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ArcherSix 
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 Topic: .303 barrel blanks?Posted: January 25 2010 at 11:56pm |
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Do any of the barrel makers offer .303 balnks? The only thing I can find are take offs from old military rifles.
I'm planning to some day find a #1 to build a Speed Sporter repro and I'd prefer to get one with a chopped and/or shot out bbl.
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SW28fan
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Posted: January 26 2010 at 1:09am |
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There is a firm that makes them in Austrailia and turned to correct contours, Krieger in the U.S. will make them to.
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Posted: February 24 2010 at 8:58pm |
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There are 2 companys that maybe able to help.
MAB now TS Engineering http://www.tsengineering.com.au/index.php?page_id=18
The other is Tobler Barrels now RDT Products Phone is 02 4885 1881 or email is rdtproducts@bigpond.com
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Posted: January 11 2011 at 12:12pm |
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Try trueflite barrels in Nz. Beats MAB barrels hands down
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Posted: January 11 2011 at 3:35pm |
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How many do you want?
I've sent a sample to the barrel company we use so that the correct profile can be programmed. So far no one has been willing to pay the price for them. Might be able to do them cheaper if a group buy were arranged. No.1 barrels are much easier than No. 4 as there is not need for the bayonet lug to be machined into them.
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Posted: January 11 2011 at 3:50pm |
They advertised stripped Indian manufacture action bodies with very good to excellent barrels installed at a very reasonable price. The barrel alone , if in as good a condition as they described ,would be worth the price.
No sights or other parts just action body with barrel.
These were 1947 dated action bodies.
I'd considered ordering one of these myself.
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Posted: January 11 2011 at 10:03pm |
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There is a Company in Texas that manufactures high quality barrels of any caliber. If you would like I can research and get you the contact information. The “Cookie Monster” |
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Posted: January 12 2011 at 9:43pm |
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Ive contacted the AU firm TS Enginerring about a No.4 Mk1 barrel. They emailed me back and said that as soon as the floods/rains AU is now having ended they would get back to me.
I would think that there is a market for the production of new barrels for these rifles. Creighton (sp), a company related to Kreiger manufactures barrels for the 03, P17 maybe P14s and others should produce one.. I would think that if the various lugs on the barrel are a issue they could be silver soldered on after turning the contour. Its not as if we would ever use the guns...in anger. I would think if even the price of a new unit would approach $250 each they could sell them. Heck they would be new and your gunsmith could install one with a "0" bolt head and a chamber finish cut to mininum size. All this would be worth something in extending the life of the brass.
Keep posting names of barrel makers if you all find one.
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Posted: January 14 2011 at 5:56am |
The internal shoulder of the receiver ring can be ground back by a few thousandths.
Then its a matter of fitting the shank and knox form and cutting the extractor groove.
Also I should mention that anyone considering having a barrel made from a .308 blank so they could use .308 bullets should know that tests by Ruger have shown that a .303 chambered rifle with .308 bore generated around 7-8% increase in chamber pressure when standard .303 cartridges with .311 bullets were used in the same rifle.
Tests by the Birmingham proof house have shown similar increased pressures when .308 bullets were used in undersized target barrel bores of .306.
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Posted: January 14 2011 at 9:44am |
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Sprinter arms in Australia I believe ended up with the barrel making machine from Lithgow.
The old bloke is now gone but the son still runs it and a few years ago they would make a No1 profile barrel.
When the father was running it he quoted me on a new Long Lee barrel.
Might be worth contacting them , they are in South Australia so wouldnt be affected by the floods.
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Posted: January 14 2011 at 6:35pm |
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I believe Criterion makes replacement barrels for a number of US military rifles, old and new:
I wonder if they might consider making them for the Lee-Enfields? I contacted them, am waiting for an answer.
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Posted: January 24 2011 at 8:12am |
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Message to Criterion:
I noticed that your company makes replacement barrels for a variety of US military rifles, old and new. The British Lee-Enfield rifles are still in use in huge numbers in the US and all over the world.
Would Criterion consider making replacement .303 British barrels for these rifles? Response:
We currently have no plans to produce that barrel, although many people have asked and we should look at it. In all honesty, as busy as we are, it could be a couple years. Thanks for the inquiry.
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Posted: September 27 2011 at 5:57am |
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Hi T W Chambers in the UK stock SMLE and No. 4 Barrels
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Posted: October 14 2011 at 2:18am |
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What if any is the difference between the MSLE standard barrel and target barrel.
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Not a complete idiot. Still missing a few parts.
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Posted: October 14 2011 at 8:08am |
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The target barrel was a heavier profile.
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Posted: November 20 2011 at 6:31pm |
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Just got an email from TSEngineering as follows for a 303 british barrel for a SMLE if this helps.
$350 for chrome moly 26” blank (no thread, chamber or crown) Postage approx. $25 and delivery about 2 weeks. |
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