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JohnK
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30/11/16 04:34 PM
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Lee Speed in the field
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Some time ago I posted photos of a Lee Speed "Type" rifle I had built.
After a few trips out in the bush I though I would post some photos of the rifle in the field.
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lonewulf
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30/11/16 05:30 PM
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Re: Lee Speed in the field
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Looks great. Whoever did the work did a fine job.
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.....that's not nice, that's beautiful !! That has got to be one of the best smellies I've seen.
Roger
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Yea, they don't get much better than that. Really well done.
Waidmannsheil.
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Rell
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01/12/16 12:11 AM
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I lust after that rifle.
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Docbill
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01/12/16 01:01 AM
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A stunning piece of gun art. Well done sir.
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Gorgeous rifle, great photography, and excellent "sport".......great post
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DarylS
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01/12/16 05:36 AM
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Thanks JohnK - that is the most beautifully stocked Enfield I have had the pleasure to see.
You did a marvelous job on that stock.
Well done!
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Roy
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01/12/16 06:32 AM
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Hi John,
Teeeeerific...!
Great photos and a wonderful looking rifle too. It really stands out in the sunshine.
Well done and many thanks for sharing this beauty.
Cheerio,
Roy
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.....I went back to see the build thread on this rifle but all the pics had gone....any chance of seeing them again ?
Roger
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93x64mm
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01/12/16 07:04 AM
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Re: Lee Speed in the field
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Fantastic to see you had a great time trying out a rifle that would not be out of place a century ago & its still performing just as good now!
Wonderful timber John - you have a good eye for picking the good bits!
Good horns on the top stinky too
Job well done mate
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JohnK
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01/12/16 08:07 AM
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Thanks for the comments one and all.
Tony Small was the gunsmith who done the great work.
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.....I went back to see the build thread on this rifle but all the pics had gone....any chance of seeing them again ?
Roger
A couple of photos of the rifle.
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That is pure classic! Thanks for sharing the pictures.....all of them!
John
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Lovely rifle JohnK do you have contact details for Tony Small
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Rule303
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07/12/16 10:58 AM
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John that is one sweet looking Lee. Good to see it out in the field. Next time I am up at Rob Blomfields I'll try and remember to take a camera. He has one built (not a lee Speed)on a Lithgow action from memory. Sweet looking and one of the best handling rifles I have ever shouldered. I would wager your Lee would be just as sweet handling.
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Quote:
Lovely rifle JohnK do you have contact details for Tony Small
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I think Tony has retired .
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Wayne59
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14/12/16 01:01 PM
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This may be a stupid question (for give me if it is)But are those goats domestic goats gone wild. They make quite a trophy. I really like the dark colored one. Nice job on the rifle.
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Rule303
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15/12/16 08:43 AM
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This may be a stupid question (for give me if it is)But are those goats domestic goats gone wild. They make quite a trophy. I really like the dark colored one. Nice job on the rifle.
Sort of. Some goats were released in the early part of European exploring/inhabiting Aust. so ship wreck survivors and explorers would have a meat supply and others have been domestic stock run wild or just abandoned when stock price dropped to nothing.
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JohnK
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15/12/16 04:21 PM
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Re: Lee Speed in the field
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Quote:
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Lovely rifle JohnK do you have contact details for Tony Small
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I think Tony has retired .
Yes correct, he has. I sent a personal message re the other inquiry.
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JohnK
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15/12/16 04:33 PM
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Re: Lee Speed in the field
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Quote:
This may be a stupid question (for give me if it is)But are those goats domestic goats gone wild. They make quite a trophy. I really like the dark colored one. Nice job on the rifle.
Wayne59, As stated the goats are feral from releases a century or two ago. They run wild and are to be found in large numbers in the right spot. There is a big market for them now (overseas) and they are mustered by the landowners for sale. A few photos of some in the wild.
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DarylS
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15/12/16 05:44 PM
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One more thing to hunt with Tracy and I visit!
wonderful post - thank you.
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What a beautiful rifle!
What rear sight is that you are using??
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Wayne59
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21/01/17 02:07 PM
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Re: Lee Speed in the field
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Those goats seem to adapt really well.
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JohnK
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29/01/17 08:09 PM
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Re: Lee Speed in the field
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Quote:
What a beautiful rifle!
What rear sight is that you are using??
Mate,
Photo of rear sight attached.
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JohnK, I notice that you have a screw at the rear of the quarter rib holding it down. Is there another one under the fixed leaf holding down the front ?
Waidmannsheil.
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NitroX
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29/01/17 11:09 PM
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Re: Lee Speed in the field
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Lovely rifle. Not a bad set of horns on the billy too.
There were or are still a lot of feral goats in the Flinders Ranges. Probably escapees or released from mines, sheep station escapees etc. They do very well there. Haven't hunted there for a long time for goats. Have just been recently thinking I would like to find a place or two again. Trouble is as said, the landowners can sell the goats for good money. Hell I would pay a reasonable amount for a few goats, just to climb around the valleys, cliffs and ridges again. A problem is none of the landowners think you will just shoot a handfull. Just like in the old days, they wanted huge mobs bombed up, and didn't like you shooting only a handfull, their thinking still can comprehend any different result.  Well probably not all of them. I would like to hunt good spectacular rugged country which is also the harder country to muster by motorbike.
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JohnK
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30/01/17 05:29 PM
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Re: Lee Speed in the field
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JohnK, I notice that you have a screw at the rear of the quarter rib holding it down. Is there another one under the fixed leaf holding down the front ?
Waidmannsheil.
I actually can't answer that question. It was all left to the gunsmith. I know he made the quarter rib and that it is silver soldered on. I don't know what is under the rear sight. Sorry.
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