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    Posted: February 07 2020 at 4:32pm
I have been hoping and waiting for something like this to land in my lap for quite awhile now and at last it has. I found a Sile stock set that appears to  have never been installed on a No4MkI. It was unfinished and needed a final sanding,some stain,and a coat of semi gloss polyurethane. The wood itself is Beechwood with a very tight grain pattern to it and both pieces seem to have been cut from the same piece of wood. I have been very meticulous about finishing this and getting the right color to accentuate the total overall look of the rifle. I now need to decide what it is that I should do with my blaze yellow laminated stock set.

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That turned out stunningly beautiful! Great job man, great job! Id love to find a couple of these stock sets for replacing a couple plastic stocked #4's I have kicking around in the cabinet. Oh, what make and model is the scope?
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dittos on "that turned out" beautiful indeed 
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Dang! That is one pretty rifle.
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Quater sawn timber, dont see that often in a rifle stalk, very nice indeed.
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These stocks were made by a company in Italy and distributed by Sile. They made a fancier version for the PH Supreme No4 with a faux rosewood end cap. They were found on both the PH rifles and the Santa Fe Enfields as well. 
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Well done, Goosic. In my opinion, you cannot beat the look and feel of a solid wood stock.
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The ATI composite stocks are a direct copy,made from a mold of these Sile stocks. That being said, I totally agree with you. It even feels different...
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I find they feel comforting. They even warm up in your hands while your holding them hunting... like a really fine piece of furniture!
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Nice!!
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if you chased it down , i think you will find that is a minnelli stock , they supply most sources and a lot of manufacturers , some you would never guess , 
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The only reason I made my initial comment was that while I was refinishing my dads PH stock many decades ago, on the butt socket and in the barrel channel in was inked SILE made in Italy. I saw a Santa Fe made Enfield with the same stock as well with the same Sile markings. It is an assumption on my part that this stock would be from the same company.  
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Originally posted by Goosic Goosic wrote:

The only reason I made my initial comment was that while I was refinishing my dads PH stock many decades ago, on the butt socket and in the barrel channel in was inked SILE made in Italy. I saw a Santa Fe made Enfield with the same stock as well with the same Sile markings. It is an assumption on my part that this stock would be from the same company.  


Just a snippert of information :

As, by this time, there was no woodworking facility left at RoF Enfield, Parker Hale sourced Butts from Sile for the Enfield Enforcer, the other furniture was modified from old (NoS) No4 Mk1 forends in the UK by a 'woodworking' guy called Colin Moon who was based on the English South Coast.

Colin Moon also did the L39, L42 and No8 furniture.
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