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Roy
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Re: Lee Speed chamberings
06/01/16 07:21 AM

Hi Bill,

I'm no expert on calibres but have it on good authority that the 8mm in question is not the French Lebel round but the 8x54R Mannlicher.

As to these being Lee-Speed rifles well that's a bit of a can of worms, as I know some folks don't consider such rifle to be a 'Lee-Speed' unless it is marked as such. I disagree with this train of thought as the term 'Lee-Speed' was never an official name for these rifles and is just a name we collectors/shooters have adopted. The original term was 'Sporter', so in my mind any earl BSA (or other make) rifle originally manufactured as a sporting rifle using the Lee-Metford action (i.e. the Lee-Speed patents) is indeed a Lee-Speed be it marked or not. A good example is the wonderful 8mm I showed earlier, clearly a Lee-Speed but no marked as such. In fact out of the four such rifles I have only one is actually marked with the Lee-Speed patent details as it is quite early (mid 1890's as I recall).

Hope that makes sense?

Cheers, Roy.

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Lee Speed chamberings	BillfromOregon	04/01/16 08:55 AM
Re: Lee Speed chamberings	Roy	04/01/16 10:35 AM
Re: Lee Speed chamberings	BillfromOregon	04/01/16 11:38 AM
Re: Lee Speed chamberings	Roy	04/01/16 11:49 AM
Re: Lee Speed chamberings	BillfromOregon	06/01/16 02:19 AM
Re: Lee Speed chamberings	Roy	06/01/16 07:21 AM
Re: Lee Speed chamberings	BillfromOregon	07/01/16 01:28 AM
Re: Lee Speed chamberings	Roy	07/01/16 02:09 AM
Re: Lee Speed chamberings	BillfromOregon	07/01/16 03:47 AM
Re: Lee Speed chamberings	Roy	07/01/16 04:25 AM
Re: Lee Speed chamberings	Old_rifle_nut	11/01/16 07:09 AM
Re: Lee Speed chamberings	Roy	11/01/16 07:44 AM
Re: Lee Speed chamberings	BillfromOregon	13/02/16 03:19 AM
Re: Lee Speed chamberings	VonGruff	13/02/16 10:38 AM
Re: Lee Speed chamberings	Old_rifle_nut	15/02/16 04:50 AM

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