Rare Enfield maybe?

[Smellymarkfive]

The cut off in the Mk V doesnt have a viewing hole. I have a cast nose cap band from Blackley and sons in England, took me quite a few months of wait time. It's in the raw, but if you're interested in buying let me know. They take a bit of work.

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Its hard to tell in the pictures but it looks like you might be able to splice the front of a Mk III forend onto your forend, that would be better than using a complete MkIII because of the screw hole and inlets for the back sight protector. The rear handguard is the other tricky part, but you can cobble together a Mk Iii and a No 4. You might find it easier to find EFD a replacement wood guy.

[Peter Laidler]

Bear in mind that there were in fact TWO types of the proposed Mk5. The new made and the slightly cheaper conversion from Mk3. The conversion (we had two of this pattern at Warminster) had the former backsight ear recess and other holes patched in. I'd suggest that this is a far quicker and simpler way to go.

[bigduke6]

The cut off in the Mk V doesnt have a viewing hole. I have a cast nose cap band from Blackley and sons in England, took me quite a few months of wait time. It's in the raw, but if you're interested in buying let me know. They take a bit of work.

I waited and waited and the end product was useless to honest, sourced one from Roger Payne in the end and was a really nice repro, don't know the origins but it was forged rather than cast.

Bear in mind that there were in fact TWO types of the proposed Mk5. The new made and the slightly cheaper conversion from Mk3. The conversion (we had two of this pattern at Warminster) had the former backsight ear recess and other holes patched in. I'd suggest that this is a far quicker and simpler way to go.

Took the words out my mouth Peter regarding a No1 Mk111 fore-end, I only patched the sight protector recess on my rebuild ,only problem is No1 Mk111 fore-ends are in demand and fetch a high premium.

[Smellymarkfive]

The band I got from Blackley's worked well, but was a pain in the arse to get it to work well. I remember sorting through a big box of mauser bands at a gun show and wondering if any of those were adaptable but never followed it up. I thought EFD had the bands in stock though.

my thought about the forend was based on the pictures, if you've got a useable Mk V stock I'd go with that and splice it, because otherwise you're throwing it away in favor of a MkIII. I wasn't talking about properness. Forends that are buggered at the receiver end can be found by making some calls. I got one super cheap from Springlield Sporters and used the front part.
It's difficult to tell in the photos but it looks a bit sanded near the outer band and might be totally f***ed anyway.

[gundoc2112]

As to the earlier subject of the wood, new wood can be had from Macon Gunstocks.

[bigduke6]

As to the earlier subject of the wood, new wood can be had from Macon Gunstocks.

Had a look on the website the No1 Mk111 Enfield timber is sporter based, they have No4 and No5 timber, but no No1 MkV.

[Smellymarkfive]

Just got a forend from Numrich for 60 bucks and its a real beaut

[bigduke6]

Just got a forend from Numrich for 60 bucks and its a real beaut

I should of mentioned in Post 13 ( in the UK they are in short supply and demand a high premium) there are NOS ones about but they don't have the same aesthetics as the old made ones. I used a NOS one on the rebuild I did, it was slightly warped but didn't have any effect as I had to remove some material to enable the barrel I made to fit. Still doesn't look right to me but shoots fine. If a No1 MkV fore-end ever comes my way then .......

SMLE No1 MkV Restoration (Part's 1 thru 7)

[Surpmil]

With a date of 1924 and a serial number of 175 it could hardly be anything else.