The first 'Lee-Enfield' in my "collection" - I'm a sucker for pretty wood

[Gaijin]

You guys have been awesome and provided me with so much valuable knowledge regarding my first real Lee-Enfield. Thank you!

First, I used the term "collection" ever so loosely! My small gathering of firearms hardly qualifies for a collection.
But this rifle is the one that started my trek down the milsurp path. I mentioned that I had a LE that was done after the war by Golden State Arms. One guy made a comment about GSA making decent rifles, and I got a request to post pics of it at some point. So here it is.

At the time, I had zero interest in anything military surplus. I walked into my LGS one Saturday morning, and saw the wood. I asked the owner if I could look at the rifle with the pretty wood. I had no idea of what it even was.
"Oh, an Enfield? I don't have one of those yet..." The bore looked clean, the action was smooth, and the trigger; while it had a lot of take up, seemed to have a decent release. So I took the rifle with the beautiful wood home, and then started to learn a little about it. LOL!

Yeah, the bliss of the uninformed. :P

Since then, I discovered that several things are not "right" about the rifle, but that is basing things off from a bonafide military Lee-Enfield.

I bought this because of the wood, and while it shoots alright, it is not what I would call a precision rifle by any stretch. But I certainly do enjoy it's appearance!

Well, I hope you enjoy the pics.

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