Quote Originally Posted by Bandit12 View Post
Sure it is worth offering $75 and putting it away - one day a sportered early SMLE may come up at the right price and and a complete set of wood would have to be worth that (in Australiaicon a set of wood is worth much more), let alone what other parts which might still be serviceable.
Thats what I would do, a SMLE fore-end sold on ebay for £132 not so long (also a No8 Enfield fore-end £57 and hand guard £132) ... think its time to start building a stock duplicator.