My first restoration, 1915 BSA transition No1 MkIII

[flying pig]

This is a coachwood foreend I used on this one. It had one copper recoil lug in it when it came to me and I built one the exact same thickness to match. I got the barrel to make even contact in the correct places then installed the lugs in the foreend and assembled it. Trouble I'm having is the muzzle bears up slightly on the nosecap. The foreend is tight to the front of the butt socket, but can be removed with enough hand pressure yet without beating on it. I adjusted the collar in the front trigger guard screw until it just causes the trigger guard to make positive and even contact with the wood. I think the reenforce may be sitting a touch lower than the bed between the receiver side of the inner band and the nosecap? I don't know enough to really diagnose it, just a guess at this point. What do you guys think?

[Vincent]

Nice job.

Thanks for sharing the pics with us.

[tbonesmith]

What do you guys think?

I think shoot it and see how it goes. You'll be mucking around for ever while you try to work it out.
Look at the posts on bedding a No4, No5, No1 etc, and Peter Laidlers articles there you'll find plenty of relevant pics and info on how to patch the draws, and the knox, and how you can influence the barrel pressure at the tip of the forend by adjusting the bedding at the rear. A forum member "Son" has some good posts that show photos of well stocked up No1s. It will take you a lot of tries to get it sorted, so you might want to go buy yourself a real heap of junk but complete rifle to work on first, because odds on, you'll stuff it up... repeatedly... No offence intended, but that's just how it goes.
Good luck with it, sounds like you're going down the rabbit hole!

[flying pig]

Thanks Vincent.

Thanks for the advice tbonesmith.

I had missed a bunch of info in the armorer's manual but I think I may have a start on figuring it out now. Like you say though I won't know till I shoot it, so I'm going to take it out tonight. And no offense taken, this stuff is an art and like anything else you can't learn everything overnight!

[CSeattle]

You did a nice job on your Lee-Enfield.

I have a British Lee-Enfield No1 MK3 1917 that I did some restoration work on. It's one of my best shooting rifles.
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[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

Another SMLE saved from te abyss! Well done!

[JBS]

Most well done, as said another one recovered from the butcher.