Thread: LEE Enfield Carbine restoration

Almost complete, have repro front wood on order

Brazed the proper front sight back on, doing so exposed the barrel to a lot of heat but I figure A: they were apparently originally brazed on so its been through it before and B: if I shoot it it won't be with full noise ammo, maybe just light cast lead/trail boss loads.

TIG welded the bayonet lug from a long tom nose cap back onto the NZ carbine nose cap. I realise it is heresy to defile antique parts like this, and there is a special hell reserved for people like me, but I had to right the wrong of whoever thought it OK to sporterise an NZ carbine. Probably needs a to be revisited with a small file but now it needs to be used for reference for restoring the front stock.