Lee Enfield No.4 Mk1/2 Stock piece missing.

[unit847]

I have a No.4 MK1/2 that I have pretty much built from the ground up have picking up the barreled receiver from a local gun shop. I have the correct stock and everything except for 2 items... the Screw and bolt piece that goes through the rear of the Fore-end horizontally to hold it to the receiver against the wrist. It is a MK2 stock, thus without the U Clip and solid one piece fore-end meeting the wrist. THIS SCREW AND BOLT PIECE is what i'm looking for, without it the two sides of the fore-end bugle out slightly which is keeping me from taking her to the range on her maiden voyage. She has good headspace and a solid, flush lock up on her locking lugs. I can't even seem to figure out what darn piece is called much less pick one up from anywhere. It is the one part that I have not been able to track down in my year and a half build. The #3 bolt head was easier to find than these two pieces. Please tell me I'm making this to hard on myself and someone here knows exactly what I'm talking about, which happens to be right under my nose. Where to direct me perhaps?... she's a Beautiful Rifle fully assembled. She has come a long way from a bare Barreled Receiver and just a piece farther to go.

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[Kiwisteve]

Hi unit847,

What you are after would be called a No4 Mk2 stock cross bolt and nut.

One of the military surplus websites might have some in stock or you could try Evans Custom Screw & Machine @ Services
scroll down to the bottom of the page and you will find the screw & nut listed.

[Peter Laidler]

It is the SCREW and NUT, tie, fore-end. It is simply a long 4BA threaded roundhead bolt with a round nut. The nut has a slot across it to hold while toiu tighten the bolt. Even when the nut and bolt is not fitted the fore-end should not bulge out at the rear. The nut/bolt shouldn't be tight as such. It should just hold the two sides onto the trigger block.

In short, any 4BA size long nut and bolt should do the job

[Richard Hare]

Without wishing to add an "Abdul" feature, if a BA screw wasn't easy to find, any other thread would do, (As long as screw & nut were the same!)
This could be replaced with the correct one as and when one presented itself.

Now, where is the icon for running away and hiding?!!?

[AFJon]

I would tell you to look here, but looks like they will be down for a couple of weeks

Store Temporarily Closed for Maintenance

[Richard Hare]

Found you one, Unit 847;

Enfield Lee Enfield No 4 MK 11 Foreend Stock Screw and Nut | eBay

:-)

[Peter Laidler]

There......., thread 6 is your answer. But really, it's not a safety related part in any way and unseen. So anything suitable will do.

They were a bit troublesome because the screw and/or nuts will pull into the wood and as time goes on, will sit deeper and deeper until the fore-end needs patching in the screw/nut hole. Occasionally you'll find that the holes have been packed out with a COLLAR, leaf, backsight (the axis pin spacer for the UK Mk3 and 4 backsight) but this is a bit of a bodge if you ask me.

As for the PIN, retaining pin axis backsight that someone mentioned in another thread. We just went to the Carpenters shop and got a big box of a zillion suitable nails or panel pins and cut them to suit.

[Richard Hare]

Peter,

The voice of reason yet again!