![]() ![]() Some claim that the “rosewood” fore-end is fake achieved by putting a white line into the wood and staining the fore-end cap a different color. 1 was probably the prize model of the various offerings. ![]() This was not a particularly accurate perception to have and it took a while and some maturing of my thinking before I started to appreciate the Lee-Enfield rifle for the modest masterpiece that it is. So I tended to see them as an inexpensive “knock around” rifle for farmers and professional kangaroo shooters. The “expert” information I absorbed led me to believe that the Lee-Enfield action was “not as strong as a Mauser 98” and that “they don’t shoot accurately”. Back then I was new to the shooting sports and so I talked with other shooters and did lots of reading of things by shooting “experts” and formed my ideas around that information. ![]() The vast majority were locally sporterized military surplus rifles of varying provenance and quality. By then I was living and working in Australia and the Lee-Enfield sporting rifles were plentiful and cheap. I didn’t get seriously into shooting until I’d graduated college and had my first “real job” in the early seventies.
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