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Nailcreek
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Loc: Saukville, WI, USA

Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?
23/11/12 06:14 AM

After following the forum for a few years, I'd like to try my hand at building a Lee Speed facsimile.

I've a couple of SMLEs which have been "bubba'd", so I think they'd work as a baseline. I'd welcome some suggestions or thoughts from the great denizens of the board however :-).

1. I'd like to keep the caliber as issued, 303. Any suggestions on how to tell the condition of the bore? One is was used as a grenade launcher, but the rifling still looks good. The other is a standard 1916 rifle.

2. Can the charger guides be cut/filed off without harming the strength of the receiver?

3. I think the front and rear sights are fit on and then pinned. Can the pins be driven out and the sights pushed forward off the barrel? I'd like to replace the issued sights with express sights.

4. Is anyone making stock wood that might work as a starting point?

5. How were the rifles finished? High gloss blue or something less?

Thoughts? Has anyone done something similar?

Thanks,

Kerry Brunner
Saukville, WI
nailcreek@hotmail.com

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Edited by Nailcreek (23/11/12 01:37 PM)

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Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Nailcreek	23/11/12 06:14 AM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Nailcreek	12/10/14 04:47 AM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Waidmannsheil	12/10/14 09:34 AM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Nailcreek	27/07/14 04:50 AM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	VonGruff	27/07/14 09:41 AM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Nailcreek	28/07/14 02:18 AM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Nailcreek	02/09/14 05:02 AM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	VonGruff	02/09/14 03:41 PM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Deutsche_Vortrekker	16/04/14 08:49 AM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Nailcreek	17/11/13 05:13 AM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Old_Glass	20/11/13 06:24 PM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Nailcreek	01/12/13 04:27 AM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Sarg	01/12/13 08:21 AM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Nailcreek	02/12/13 02:47 AM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Ash	07/02/14 05:20 PM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Claydog	07/02/14 05:52 PM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Ash	07/02/14 09:52 PM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Nailcreek	28/02/13 12:16 AM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Sarg	28/02/13 06:34 AM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Nailcreek	04/03/13 01:20 AM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	rgg_7	04/03/13 03:18 AM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Nailcreek	04/03/13 01:03 PM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Rolland	18/03/13 03:59 PM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Nailcreek	22/03/13 09:22 AM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Nailcreek	26/02/13 01:10 PM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Nailcreek	24/02/13 08:28 AM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Sarg	25/02/13 08:35 PM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Nailcreek	20/01/13 02:34 PM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	darwinmauser	22/01/13 10:35 AM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Nailcreek	23/01/13 02:29 PM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	darwinmauser	25/01/13 04:49 PM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Sarg	20/01/13 02:53 PM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	rgg_7	21/01/13 01:39 AM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Nailcreek	21/01/13 01:48 AM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Nailcreek	03/01/13 12:34 PM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Nailcreek	13/01/13 06:04 AM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	C_Davidson	14/01/13 10:38 AM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Nailcreek	14/01/13 02:25 PM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Caprivi	14/01/13 03:01 PM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Nailcreek	18/02/13 01:42 AM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	darwinmauser	18/02/13 08:17 PM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	darwinmauser	24/11/12 08:49 PM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Nailcreek	25/11/12 04:59 AM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	darwinmauser	25/11/12 02:08 PM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	MarinePMI	06/12/12 11:12 AM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Nailcreek	02/01/13 09:18 AM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	darwinmauser	02/01/13 10:07 PM
Re: Building a Lee Speed-ish Rifle - Help Please?	Old_Glass	24/11/12 03:47 AM

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