thank gentlemen. I think the first task will be to see how it shoots and go from there.

Englishman, yes I think your Schnabel wins, at least it doesn't look so, errrr.... phallic.

beautiful smle addict i'm a big fan of the well loved look. if I had a full length barrel I would probably aim to take it back to that spec. mine is 1047 so 102 before yours. what bits are you after? the chance i'll find them are small, but you never know.

it should have clicked that it would not have had the rear volley sight cut out if it was made as a sporter.

does anyone know how many commercial LSA MLM's were produced? were the cutoff's, barrel bands, nosecaps, sights etc stamped LSA? anything special or different about these parts on a commercial rifle?

while I did buy it with the intention of leaving it chambered on 303-25, doing the "lee speed" thing and using it. rendering what is left, un-restorable, would be a crime.

it all leaves me undecided which way to go.

having never had a project rifle I have yet to learn the pitfalls and how difficult the various exercises can be, plus starting with so little means (in a way) the possibilities are limitless.
but then the reality check from biting off more than I could chew with other hobbies means i'm fairly sure taking it back to original is a bigger project than I can handle at the moment. as it is I will need to set myself up to and learn how to reload to feed it.

thankfully I've been picking up 303 brass etc for when I get to the reloading stage and ended up with some boxer primed 303-25 cases by mistake. (super, IMI and 1 riverbrand for the cartridge guys). the gunsmith/dealer that will be doing the transfer and looking the rifle over for me also does custom reloading so i'll probably get him to do the first load or two.
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