03 July 2023, 03:36
yumastepsideSwitch barrel Lee Enfield
Out of curiosity....has anyone ever done one...is it even possible ??
Roger
Now that is interesting. Make a steel, aluminum or carbon fiber lower receiver enclosure. Stop the forend at the start of the barrel.
Omega Koon. I had one of these, It was a novelty rifle.
08 August 2023, 00:21
richjhere's another modular design.
09 August 2023, 04:08
dpcdIt would be easy to make one; I'd use a side mounted barrel screw like the H&H design.
RJ; not sure what you are saying.....Lower receiver?
11 August 2023, 05:12
richjThe magazine trigger guard area could be a separate piece. The buttstock would attach normally, the forend would either be part of the barrel or attached with a shotgun type hanger
11 August 2023, 07:40
yumastepsideNot sure about that...the trigger itself is part of the floorplate assembly...
Roger
14 August 2023, 19:47
dpcdThe forearm is already part of the barrel.
Here is an idea; just unscrew the buttstock; instant TD!
Have a telescoping wrench in them butt socket.
15 August 2023, 05:11
yumastepsideOK for a takedown, but not a switch barrel.
I'm talking about different calibre barrels.
Roger
15 August 2023, 19:44
BobsterWhat if you approach it from a different angle? "Bolt Action Rifles", de Haas, features pics of Enfields that were one-piece stocked. I imagine that consisted of removing the rear flanges and inletting the bbl'd action as usual. Using the through bolt and front screw as the original setup, or with a rear tang screw. After doing that, it could be configured like DPCD wrote. Each bbl could have it's own forend or you could switch that too. Forend and stock would have mating alignment plates.
Like this that appears you posted on another forum (scroll down):
https://www.enfield-rifles.com...stock_topic9888.html16 August 2023, 03:50
dpcdYes I have done that and I have the stock pattern to do so.
Remember that the original Lee Patent was a ONE piece stock, and that Sharps got the contract to make the first 300 of them.
But then, in 1881, with all the bison gone, Sharps went bankrupt. Then Remington got the rights to it, and we all know the Remington-Lee, which is a one piece stock.
It was the British who put the two piece stock design from the Martini, on the Lee. Stronger.
So, sure, one piece Lee; not hard to do. Remove the Butt socket and make a rear guard screw. A through bolt won't really work because you have nothing to affix the rear of the trigger guard to.
I have an article that I wrote on it that tells in detail how to do it.
Mine is not as ugly as the one in the link above.
16 August 2023, 05:24
yumastepsideWould like to see that article Tom...
Roger
16 August 2023, 07:48
dpcdI wrote it pre internet so I will take pictures of the pages and email it to you.
17 August 2023, 20:30
dpcdSharps-Lee, one piece stock and modified action.