIT hahahahahaha