Alan Eardley
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Baggers
There is a SMLE stock on OFAS UK at the moment, I think. You may be interested.
Alan
There is a SMLE stock on OFAS UK at the moment, I think. You may be interested.
Alan
Baggers said:The last No.1 MK III I picked up a couple of years ago was a 1943 dated Australian Lithgow Arsenal rifle. Someone had Sporterized the forearm, but the metal looked good and the receiver was milled to accept a magazine cutoff. After some begging on the Enfield Collectors Forum for a cutoff and some wood and scrounging around in the spares box it now looks a lot closer to it's original issue configuration, but I sure would like to find a set of coachwood furniture and perhaps some Aussie marked metal bits to complete the transformation. Still, it looks great with a 1940 Mangrovite '07 bayonet mounted on it.
I think I still have the shortened forearm gathering dust somewhere, perhaps I should dig it out and rub some linseed oil into it. Then I could use it for some "big game hunter" pictures.
Cheers!