A No4 Lee Enfield in 45 acp :)

[alasdair]

peter.
i'll get a few photo's of made adaptors ( rhineland & SIA ) and stick them on here
the problem is the initial shape, same as a magazine, hollowed out at the correct angle { aprox 15 degrees ) and with the cut out for the magazine release at the correct height with 1911 magazine at the correct distance from the breech face
easy for an engineer, but i'm kack handed

[alasdair]

i'll add 2 photo's for adaptors
one from Rhineland Arms & one from Special Interest Arms,
the thing that has annoyed me most about this, there is/ have been companies that make these things and they have never replied to emails / phone calls , i would happliy pay for them instead of the hassle to have it made up as a "one off " special

[alasdair]

the 2 photo's
1) S.I.A adaptor
2) Rhineland Arms

[bigduke6]

alasdair,

Like Peter points out they are a simple thing to produce, once the Milling machine is back in action then, I can give you more info, when i mentioned the 1911, the basics of the mag channel in the frame is what I was getting at, if you make the front guide and rear and mount them in an a old No4 mag you have an adapter.
I have a drawing I produced to get them made, but like anything to get a hundred made is cheaper than 10, but I,m never going to sell 100 and in most cases they want the cash upfront, so its down to making a few myself, but am busy for the next few months.

[alasdair]

bigduke
thanks for your reply, i'll keep searching and checking on here, i'll try and get someone i know interested in making one up, but he's always busy and i wouldn't want to take him away from { better } paying work to do a time consuming ( to set up anyway ) one off job

[alasdair]

hello all, progress report: sort of, still no replies via business emails,but while on the SilencerTalk forum i managed to PM Richard from SIA who seems like a nice guy, just too busy, who said YES they sell the magazine adapters BUT he will be to busy for at least the next 2 weeks to make any
i wait with bated breath,
will let everybody know, if this all comes together i'll post some pictures ( if / when )
{ Bigduke , i'll be interested if you make a mag adapter up too }
thanks
al

[Simon P]

Diversing a little, there was an article in the Lee Enfield Rifle Association (LERA) journal AKA Dispatches where someone converted his No4 to fire .32 ACP or .32 Long using a permanent chamber insert & mating a pistol mag to the standard No4 Mag.

[alasdair]

thanks ,
i'll read it

[Peter Laidler]

Jeeees, are those magazines complicated or what..............? I made a 9mm No4 that fed from a standard L9/Browning magazine straight into the 9mm chamber. The 9mm magazine was simply fixed into the standard magazine.

I've leartned two very important phrases in my life as an Armourer. The first is if it ain't broke, don't fix it and the second should apply to perceived magazine problem. Keep it simple stupid

The same should apply to those who have a magazine-less No7 rifle............ You can look forever for the real McCoy or you can just fabricate a good working magazine by fixing a cheap off-the-shelf plastic .22" magazine into a standard magazine with plaster of paris. If you ain't got the geometry right the first or the second or the third time, just throw it in a bucket of water and do it again until you get it right

[alasdair]

didn't realise the acticle wouldn't be online ( i'm not a member of LERA),but there is an interesting video on Youtube

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