Buttstock plug removal issues, or the cause of my mental breakdown

[RobD]

Excuse my ignorance, but why did the Lee Enfield need a butt plug?

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[LSUTigersFan]

Excuse my ignorance, but why did the Lee Enfield need a butt plug?

Don't ask, don't tell...

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I have used the coat hanger trick in the past. I picked up one of these last year and it seems to do the trick as it was designed to do.

Brian B

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I found it last night, and I was going to try the clothes hanger trick first. It was, alas, unsuccessful.

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Your probably aware but if your not, the forend must be removed first.

That was on my "don't miss this part" list, but it appears that someone in the rifle's past was unaware of that requirement.

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We had a little tool in our Armourers basic tool kit. TOOL, removing, wad, stock-bolt. I'm totally bemused as to why you just didn't look down the 3/4" hole with a torch whereupon the answer would have been obvious

I can see the plug with a bore light, but what is in the hole of the rifle appears to be packed wadding. It have seen replacement plugs online, and they have a hole in the center. In my rifle. it appears to be pack wadding possibly wool from the look of it and is solid.