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Aftermarket 5-shot magazines are available and make a much nicer sporter IMO. But the Brit gunsmiths seem to have made both 5 and 10-shot custom Lees.

I'll look up that AR article. Think I remember they used a Bishop semi-finished stock. It needed to go on a starvation diet....and lose the "white line fever." The Brits had the right idea--long and SLIM.

Newf- PM sent re; pics. --- John Can.

Michael

Thanks for posting the photos.

The Lee Enfield is considered by many as james-l put it, a "clunker", and treated as such. While this negative attitude persists in the minds of many Americans, the rifles are reliable, stronger and more accurate than most believe. They can be made into quite attractive rifles - i.e. Lee Speeds and the Parker Hale conversions.

The one in the photo started out as #3 and handles very well. It looks odd to my eyes with a five shot magazine and the Epps one piece conversions I have tended to much to the Weatherby/California style.

Bill

Thank you everyone for the help and interest.

John can ,e-mail sent.

We'' it's been some time and this is what I've managed so far between other projects...the forend you see had to be scrapped because of an in internal flaw ,another is already fitted up

She 'll have to be put aside for a while now as paying work calls to me ... [ http://i951.photobucket.com/albums/ad357/_heiko/IMG_2208.jpg?t=1389132598

Very nice! Any more photos? Thanks for sharing

Thanks Tom,but no that's the only photo so far ...it'll be some time before I get back to it again ,I need to finish up some paying work so I can get the new front sight and swivel bases it also looks like I may have to try my hand at making a trap door buttplate ...finding one seems impossible !

About the trap door buttplate. I remember seeing a converted military buttplate, that had a spring and plunger drilled into the wood, to replace the flat spring that took up so much space on the original plate. Also less effort to open the trap.

Santa Fe had a bunch of 5 round magazines made up in Japan years ago for the #4 and jungle carbine. try places like gunbroker or ebay to see if anyone has one for sale. I have one on my Longbranch #4MKI and works great. Frank

Santa Fe had a bunch of 5 round magazines made up in Japan years ago for the #4 and jungle carbine. try places like gunbroker or ebay to see if anyone has one for sale. I have one on my Longbranch #4MKI and works great. Your "in the works rifle looks great and love the wood. Frank