Lee speed sight
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Topic: Lee speed sight
Posted By: Jsincopey
Subject: Lee speed sight
Date Posted: February 26 2020 at 3:19am
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Looking for a rear Sight for a lee speed
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Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: February 29 2020 at 3:08pm
| On another note... I do have a pristine No4 Mk1 reciever and barrel. Lee Speeds are basically Sporters, albeit high end. Could you make the furniture for this hardware in an exotic wood? If possible, could you post some of your works on other rifles/shotguns? It might be cool to build a No4 with a P-H aperture sight and a five round magazine with hand crafted furniture in exotic wood! My curiousity is piqued... thanks! |
Posted By: Jsincopey
Date Posted: March 01 2020 at 2:25am
| you would spend 4-5 thousand on wood for an Enfield?? Really?? |
Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: March 01 2020 at 4:55am
| Yikes. I had no idea custom stocks were were expensive! My bad! |
Posted By: Jsincopey
Date Posted: March 02 2020 at 3:11am
| I have done many mausers ? How come no Enfield guys have ever sent me one?? Must be too frugal ? Enfield tightwads lol!! |
Posted By: shiloh
Date Posted: March 02 2020 at 4:19am
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No its because only stupid rich people with no clue spend like that, you know the kind, to them a couple grand is like 10 bucks to the rest of us. |
Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: March 02 2020 at 6:07am
| As I mentioned, I had no idea a custom stock was that much. There are many examples of excellent Sporters on this forum. I guess my walnut Bishop Sporter stock will remain my "exotic" wood rifle! No4 hardware in good shooting condition can usually be picked up for $150-$200 in my neck of the woods. Finding an after market Sporter wood stock is getting tough, and many people around here use products like ATI. I'm not aware of any company producing walnut Sporter stocks... pity... |
Posted By: Goosic
Date Posted: March 02 2020 at 8:01am
You should take a No1Mk111, No1Mk111*,No4Mk1,No4Mk2,and a No5Mk1 furniture set and make a batch of reproduction sets using Beech and or Walnut, nothing fancy. Also using an ATI composite set, run a batch using the same wood as mentioned above. There is a definite market for full wood and sporter furniture for the Lee Enfield and if you have the skill set you mentioned and are willing to make some added income, this would pan out for you exponentially...
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Jsincopey wrote:Posted By: 303 Hunter
Date Posted: March 02 2020 at 8:11am
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I have thought about trying my hand at stock making. What tools would I need if I were to get serious about it? ------------- The Lee Enfield is to the Canadian north what the Winchester repeater was to the American west. Cal Bablitz |
Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: March 02 2020 at 8:22am
| Goosic. I had the same thought. He could use the ATI as a template. Jsincopey, I'll bet there would be a bigger market for these wood Sporter Enfield stocks than for Mausers! |
Posted By: Jsincopey
Date Posted: March 02 2020 at 2:01pm
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tools are Not expensive .. lol I use a rasp ... a band saw .. chisel... lamp for smoking and fitting metal into wood .. some sand paper .. cheering tools ... and a whole pile of knowledge through trail and error lol .. I have a duplicator but that was not needed I do all my stuff by hand now.. just turns out better.. there is no such thing as a duplicator that produces a finished stock that actually fits... most on this machine turn out smaller than pattern .. waste of time and money . Better to hand fit the whole thing ..
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Posted By: Jsincopey
Date Posted: March 04 2020 at 6:54pm
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help me Pick it out for mine .. what one you think best suits a lee speed Mine
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Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: March 04 2020 at 7:27pm
| In my opinion, for a Lee Speed, any nicely grained wood suffices. It's in the detail (checkering, fit, elegant lines) that set these Sporters apart from regular hunting firearms at the time. Of course, being used in Africa and India might make a native wood from either of these countries appropriate! |
Posted By: 303 Hunter
Date Posted: March 04 2020 at 7:45pm
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They all look good! Pick one and go with it. ------------- The Lee Enfield is to the Canadian north what the Winchester repeater was to the American west. Cal Bablitz |
Posted By: Goosic
Date Posted: March 04 2020 at 8:49pm
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The last one pictured. I myself would like to have a full furnitured No4Mk1 with a Monte Carlo style butt stock all done with Screwbean Mesquite ...
