Lee Speed Sling
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Topic: Lee Speed Sling
Posted By: anticus
Subject: Lee Speed Sling
Date Posted: October 11 2025 at 2:57pm
| What is the correct sling for a Lee Speed Sporting rifle ? The attachments on the rifle are the small steel circles installed on the barrel and the buttstock. |
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Posted By: Sapper740
Date Posted: October 12 2025 at 2:55am
| Pictures would help as there were three patterns of commercial Magazine, Lee Enfields made: Sporting, Trade, and Service Rifle Target model. Quick question, does your M.L.E. have the Rigby patent stamp on the end cap? |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: October 12 2025 at 10:23am
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Owner's choice I'd imagine. Does yours have the center swivel or not? It would need to have the "dog leash style" fittings to work with the loops. ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: anticus
Date Posted: October 13 2025 at 9:54am
| It’s a Sporting Rifle, one that BSA sold through the Army/Navy store. No center swivel. I’ll get some images up as soon as I can. |
Posted By: DisasterDog
Date Posted: October 13 2025 at 10:04am
| Because it just has the studs, you probably want a sling with hook swivels, or one that has “QD” swivels. I have a Parker-Hale sling with QD swivels but get an error when attempting to attach a photo. |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: October 13 2025 at 10:15am
| will be interesting to see what you put on it , |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: October 13 2025 at 11:11am
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There's a thread on here from a while back where a member got a nice Lee-Speed Sporter & did a period restoration with accessories. Let me see if I can find it for you. Yep here you go. https://enfield-rifles.com/my-white-whale_topic13441_page1.html?KW=Lee+Speed" rel="nofollow - https://enfield-rifles.com/my-white-whale_topic13441_page1.html?KW=Lee+Speed
------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: anticus
Date Posted: October 13 2025 at 12:19pm
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Thanks so much, everyone, for the responses, really appreciate it. I haven’t taken possession of the rifle yet. Once I have it in hand I’ll do a proper reveal.
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Posted By: anticus
Date Posted: October 31 2025 at 1:44am
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I've received the rifle and man it is gorgeous ! I also did a search for a hook type sling and found some on the Westley Richards site. Beautiful of course, also bloody expensive of course ! Guess i'll be looking for a while, but I spent some time searching for the rifle so... Will post pics as soon as I figure out how to do it here.
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Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: October 31 2025 at 2:47pm
| that was a fun memory , i dont have one of these rifles but always thought it would be fun - just seeking out the accoutrements would be a hoot , |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: November 01 2025 at 8:49am
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Yes the W-R line is sweet but $$pendy.  ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: anticus
Date Posted: November 07 2025 at 11:57pm
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Posted By: anticus
Date Posted: November 08 2025 at 12:08am
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Posted By: anticus
Date Posted: November 08 2025 at 12:13am
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Posted By: anticus
Date Posted: November 08 2025 at 12:16am
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Posted By: anticus
Date Posted: November 08 2025 at 12:23am
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I'll keep looking for a period correct style sling and a short magazine (carbine style?) I'm sure there are other bits I can waste my money on if I try ;) |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: November 08 2025 at 6:46am
| The last Short magazine I saw was on EBay over ten years ago The price was a bit high for me. |
Posted By: DisasterDog
Date Posted: November 08 2025 at 11:20am
| Beautiful rifle! |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: November 08 2025 at 11:39am
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Absolutely gorgeous. I'd get period or high end repros, like then W-R sling. Take your time & as the old saying goes "Don't blunt a 20 dollar knife, skinning a phart for a nickel"  I thought of you at a local gun show recently! One vendor had a beautiful old school leather sheepskin-lined case for a full length rifle & it only needed a bit of minor piping stitching to make it perfect. It was going amazingly cheaply for what it was. Just keep looking something will turn up eventually ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: anticus
Date Posted: November 08 2025 at 2:39pm
| Ha, I love that quote ! Thanks. I do intend to take my time. I’ll be haunting the web mainly in search of treasure. Our local gun shows are mediocre at best lately and almost never have the kind of goodies I’m looking for. |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: November 08 2025 at 3:30pm
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That's the trick. ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |