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Marrakai
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Pato's Acquisition:- nice Lee Speed
      #153011 - 07/02/10 01:07 AM

Here are a few pics of Pato's latest acquisition: very nice hardware indeed!

I'll let him fill you in on the details!













Here is a close-up of the 'crest' on the stock-oval: looks very Nepalese, maybe Indian?



Adds an air of mystique to an already marvellous firearm!

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Edited by CptCurl (31/08/10 10:40 AM)


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ALAN_MCKENZIE
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Re: Pato's Acquisition:- nice Lee Speed [Re: Marrakai]
      #153013 - 07/02/10 01:18 AM

A beautiful sample of the Lee Speed.
Woodleigh are producing a 215gn mono solid for these fine old sporting rifles.
Al

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Re: Pato's Acquisition:- nice Lee Speed [Re: Marrakai]
      #153070 - 07/02/10 01:39 PM

A real beauty, congrats.
Marrakai: nice to see you posting again.


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Re: Pato's Acquisition:- nice Lee Speed [Re: dons]
      #153071 - 07/02/10 01:59 PM

Indeed, nice to have you back Marrakai!

Pato's been mining in the mother lode!

This one needs an history lesson, and I'm guessing we might get one...?

I hope so.

Very nice.

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Re: Pato's Acquisition:- nice Lee Speed [Re: 9.3x57]
      #153088 - 07/02/10 11:47 PM

Here is my Lee-Speed, very similar to Pato's, but heavily altered. It came to me 20 years ago without dust cover, the pre-war German side mount mounted with ill-fitting screws and a hopeless bore. No rifling visible, shot 1foot patterns at 20 paces, most bullets landing sideways. I rebarreled it with a new condition No1Mk3 barrel, screwed and soldered the mount base solid and put the Zeiss "Zielklein scope on. May not be a collectors item, but is a very good shooter.











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Re: Pato's Acquisition:- nice Lee Speed [Re: Marrakai]
      #153588 - 14/02/10 12:03 AM

Very nice and hopefully will here what the calibre is. Assuming it is a .303 or ?

Marrakai,

But also Welcome Back Stranger!

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Re: Pato's Acquisition:- nice Lee Speed [Re: NitroX]
      #153594 - 14/02/10 01:28 AM

My rifle was and is a .303 of course, wrote I rebarreled it using a new No.1 MkIII barrel.

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Re: Pato's Acquisition:- nice Lee Speed [Re: kuduae]
      #155055 - 28/02/10 05:26 AM

Quote:

Here is my Lee-Speed, very similar to Pato's, but heavily altered. It came to me 20 years ago without dust cover, the pre-war German side mount mounted scope






Could we see some more of this mount, disassembled?

Edited by CptCurl (31/08/10 10:42 AM)


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kuduae
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Re: Pato's Acquisition:- nice Lee Speed [Re: Story]
      #155068 - 28/02/10 07:45 AM

Here it is. It is a quite ordinary pre-WWII German side mount marked Akah. Akah = Albrecht Kind, Hunstig is a wholesaler to the trade.
Until a few years ago they were the foremost producer of scope mounts too. The mount top is clamped and locked to the base by turning the levers.
Windage adjustment is by the two opposing screws in the front end of the top.


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Re: Pato's Acquisition:- nice Lee Speed [Re: kuduae]
      #155718 - 07/03/10 11:52 PM

That is lovely. I'm yet to find a Lee Speed currently for sale. Where did this one come from Pato.

Does anyone know if a stock maker of repute in oz has a pattern for the Lee Speed wood work. I have a SMLE that I going to make into a Lee Speed you have when you don't have a Lee Speed.

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Re: Pato's Acquisition:- nice Lee Speed [Re: controlled_feed]
      #155748 - 08/03/10 07:12 AM

controlled feed,
I missed a $650 BSA No2 Lee Speed sporter last week in Melbourne. By the time I'd sooked at the missus, it had sold. Sometimes doing the right thing is the wrong thing! Was a bit rough, but would have restored nicely ... plus I could have used the stock as a template.
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Re: Pato's Acquisition:- nice Lee Speed [Re: Con]
      #155779 - 08/03/10 07:07 PM


"That is lovely. I'm yet to find a Lee Speed currently for sale. Where did this one come from Pato.

Does anyone know if a stock maker of repute in oz has a pattern for the Lee Speed wood work. I have a SMLE that I going to make into a Lee Speed you have when you don't have a Lee Speed."




You could try Gordon Cusens mate ,he posts on AHN and a couple of other forums as Juglansregia .Very nice bloke to deal with.

There was a nice Speed for sale on one of the internet sale and auction sites , they were asking 1900.00 .If you send me a pm with your email address I'll send you the pictures.

Edited by darwinmauser (08/03/10 07:13 PM)


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Re: Pato's Acquisition:- nice Lee Speed [Re: darwinmauser]
      #155783 - 08/03/10 07:50 PM

mums old mate

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Re: Pato's Acquisition:- nice Lee Speed [Re: pato]
      #156292 - 12/03/10 10:39 PM

Wholly hell!!!

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Re: Pato's Acquisition:- nice Lee Speed [Re: GG375]
      #156561 - 15/03/10 09:21 PM

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Re: Pato's Acquisition:- nice Lee Speed [Re: pato]
      #156562 - 15/03/10 09:38 PM

Me tink somtink wong

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Re: Pato's Acquisition:- nice Lee Speed [Re: controlled_feed]
      #156757 - 17/03/10 01:35 PM

took pape lee speed for hunt on weekend small buffalo.


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Re: Pato's Acquisition:- nice Lee Speed [Re: ALAN_MCKENZIE]
      #157055 - 21/03/10 06:07 PM

The monogram on the eustucheon looks like "ATGC" in an Arts and Crafts Gothic sort of script. The hook of the G making the crossbar of the A. If what I think is an A were an H, the tops of the uprights would not touch probably.

One of those maddening little pieces of provenance that would be almost impossible to identify without a gunmaker's sale book or a freak of luck. I have an early scope case with something very similar on it, equally unlikely to ever be ID'd.


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Re: Pato's Acquisition:- nice Lee Speed [Re: kuduae]
      #159320 - 22/04/10 01:23 PM

Great looking rifle! A couple of questions if you don't mind: Was the old barrel original to the gun? "Was" the rifling Metford or Enfield? Do you still have the old barrel? Can you supply a picture of the old barrel's Nock's form and the stamps on the bottom that would be under the wood? Jc5 and I would love pics of all of that if it's still hanging about.

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Re: Pato's Acquisition:- nice Lee Speed [Re: 375BSA]
      #159329 - 22/04/10 08:24 PM

Mr Slee.

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Re: Pato's Acquisition:- nice Lee Speed [Re: kamilaroi]
      #166608 - 22/08/10 06:41 PM

went for a hunt last weekend got two good buffalo and this nice scrub bull..




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Re: Pato's Acquisition:- nice Lee Speed [Re: pato]
      #166610 - 22/08/10 06:47 PM

A smacked it at the right height too .

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Re: Pato's Acquisition:- nice Lee Speed [Re: gryphon]
      #166614 - 22/08/10 06:52 PM

Have a drool you LS fella`s

http://www.brpc.org.uk/forsale/lee-speed.pdf


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Re: Pato's Acquisition:- nice Lee Speed [Re: gryphon]
      #166981 - 29/08/10 02:31 PM

shot a dingo with the lee speed on the weekend........



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Re: Pato's Acquisition:- nice Lee Speed [Re: pato]
      #166991 - 30/08/10 01:35 AM

I must say, the Lee Speed is about the most handsome classic bolt gun there is.
Darn glad I have mine!

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