Gun restorer
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Topic: Gun restorer
Posted By: Honkytonk
Subject: Gun restorer
Date Posted: July 03 2018 at 9:54am
| While I realize most people on this site are experienced restorers/builders, and I'm hesitant to put a web site in my post, has anybody ever heard or dealt with a business in Saskatchewan, Canada, called leeenfieldrestorations? The reason I ask is I checked out their site and they look like they do some serious work. I contacted them about building me a faux L42A on a No4 Mk1 platform(retain .303 Calibre.) He said he has on in stock and is sending me pictures. I suspect the price tag would be dear. Any guesses? |
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Posted By: Canuck
Date Posted: July 03 2018 at 10:52am
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Iknowof them but haven’t used their services yet. ------------- Castles made of sand slip into the sea.....eventually |
Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: July 03 2018 at 11:10am
| I'll let the forum know the price and post pictures. I'd like feedback from Enfield people more knowledgeable than me. |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: July 03 2018 at 1:25pm
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I haven't used them personally but they have a FaceBook page with 2 reviews, both positive. A quick poke about in it suggests they have a big inventory of LB & Savage parts. ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: July 03 2018 at 4:30pm
| I've received pictures of a L39A1 clone they have on the rack. It looks nice, and I believe the price is $850 CAD. I'm hoping it is in .303 and a repeater, and am waiting for confirmation. I'm not really interested in .308. Hopefully pic's will be posted! |
Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: July 03 2018 at 7:30pm
| Just received more info. The Envoy clone is based on a No4 Mk1 Maltby. .303, 10 Rd magazine. With PH fancy sites $800 CAD. With ladder site, $600. I'm pretty sure I'm gonna pull the trigger (pardon the pun) on this deal. I'll think about it over night. |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: July 03 2018 at 8:19pm
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it sounds nice - i have no reference point on canadian price points these days at all , but im always one to say - if you like it and it fits your needs go for it , we only go round once in life and life is a fleeting thing , but - life is good
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Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: July 04 2018 at 7:16am
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Pics:  ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: July 04 2018 at 7:17am
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Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: July 04 2018 at 7:18am
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Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: July 04 2018 at 7:18am
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still going:  ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: July 04 2018 at 7:19am
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Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: July 04 2018 at 7:19am
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Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: July 04 2018 at 7:21am
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That looks like a .303 barrel to me, no magazine though. ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: July 04 2018 at 7:34am
| Thanks for posting the pics, Shamu. It is a .303 barrel. Magazine is included. As a clone of the L39A1, it's not totally accurate (no heavy barrel, not .308) but from the pics, I like the looks. They are three hours down the road so wife and me will probably do a road trip to have a better look. |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: July 05 2018 at 4:40am
Aw heck, H.T.: If your going that far - why not continue on to Niagara Falls? I'll even buy you a beer!  ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: July 05 2018 at 5:05am
| I do realize this rifle isn't a true L39A1 but I'm curious as to what members think of it. You can be honest. And Hoadie, thanks for the offer! Sounds tempting! |
Posted By: Canuck
Date Posted: July 05 2018 at 9:30am
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I know they perform barrel changes because I inquired last year. I have the proper tools to remove barrels but am not experienced with the breaching up and alignment procedures. ------------- Castles made of sand slip into the sea.....eventually |
Posted By: Zed
Date Posted: July 05 2018 at 12:06pm
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I think with a scope fitted it would make an L42 clone as well. You could use a no drill mount so as not to damage the receiver. Especially because the 42 had that style front sight. Where as the L39 has the Parker Hale target sight. You could of course look for a target front sight. There is an L39 for sale in the UK on GunStar for 895 pounds which seem's like a very good price. It has the 10 round mag too! ------------- It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice! |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: July 05 2018 at 1:50pm
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Have you got a better pic of the P-H sight? I ask because there's a few "odd" things about it IMO. 1: The elevation knob looks "wrong" for either the early tapered shaped 1/2 minute clicks, or the later barrel shaped 1/4 MOA clicks. 2: The eyepiece doesn't look like the plain, the 6 aperture plate, nor the variable iris types I'm used to. 3: The rear attachment screw (in-the-white hex bolt?) passing through the original ladder pivot pin holes is odd.  Early:  Late:  ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: July 05 2018 at 2:41pm
