Thread: Fitting stock onto SMLE

Originally Posted by Trigger

Looking for any good tips/pages on fitting the forestock and stuff to the SMLE. Understand that it should be floated at the receiver and I’ve a NOS and repro stock to choose from. However the repro doesn’t have the cutout for the lock plate unlike the NOS. Yeah I’ve an awesome gunsmith if I screw it up. But this is a learning opportunity for me too.

@Cordite please chime in with your expertise too.

Mate PM TERTLE ON THIS FORUM -HES A WALKING ENCYCLOPAEDIA on the .303 and i say that from actually meeting and talking with him
he runs the allabout enfield site too.