I was referred by the Medium Bore Rifles forum to post this here, so this is a duplicate post, but maybe someone here can help me:

My step grandfather "willed" me his No.4, Mk.1 Lee-Enfield .303 British. As a child I had a HUGE attachment to it, asking to "play" with it often (unloaded of course), and it was the only thing that I was given of his which I feel lucky to have considering I am a step-grandchild and my attachment for it.

Unfortunately it's bore is SHOT, and I would truly like to re-barrel it with a new, old-surplus barrel to restore it to its prime.

Can anyone PLEASE point me in a direction where I could possibly find a new barrel???????? Or possibly a gunsmith specializing in the Lee-Enfields????????

THANKS for ANY info you can provide!!!

Did you try Gun Parts Corp-?

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Originally posted by DuaneinND:
Did you try Gun Parts Corp-?

I've tried so many "gun parts" places that it is CRAZY! I can even find new bolts, firing pins, bayonets, etc. but NO barrels.

I'm beginning to think I need to have the barrel re-rifled to a .338-.303 British or something.

Contact these guys: http://www.bdlltd.com/

I'm told they have lots of Enfield stuff. They specialize in them....

If you find out anything, please let me know. I like Enfields as well and may wish to rebarrel one in the future.

Thanks,

Another possibility; Try Marstars (Canada)
Good luck!

I’m having Krieger make a replacement military contoured barrel for an 1898 US Krag...and I believe that they will duplicate any barrel for you as long as you send the the original to copy from.

Obviously a bit more $$$ than buying a surplus, but stick that Krieger on it and you will be handing it down to your grandson.

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Originally posted by Rick 0311:
I’m having Krieger make a replacement military contoured barrel for an 1898 US Krag...and I believe that they will duplicate any barrel for you as long as you send the the original to copy from.

Obviously a bit more $$$ than buying a surplus, but stick that Krieger on it and you will be handing it down to your grandson.

THAT'S COOL!!! I bet it'll be a great shooter!!!

The Canadian company referred to above as "Marstars" is actually "Marstar". Their website is at

http://www.marstar.ca

and they list USED #4 Mk1 barrels without a price, saying "call them". Click on "rifles and parts" to see the listing. This may mean that they have a variety of barrels in different conditions, but it would be well worth a call, anyway. The vast majority of wartime-produced #4s actually saw service, I believe, and "new" barrels may be hard to come by. I would think that a very good or better barrel would serve your purposes quite well, as most of the #4 rifles that come to us seem to perform very nicely with their 'used' barrels.

A true duplication of the barrel by a modern maker would be extremely difficult due to the bayonet lugs being machined right from the steel of the barrel blank itself, near the muzzle. Personally, I think it just doesn't "look right" if those lugs are missing. The .22 versions of the #4 don't have bayonet lugs, and the muzzle area looks odd to me....of course, I'm a picky ol' SOB and it probably doesn't matter to the other 99.9% of us.