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For many years now I have had this dream about having a "Lee Speed type" custom rifle made. Don't know why, I just wanted one. Anyway I managed to get hold of an action and sent it off to have the works done. 26" Lothar barrel, good wood in the stock, tang safety built, express sights, 5 shot magazine, trigger worked, buffalo horn forend tip and grip cap, Silvers recoil pad etc. A Lee Speed look alike if you will. I have worked up a load using 215 gn Woodleigh projectiles and have chronographed them at 2200 fps with good accuracy. Target at 50 metres A few photos.          | ||
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That is a VERY nice looking rifle. So what is the history behind it? As an amateur I see a SMLE with some sort of action cover? | |||
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The action is a 1902 MLE or Long Tom action, the predecessor to the SMLE. Original Lee Speeds were a commercial rifle built on this action. In some circles there is a big following of Lee Speed rifles. | |||
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Ihave never seen a Lee Speed that was anywhere near as gorgeous as this. truly a work of art. Tell us who did the work! I have a nicely engraved Army&Navy LeeSpeed, that is as nice as I have seen, but yours is outstanding. thanks for showing us! DRSS(We Band of Bubba's Div.) N.R.A (Life) T.S.R.A (Life) D.S.C. | |||
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Ultra cool rifle! On the plains of hesitation lie the bleached bones of ten thousand, who on the dawn of victory lay down their weary heads resting, and there resting, died. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch... Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! - Rudyard Kipling Life grows grim without senseless indulgence. | |||
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Wow! that has to be one of the nicest Enfield rifles in the world! what a beautiful rifle! NRA Life Member Gun Control - A theory espoused by some monumentally stupid people; who claim to believe, against all logic and common sense, that a violent predator who ignores the laws prohibiting them from robbing, raping, kidnapping, torturing and killing their fellow human beings will obey a law telling them that they cannot own a gun. | |||
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I had a hankering to see how accurate a SMLE could be. I had a new take-off P14 barrel, and had a min spec .303 reamer made. Not only is it accurate, but brass fits like a glove and lasts and lasts! | |||
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Very very nice ! NRA Life Member, Band of Bubbas Charter Member, PGCA, DRSS. Shoot & hunt with vintage classics. | |||
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A fine rifle for the Empire. I have the same feeling about the Krag and have a rifle being done for exactly the same reason. What does Need have to do with it? Jerry Liles | |||
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I love it, didn't know that you could make one look that nice. | |||
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Very cool!! | |||
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Now a mystery is solved for me! In the early 90s I saw an original British made rifle very much like yours. It was in a high end shop in Albuquerque and they wanted $500 for it. I couldn't understand why someone had put so much effort into a SMLE. Now I'll bet it was a Lee Speed! Quick, Cheap, or Good: Pick Two | |||
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