Lee metford/Enfield cavalry carbine restoration

[englishman_ca]

The short answer is, yes! The Sht.LE fore end can be reduced down to LEC dimensions. A little patching is required to blank off a few extraneous cut outs.
But cutting it down would give you some nicely matching wood scraps with which to work.



What is currently fitted to your carbine?

[Kiplan2]

Currently the stock is cut off several inches in front of the band.

[englishman_ca]

Refurbished and authentic looking. I try to leave as much of the original intact.

Stocking up can take a long time to get the bedding right. I prefer to rework the already bedded original stock if I am serious about building an accurate shooting rifle.



I usually try to hide the splice joint under the barrel band, but in this case, I saved the section directly in front of the barrel band as it had the inletting for the barrel band retainer. The sporter shot very well and I understand as to why it had been used as a deer rifle for many generations by the same family.


Once oiled the wood darkens and blends.


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