lee enfield mk4 forestock help needed please

[Peter Laidler]

I would be very reluctant to state the law anywhere because, as the lawyers themselves will tell, you that you can be NEARLY right, but alas, hopelessly wrong.

[Flying10uk]

I've never understood what the problem is with flash hiders, just a metal funnel stuck on the end of the barrel.

[avin]

well i have someone who will make a flash hider for me possibly this week, do any of you guys have measurements of one before i take a rough guess?

thanks
al

[Peter Laidler]

Nobody ever have had a problem with them - ecvept that an item that is deployed to diminish the noise OR FLASH is prohibited. Unless it is for an air rifle or a shot gun. Problem solved!

[Bindi2]

Is it not just a fore sight for a No5 incorporating a bayonet boss.

[browningautorifle]

i have someone who will make a flash hider for me possibly this week

As in a sand cast or what? Numrich made some years ago and I think that's what they did. They were less than stellar. A CNC could do it if you had a drawing...

[mrclark303]

I've never understood what the problem is with flash hiders, just a metal funnel stuck on the end of the barrel.

Just like many areas of UK Firearms law F10, the flash eliminator regs make little sense and appear to be largely ignored by most anyway.

[browningautorifle]

regs make little sense

Because they're not written by people that understand firearms...

[avin]

afternoon all
so i have an idea as to how i am going to copy a forestock, i will run this idea passed you guys and please give your thoughts but don`t forget this is a project that will give me something to do through a long summer ( thats if we get one up here, i think i should have stayed in geordieland )

so my intention is to first give the wood some protection then take a fibreglass mold of the outer area of the forestock, doing this exactly will allow me to shape the wood then place it into the mould i have made till it fits perfectly, i will then take a fiberglass mold of the inner forstocke getting all the detail and as i get the inner wood cut and shaped i will have the mold to drop into the new forestock and when it fits perfectly i will know i have the correct depth, width and shape, it will then just be a matter of light sanding to smooth off.

ok it sounds simples and there will be a lot of work in it but then again i will have the time, it`s not going to happen overnight so anyone who is interested in what i am going to attempt please keep an eye on this thread and if any of you guys have anything to chip in as i go along then please let me know, all ideas are welcome, i will add photos from the start to finish and a description as to how it goes.

cheers
al