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P-H Front Sights

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Topic: P-H Front Sights

Posted By: Athabascan
Subject: P-H Front Sights
Date Posted: August 13 2016 at 12:04pm

Hi, I am a newbie on the site. I just made a trade for a guy and got a No.1 Mk 111, partially sporterized. matching parts original stock new 1 piece forearm. Barrel has been cut to 22in and has a P-H foresight with a 933E blade. Need some advise, does this look like a homemade mod or possible P-H Mod

Thanks, Bob

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Athabascan

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Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: August 13 2016 at 3:10pm

Hard to tell without pics.

Funny you named yourself after the "Unlucky Lady"

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Loose wimmen tightened here

Posted By: Athabascan
Date Posted: August 13 2016 at 4:03pm

Ill figure out how to do it then post some pictures.

Thanks

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Athabascan

Posted By: Athabascan
Date Posted: August 13 2016 at 4:39pm

Photos are posted on Photobucket

http://s833.photobucket.com/user/RobertRB1/library/Lee-Enfield?sort=3&page=1" rel="nofollow - http://s833.photobucket.com/user/RobertRB1/library/Lee-Enfield?sort=3&page=1

Hope that works!!

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Athabascan

Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: August 13 2016 at 7:06pm

agreed we will help when we see what you are talking about , the words do not convey the issue or a solution ,

OK - i need to know more of this "unlucky lady" im notr far enough northy to get where this is going .....but my interest is peaked , please ?

Posted By: Athabascan
Date Posted: August 13 2016 at 7:51pm

I am lost, whats with the reference unlucky Lady!!

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Athabascan

Posted By: Athabascan
Date Posted: August 13 2016 at 8:19pm

Posted pics hope everyone can see. I am away Monday on vacation for a week so no real access till next Saturday. Look forward to the dilogue

cheers

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Athabascan

Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: August 14 2016 at 7:14am

This, perhaps.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Athabaskan_" rel="nofollow - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS_Athabaskan_ (G07)

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Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)

Posted By: W.R.Buchanan
Date Posted: September 20 2016 at 4:12pm

The PH Front Sight was necessary when they cut the barrels off. I have one and it started out as a #4Mk1* Long branch.

It was changed to a "PH Deluxe Sporter" which was the next one up from the bottom of the line "Standard Sporter" which was nothing more than having the upper handguard and sight protector removed. I have one of those too.

My theory about the barrel cutoff was that they did it to the guns that had excessive wear to the muzzle from over zealous cleaning. My Standard gun has a perfect barrel which hasn't been cut. Cutting off 3" got rid of all the offending wear and produced a virtually new barrel.

My Deluxe Sporter got bored out to .35-303 as it had one of the weird 2 groove barrels and didn't shoot all that well. Some do, this one didn't. It came with a one piece Fore End with sling swivels, and the original buttstock. All the wood was stained a nearly purple color and still looks good but I replaced it with Boyd's Gray Laminate which looks and fits better.

These guns were the inexpensive P/H "Sporters" and were sold as working guns for the everyday guy in the late 50's and 60's. They are, or can be made into, good shooters.

As far as a pure hunting rifle goes, they are as good or better than anything out there and the reliability of the Lee Enfield action is second to none. I like mine!

They are also great guns to get into and refinish which I did on my Standard Sporter I paid $200 for.

Randy

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It's not how well you do what you know how to do,,, It's how well you do what you DON'T know how to do.

Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: September 20 2016 at 7:23pm

"unlucky lady" - nice reading , my good friends son here is married to an athabascan - she is a lucky lady me thinks