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    Quote Originally Posted by Bindi2 View Post
    No1 and No4 barrels are being made and have been for some time.
    Would you mind pointing me to the No1 barrels? I've seen the No4 offerings from Criterion or Lothar-Walther, but nothing other than surplus barrels for the No1.

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    Ah, thanks. I remember that thread now. He got them from Lothar-Walther but they don't offer them in the states. Which reminds me they didn't get back to me after the initial response when I inquired about them, so I'm going to pester them again. Shouldn't be any reason they can't sell them here.

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    3D printing them directly using metal powder might get the look, but what happens upon the firing of a few cartridges?

    Plan "B" is to 3D print a model from the appropriate "thread' and the use that as the pattern, suitably shelled and sprued, to INVESTMENT cast the almost finished item from actual steel. Don't forget to allow "scaling" of the pattern to compensate for shrinkage of the metal as it cools.

    Ruger has been doing this since the early 1950's. They were the absolute pioneers in investment casting of Titanium and are still the world leaders in that field.

    The basic technique has been around for over two thousand years.

    Check your local business directory.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HOOKED ON HISTORY View Post
    This No 5 followed me home recently The least butchered of the two I was offered.
    No real need for a heart transplant as all the serial numbered parts save the magazine match. Just a little cosmetic surgery. I thought the barrel had been cut as the crown looks boogered.
    I don't think she was fired much as it is quite clean with as nice a set of timber as I have seen.
    The previous owner installed Williams sights but most of the the bubba holes should be covered by the upper handguard and flash hider. The missing handguard should be easily replaced with a modified #4. I have a repro flash hider I polished most of the casting marks out of which will do if I cant find an original. I see some rear 800m sights on e-bay etc.. which I fear may be reproductions.
    Any advice as to were to obtain an original flash hider and or 800m rear sight would be appreciated.
    I have a flash hider that I'm sure is original but someone ground the bayo lug off it and buggered the holes for pinning a touch. Someone that was handy could work with it though. The body cone and ears are good. It would be easy enough to get it in the mail if you want to try and work with it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HOOKED ON HISTORY View Post
    Numrich must get the repros from India/China which as bad as I hate to say it is probably
    the only practical route to cost effective production.
    India/Pakistan is as you say, the best bet (rather than China) as Enfields are a known quantity in the Indian sub-continent for the past 75 years+, with a current cottage industry that can facilitate this. 20 years ago, when people in the UK started to look at getting WW2 era Britishicon Battledress remade (and P37 webbing) it was India/Pakistan that they turned to as there was still factories setup with WW2 machinery installed by the British during WW2 to make stuff locally for the military. As well as cheap labour costs, they still had the knowledge and production facilities to remake a lot of the stuff (especially the correct wool serge for the BD) and drill material for KD......and the metal parts needed as well.
    Just the thing for putting round holes in square heads.

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    The 'chaps in the huts' up the Khyber Pass seem pretty good at making No5's out of scrap and railroad ties, maybe have a word with them ?
    A bit of guidance on what is expected and they'll be $1 a piece.
    Mine are not the best, but they are not too bad. I can think of lots of Enfields I'd rather have but instead of constantly striving for more, sometimes it's good to be satisfied with what one has...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Doco overboard View Post
    I have a flash hider that I'm sure is original but someone ground the bayo lug off it and buggered the holes for pinning a touch. Someone that was handy could work with it though. The body cone and ears are good. It would be easy enough to get it in the mail if you want to try and work with it.
    If the OP doesn't take you up on this I will.
    Cheers,
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