| I don't, Shamu. Other than I requested I'm not interested in it as I plan on mounting a scope. Just internally debating Addley Precision or S&K. |
Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: July 06 2018 at 10:54am
| Well, looks like I'm gonna be a father!... to a nice looking L39A clone! I phoned the gentleman from that Enfield shop. Holy British! It was like talking to Austin Powers! He had built this clone (albeit in .303) for himself. Here's the deal. $600 (without the PH peep site). $35 to ship it to me. He doesn't take credit card. I mail him a cheque, he sends rifle. I like rifle, he cashes cheque. Kinda like old school business! I'll keep the forum posted! |
Posted By: Canuck
Date Posted: July 06 2018 at 11:50am
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I think you did very well on that deal, Honkytonk. I was looking at several #4 barreled actions I have thinking I could build one for myself. Most have the bayonet lug cut off already but with the front sight block still intact. With all the sported furniture I have and several repro cheek risers....its' got me thinking about a winter project. ------------- Castles made of sand slip into the sea.....eventually |
Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: July 06 2018 at 1:05pm
| Thanks Canuck! I think it worked out good. I thought about building one, but it would be from scratch as I would need everything. The guy that built this is an Enfield guy. Headspace and bore excellent. I'm going to use an Addley Precision mount. I'm not sure what scope. I have a Leupold 1.5x4 straight tube on my Sniper clone. It would look good on this one too but then again a 3x9 would probably get the most out of the rifle as my eyes aren't what they used to be. It is supposed to be a tack driver (for me, thats under 2" moa @ 100 yds) |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: July 06 2018 at 1:13pm
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Nice! ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: July 06 2018 at 7:30pm
| sounds a plan to me - you will enjoy it with the scope on it , |
Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: July 10 2018 at 5:07am
| Should be getting the L39A1 clone this week. Ordered up a VX1 3x9x40 Leupold to put on an Addley Precision mount I already have. I've got some freshly loaded 180's I'm gonna try it out with. Very exciting! |
Posted By: Goosic
Date Posted: July 10 2018 at 7:04am
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I found the pictures I was looking for. I had made my own L39A1 clone a year ago or so. I went a tad further with it and laser engraved L39A1 into the receiver.  
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Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: July 10 2018 at 7:13am
| Very nice Goosic! Mine has a original stock with a cheek piece. Judging by the shape of the magazine, .303? |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: July 10 2018 at 8:22am
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I think your bipod spigot is on backwards? The other way round the curved part becomes a palm stop. ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: Goosic
Date Posted: July 10 2018 at 8:43am
I turned it around once I realized it was on backwards. |
Shamu wrote:Posted By: Goosic
Date Posted: July 10 2018 at 8:46am
The forestock in the photo was a No4 Mk1 item I cut down and modified. Yes,it is a .303 still |
Posted By: Goosic
Date Posted: July 10 2018 at 8:51am
 This is my very first .308 conversion I did ten years ago using a A2 barrel. I lucked out and found a Sterling magazine for only 35 dollars. Believe it or not,I found the Sile stock set at Numrich. Enforcer/Parker Hale Custom No4 clone? |
Posted By: Goosic
Date Posted: July 10 2018 at 8:54am
 The L39A1 clone is now the target rifle on the bottom. |
Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: July 20 2018 at 1:26pm
| Well, just received my L39A1 clone today. Very nice rifle. Previous owner/builder assured me the bore/headspace are perfect and that it's a shooter. Unfortunately, the spare Addley Precision scope mount I have doesn't fit. It has the 45 deg angle (ledge?) Below the ejector screw and this rifle has the radiused. I ordered the correct one. Should be here next week. |
Posted By: Canuck
Date Posted: July 20 2018 at 2:06pm
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Good stuff HT! ------------- Castles made of sand slip into the sea.....eventually |
Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: July 20 2018 at 2:53pm
| Thanks Can k! I also just ordered a Leupold VX1 3x9x40 scope from an independent small shop a couple of hours away. Funny how once the money starts rolling it's hard to stop it! This should be the last rifle I buy! |
Posted By: Goosic
Date Posted: July 20 2018 at 3:13pm
| I said that same thing about,this is the last rifle I'm buying,seven rifles ago... |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: July 20 2018 at 5:23pm
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does have a bad habbit of 'comin back around on the guitar' we all experiencxe this . sorry about the obscure reference to alice's restaurant but it sticks in my head at moments like this ..."you can get anything that you want - ceptin alice " just a moment in time but it left an impression
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Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: July 20 2018 at 5:46pm
