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Lee Speed - now mine
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:07 am
by awo425
Hello fellows,
Maybe you remember my post bout shooting the Lee Speed(LE Mk I) of my friend Swen.
Now the rifle is mine and I did a complete checkup and cleaning:
Only problem now, it has no cleaning rod.
Can anybody provide some pictures and measurements, because I would like to make a replica?
Chris
Re: Lee Speed - now mine
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 1:56 pm
by dromia
Nice looking rifle.
Is it Metford rifling?
It was called a clearing rod on these not a cleaning rod, if I have time I'll photgraph one of mine but no promises.
Re: Lee Speed - now mine
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2009 2:09 pm
by awo425
It has a very nice 5 groove Enfield type barrel, slugging at .313" groove and .306" land.
Shot it yesterday with some handloads on a rather dark range, so I did only 6 shots(180grn .311" Sierra Prohunter, 41grn N140)
Chris
Re: Lee Speed - now mine
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 2:57 pm
by awo425
BTW, can anybody explain the rearsight slider without v notch?
Re: Lee Speed - now mine
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 10:25 am
by awo425
I was to the range today, the rifle needed some shots to get settled down as I cleaned the barrel very well
Than I tried S&B factory ammo(uses BT bullets of 180grn) and later again my handloads with 180grn Prohunter:
Not bad for such an old shooting iron!
Chris