LRF,
Maybe you could do a Lee Speed after the single shot. As many SMLEs as were "sporterized" during the 1960s and 70s, surely there is a donor action somewhere that has already been removed from collector category and hiding in a pawnshop somewhere.
Mike
Mike it has been nearly 2 years since you posted this and I have been looking for a project that would include a Lee-Enfield. However candidates are few are far between. I did get a actual Lee-Speed which needs no work and I enjoy very much. A gentleman in New Zealand has been trying to help however the world has gone truly bat crap crazy with woke liberal stupidity and getting a gun across the ocean is basically beyond the means of a common person anymore. So I have been building a Mauser 98 rifle on a 1918 Oberndorf action and it is nearing completion. But not to despair at the gunshow in Sioux City I managed to find the near perfect candidate for the Lee-Enfield project. It is a BSA Mark I * 1902 and pretty much exactly what I want. Only current down side it it is missing it's dust cover. So the current plan is: 1. Find a dust cover 2. Have the barrel bored and rifled to 35 caliber 3. Design a peep sight roughly based on the Lyman 36 concept and make it (already in progress) 4. Make a new stock using a blank I have of Australian walnut. 5. Re-blue ...... Of course if I live long enough. I am now 76
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Let me add one request, I am seriously looking for a dust cover so if you have one or know of one that is for sale please let me know and let's discuss as it is key to my projects start. Thanks