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That 45 flat / radius shelf is a bain. ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: July 20 2018 at 7:09pm
| I'm thinking of putting the Addley mount with the 45 on my No5. The mount has a Weaver 4x on it. I have a No4 stock with a walnut cheekpiece I installed on it for another project gun that turned out to be a dud shooter. Might make a nice light bush gun! |
Posted By: Goosic
Date Posted: July 20 2018 at 8:19pm
My girlfriend's name is Alys |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: July 21 2018 at 4:27am
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..had a cat named Alice ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: July 21 2018 at 8:16pm
| i, sytill looking for the right alice , but then i think illl be looking a long time , ill just sit here on the group W bench ............. |
Posted By: Goosic
Date Posted: July 21 2018 at 8:35pm
| Put you in jail and take the toilet paper roll from you so you don't roll the paper out the window and have yourself an ascape. |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: July 22 2018 at 8:54am
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We did this back in the days of SR 71's being stationed in the U.K. Every time they'd do a sortie we'd get shut down arbitrarily because we were so close together. Bearing in mind the promise to "Never operate a spy flight over a friendly nation" we decide to get pics of the SR71 take off & climb out. WE did, then we made 8X10's & mailed them to the Base CO, with this on the back. "They took twenty seven eight-by-ten colour glossy photographs with circles And arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each One was to be used as evidence against us. Took pictures of the approach, The getaway, the northwest corner the southwest corner and that's not to Mention the aerial photography." We then added circles, & arrows & a paragraph on the back of each. It contained all & any information we had on the SR 71. There was quite a lot out there, even though it was so secret you had to climb a stepladder to brush your teeth. It went down as well as you'd expect!  ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: Goosic
Date Posted: July 22 2018 at 9:01am
| Friend,have you rehabilitated yourself. |
Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: July 22 2018 at 9:03am
| In my humble opinion, the 3rd sexiest military plane. #1 is the Spitfire, #2 the Sabre Jet, and then at #3 the SR 71. |
Posted By: Goosic
Date Posted: July 22 2018 at 10:11am
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#5 Spitfire #4 F-15E #3 B-17G #2 SR-71 #1 P-51D |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: July 22 2018 at 12:08pm
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I like the twin engine ones myself. 5: Arado 234 "Blitz" 4:North American B-25 Mitche!!. 3: Grumman Tigercat. 2: Dh Mosquito. 1: Post WW2, but I rode em for a while. EE/BAC Canberra. (Pr7) ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: July 22 2018 at 3:20pm
| Mosquito!! Totally forgot about that twin engine wooden screamer! |
Posted By: Stanforth
Date Posted: July 23 2018 at 2:34am
Carried a bigger bomb load than the B17 and with only 2 crew and didn't get shot down so often. ------------- Life.. a sexually transmitted condition that is invariably fatal. |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: July 23 2018 at 3:49am
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..didn't get shot down so often because it went like stink! Plus, it was actually a very formidible fighter, & because of it's wooden construction - could take alot of puishment,& still come home ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: July 23 2018 at 5:35am
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I had the privelidge of working on a Blitz & a Mosquito (RS712 aka EG-F) as a Volunteer at "Skyfame" museum in Staverton. It was later used as one of the flying units in "633 Squadron". No-one knows what happened to the Blitz when the place was forced to close & the collection dispersed.  ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: July 23 2018 at 5:54am
| Wouldn't mind that in my backyard as a lawn ornament! |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: July 23 2018 at 5:56am
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Call Kermit Weeks he currently has it in Fla.  ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: Stanforth
Date Posted: July 23 2018 at 7:56am
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The great beauty of it was that it used freely available materials (wood) and could be largely assembled away from aircraft factories. Known as Freemans Folly it was initially rejected by the Air Ministry and Air Chief Marshall Freeman had the first one made at his own expense. ------------- Life.. a sexually transmitted condition that is invariably fatal. |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: July 23 2018 at 9:22am
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every furniture factory in Canada was making parts for the Mossy ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: July 23 2018 at 2:45pm
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It may have been Nazi, but I really likes the Ar234 (b) the skids on the (a) were a truly stupid idea (once it landed you had to take a crane & a trolley just to taxii it back to the hangar. ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: July 23 2018 at 8:01pm
| i need a longer back yard for that one id never get off the ground assuming i missed all the trees , but yes , its one to have |