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C_Davidson
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Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello
02/01/12 10:25 AM

I'm new here. Joined just to learn about Lee Speed rifles.

I'm planning to build a rifle mimicking the Lee Speed using a new unissued No4 MkI receiver I have. It will be highly modified to make it sportier. The barrel will be from a No4 that I will have bored out and chambered for .375 2 1/2 NE. I have a gunsmith lined up to do that work. He actually has the chamber reamer. I take my inspiration from here: http://www.lee-enfieldrifles.com/nitro.html I also have a gunsmithing friend giving me advice who has built a .375 on a Lee-Enfield action.

Everything was going along smoothly until last night, when I read on-line that Kynoch round nosed loads won't feed from a military .303 magazine. I note at the ballistics page at the above linked site loads are given for spire point bullets. I haven't been able to get hold of my friend to learn what bullets he might have used. Has anyone here experience getting .375 NE rounds to feed from a .303 magazine. I actually have several Santa Fe five-round magazines for Lee-Enfields, both numbers one and four, and will be using one of these for my project. I intend the rifle mainly for shooting round nosed cast bullets, if they can be made to feed.

Has anyone modified the military Lee-Enfield butt plate to have more of a sporter shape? I'm wondering if I do it what problems I might encounter. Or, should I just go with a classic orange recoil pad?

I'll modify the safety lever to make it easier to throw. Also, I will use what I can a button type cocking piece, one of the round ones, to give it more of an authentic look. I'm still consideering what to do about a stock and sights.

Any thoughts or advice on this project would be greatly appreciated.

I've been studying the archives and see a lot of very knowledgeable folks here. I look forward to dredging for more info on these beautiful rifles.

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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	C_Davidson	02/01/12 10:25 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	leeenfield	11/02/12 08:56 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	Sarg	03/03/17 12:00 PM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	darwinmauser	03/01/12 08:47 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	C_Davidson	03/01/12 09:27 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	darwinmauser	05/01/12 02:26 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	Story	05/01/12 12:49 PM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	Story	05/01/12 12:57 PM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	C_Davidson	06/01/12 09:03 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	Story	09/01/12 07:23 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	Taylor416	09/01/12 11:11 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	Phillip	10/01/12 03:19 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	simonsaorsa	17/01/12 05:29 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	C_Davidson	17/01/12 11:29 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	simonsaorsa	18/01/12 05:58 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	C_Davidson	18/01/12 11:54 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	C_Davidson	09/01/12 11:02 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	darwinmauser	21/01/12 11:53 PM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	C_Davidson	03/02/12 03:24 PM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	tinker	03/02/12 03:38 PM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	C_Davidson	04/02/12 03:50 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	BigEyeBob	29/03/17 07:43 PM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	tinker	04/02/12 04:57 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	jc5	03/02/12 03:57 PM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	458Win	05/01/12 07:24 PM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	Story	06/01/12 05:39 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	Sarg	06/01/12 06:34 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	C_Davidson	06/01/12 08:22 AM
Re: Building Lee Speed mimic, and hello	Rowdy	04/01/12 12:46 AM

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