Enfield for the masses.

[palepainter]

I have been eyeing up some Enfields for some time. I have a collection of SKS and other 7.62 goodies. A friend had a bunch of pieces that I purchased. It had 3 different kinds of woods, mismatched bolt and receiver. It needed a few small items like extractor spring and ejector screw that I am waiting on. I also ordered a Hale sight for the rear.
It headspaced fine with a "0" breechbolt head. I am waiting on some matching original furniture. But in the mean time, I took it down and fixed all the cracks and rotten wood, mostly in the Beech. The walnut seemed to hold up much better. I then filled all the pores and sealed it with Polyester. Then added the drab green finish. I glass beaded all the parts then used Duracoat black on all the metal except the bolt. I just painted the handle assembly. I look forward to shooting it in the very near future and will use it to hunt Elk next year. I have my eyes on another No1 right now.
Hoping to find an original set of woods this weekend at the Tanner show.

[Troublco]

I have not seen a set of #4 wood at a gun show in quite a while, but you never know what you'll find. You might check Numrich (www.e-gunparts.com) they have stuff like that normally. In fact, a lot of the time they'll have quite a few of the parts for one of these.

[palepainter]

I found the screws, springs and stuff I needed at Sarco. But I have yet to find anyone who has the complete set matching wood. I found a few on Ebay in the 125-180 range. Thought it was a bit steep.

[Troublco]

I found a place that has the fore-end and handguards, used. No buttstocks, though. This place also has lots of the parts and the prices seem decent.

http://www.hoosiergunworks.com/catalog/military_stocks.html

http://www.hoosiergunworks.com/catalog/enfield.html

First one's the stock parts, second is the other parts. Might be worth a look.

[palepainter]

I found a place that has the fore-end and handguards, used. No buttstocks, though. This place also has lots of the parts and the prices seem decent.

http://www.hoosiergunworks.com/catalog/military_stocks.html

http://www.hoosiergunworks.com/catalog/enfield.html

First one's the stock parts, second is the other parts. Might be worth a look.

Thanks for those links. I have not seen this site yet.
I appreciate the help.

[rondog]

Go here and ask around. http://www.milsurps.com/forumdisplay.php?f=72