S&T Lee-Enfield has landed !

Mine just arrived, ordered yesterday!  Great work Patrol Base, not so much UPS who just dumped it on the door step and rang the bell once.  So much for it needing signed for.......Really impressed so far, looks and feels great, the wood is much less orange than in most pics.

 
Got mine today too, Patrol base at their best ! Does look and feel right (I learned to shoot with a 303 at school) Anyone seen spare mags in stock anywhere ?

 
Any ideas on where to get real steel parts like the nose cap?

 
Bespoke have got some again , but priced at £459 ! making a profit is one thing as is supply and demand, but hell's teeth thats 50% more than I paid Patrol base last week 

 
Nick G said:
Genuine front cap fitted, needed very slight fettling, and my Father in laws bayonet .

Not the greatest picture, I'll take more at the weekend.

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Nice.

How much fettling was required to get the nose cap to fit?  Thinking of doing the same to mine.

I dont have a real bayonet, but I did purchase a rubber replica from vintage airsoft (along with a rubber commando Dagger for a seperate ww2 loadout) ,  so at least I can skirmish with it

Crap pics I know, I took them late last night...

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Spartan09 said:
Nice.

How much fettling was required to get the nose cap to fit?  Thinking of doing the same to mine.

I dont have a real bayonet, but I did purchase a rubber replica from vintage airsoft (along with a rubber commando Dagger for a seperate ww2 loadout) ,  so at least I can skirmish with it

Crap pics I know, I took them late last night...

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It really was a very small amount of fettling. 5 minutes with a file . I popped off the black plate behind the front sight (it's just a press fit) and filed the front lip down a bit , kept trying the front cap and filing  untill it fitted . I deliberatly left it at the 'quite tight' stage . The original front cross bolt and lower screw went straight back in.

 
Anyone know if you need to lubricate the bolt at all (seems a bit stiff) or if it will just loosen up with use?

 
Ran mine today, very impressed with how it shoots out of the box. Seems happy on .30's decent range and accuracy . Going to keep the power level at 'skirmish' levels rather that sniper. Fun to use it that way.

 
Nick G said:
Ran mine today, very impressed with how it shoots out of the box. Seems happy on .30's decent range and accuracy . Going to keep the power level at 'skirmish' levels rather that sniper. Fun to use it that way.
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Yeh mine chronos at 335 on .2s and 235 on .3s.  Perfect for just leaving as it is.  Decent range too. Not fielded it in a game yet though

 
Has anyone fitted an optic ? and if so what mount did you use ? A mate wants an optic on his, I'm quite happy with the irons on mine .

 
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Has anyone fitted an optic ? and if so what mount did you use ? A mate wants an optic on his, I'm quite happy with the irons on mine .
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Personally I would never put an optic on an SMLE. Historically this rifle was rarely scoped, and even though there was one sniper version it was not really favoured and rarely seen. An Enfield No4 on the other hand, i would love to see an airsoft version scoped one day (G&G im looking at you), but this isn't that model sadly. Also drilling some modern rails on this 100 year old rifle, is just a big no from me lol. But that's just my preference. 

If you really wanted it, at a push i would suggest this configuration but would be very difficult and expensive to fabricate.



 
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So an update, over the past couple of months, I've slowly sanded off the original varnish and just about finished recoating.

I used 3x coats of water based wood stain (Dark Walnut), then 3x coats of Danish oil.  I picked up a repro butt plate and tarnished with some salt & vinegar, it's not perfect fit, but better than the metal one it comes with.

Happy enough with it, it's far from perfect, but then that adds a bit of character ?

Original vs real steel

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Butt plate

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