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Posted By: Jsincopey
Date Posted: March 04 2020 at 9:15pm
it’s actually a very strong grained wood not seen very often 
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Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 6:14am
| That's a really nice piece of wood. How long would a project like this take? |
Posted By: Jsincopey
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 9:10am
| 3 weeks or so |
Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 9:12am
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Keep us posted! |
Posted By: Goosic
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 11:06am
I would love to have my LB done with Arizona Ironwood (Mesquite). I even have the wood from a section off of the Ironwood tree in the ex wife's backyard. The rifle would look fantastic... 
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Posted By: Jsincopey
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 11:10am
| ya for sure would be unique |
Posted By: Goosic
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 11:16am
| Resembles the surface of the sun... |
Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 11:34am
| Goosic. Would that wood be heavier than what's currently on your rifle? |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 11:46am
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It would have to be suitably strong AND suitably hard as well. Plus it would need to be cut correctly originally. I've always wondered about fiddle-back maple for one http://https://www.americanhunter.org/articles/2013/2/5/whats-the-best-wood-for-a-rifle-stock/" rel="nofollow - http://https://www.americanhunter.org/articles/2013/2/5/whats-the-best-wood-for-a-rifle-stock/ ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: Jsincopey
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 12:03pm
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here’s a Mauser I’m Working on this week
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Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 1:09pm
| Beautiful. |
Posted By: Goosic
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 2:38pm
The current wood on the rifle is walnut. Arizona Ironwood is a little denser and a little heavier. Smells wonderful in a camp fire...
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Posted By: Jsincopey
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 4:36pm
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Turkish walnut is definitely heavier than most walnuts for Sure
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Posted By: Goosic
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 5:24pm
If I were to supply you with the Ironwood, what is your labor price to produce a stock set such as the one I provided in the earlier photo and what would be the turn around time involved???
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Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 7:07pm
| OK - i held off till now , but dang guys you got some great looking lumber there , i would be proud to fit any of my 'special' rifles with those , but then i just gotta find that "special rifle" in order to need a piece of that timber |
Posted By: Jsincopey
Date Posted: March 05 2020 at 8:52pm
| when it comes to value of a gun? That gun is worth whats it’s worth to you!!!! If your dream gun is a cooey with exhibition grade wood? than do it! I don’t think myself there is any gun that isn’t worthy of it ... life is short have your sprinkles on your favorite ice cream.. my turn around time is my standard answer.. it takes me as long as it takes me.. of course I’d like to say it takes a few weeks but every project is unique and I approach them as so.. I am a fussy artist as well a craftsman.. |
Posted By: Goosic
Date Posted: March 06 2020 at 4:20am
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Let me rephrase the question. I have a rifle. That rifle is a 1942 Lee Enfield No4Mk1*(shown in earlier photo.)I also have a block of Arizona Ironwood. I am looking for someone that has the talent to turn the wood into usable furniture for the above said 1942 Lee Enfield No4Mk1* rifle. If you sir,are capable of such craftsmanship and are supplied the necessary lumber to create the aforementioned stock set. What would be your total End User pricing be??
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Posted By: Jsincopey
Date Posted: March 06 2020 at 5:13am
| .. when someone supplies a blank I can’t guarantee the stock as far as natural voids that may occur in the wood .. something like this is roughly 1600$ |
Posted By: englishman_ca
Date Posted: March 22 2020 at 5:39am
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There is a gent who goes by the handle of Von Gruff. He is an accomplished knife maker who also creates sporting rifles in the Lee Speed style. https://www.africahunting.com/threads/another-lee-speed-style-stock.44664/" rel="nofollow - https://www.africahunting.com/threads/another-lee-speed-style-stock.44664/ He documented his progress making a Lee Speed clone, he took pics. This might give you an idea of the work and hours involved. ------------- . . Look to your front, mark your target when it comes! |