Hi everyone,

I'm new to this forum but have spent the last few days absorbing loads of info from the many posts on here. Look forward to seeing the after photo's of your winter project. Good luck.

After seeing your photo's I thought I would share some pic's of my own Lee Enfield 1* which came to me by chance around 17 years ago. Unfortunately I didn't take any photo's of it when I got it but it was painted entirely in gloss black paint so you can imagine the mess it was in. Anyway, to cut a long story short, after many hours with a scraper and many coats of paint stripper, I finally got rid of almost all the paint. Used some super fine steel wool to get rid of the fury bits and a couple of coats of oil later the result is not perfect but not too bad either. I was reluctant to go too far with the metal work so have basically left it how I found it under the paint.

Just need a correct bolt type, rear volley sight, correct magazine and front sling swivel to get her looking good. Any ideas on where I might find these would also be greatly appreciated.

Cheers
Gary