I've had one on the back burner for over a year now. Planning on doing an "un-sporterizing" project on a Number 4, Mark 1 Lee-Enfield. I must confess that circa 1995 I sporterized a decent, matching numbers, 1945 dated Canadian Lee-Enfield made at the Long Branch arsenal in Ontario, which was near Toronto. At the time there were tons of them for sale and I grew up in the 50's & 60's drooling on sporterized military bolt guns so I guess it can be blamed on bad influences from my childhood. Even back then I felt a bit funny so I saved everything left over and there was no cutting or hacking up any part of the rifle. So theoretically all it needs is for the scope and its clamp on / screw on, removable mount to be removed, the aftermarket stock taken off, and then replace the original stock, and hardware, the original sights, etc. and then it will once again become a matching number, 1945, Long Branch, # 4, Mark 1 Lee-Enfield. All the matching, original, needed parts are here in a box waiting to be put back where they came from. Only problem now is that summer is here, which is busy for me, and fall involves things like hunting, so this may have to wait until mid December after deer season closes. Then it can be one of those "dead of winter" Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. projects. But it's on the "to do" list. Here's the un-cutup gun with no Bubba alterations awaiting the restoration of its original parts.
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