The Firearm thread: Engineering artistry of wood, polymer and steel.

Red October1984 · 03-18-15, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Harvs

Hi all, this is my 1918 SMLE .303 MK III made by Lithgow Arms in NSW Australia.

Very pretty rifle. I wouldn't mind owning one of those but .303 is SO expensive here...I see it on the shelf for 34$ per box of 20.

I'd own it and never use it.

Harvs · 03-18-15, 07:12 PM

Hi all, yes ammo is expensive here as well but I have got onto some Serbian rounds @ $30 a box of 20, I have had the rifle 15 years now but unfortunately the woodwork on the foregrip cracked and rotted so I had to buy synthetics as parts are too hard and too expensive to come by.

this is it before conversion.

Aktungbby · 03-18-15, 10:55 PM

Don't apologize for synthetic!

had the original manufacturer had it 1n 1914 he would have used it! As price cutting is the name of the military/industrial game... especially in WWI. I'd imagine the price of ammo precludes your rendering of a historically accurate 'mad minute'? I reload the old 1800's Trapdoor Sprinfield and Sharp's Carbine 45-70 using this-it's a tedius drag, but $ave$ dinero in black and nitrate powder:

Harvs · 03-19-15, 12:24 AM

Dont get me wrong, i love the new synthetics, the rifle is more balanced, its half the weight and looks great, will pist more pics soon.

03-18-15, 07:12 PM	#2
Harvs Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Noonamah,Darwin Posts: 769 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Hi all, yes ammo is expensive here as well but I have got onto some Serbian rounds @ $30 a box of 20, I have had the rifle 15 years now but unfortunately the woodwork on the foregrip cracked and rotted so I had to buy synthetics as parts are too hard and too expensive to come by. this is it before conversion. __________________ *You cannot kill that which cannot be hit.* [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Intel Core i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz Liquid cooled NVIDIA GeForce GTX650 TiBOOST X2 in SLI 16GB RAM Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64BIT ASUS MAXIMUS V GENE Motherboard

03-18-15, 10:55 PM	#3
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,028 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Don't apologize for synthetic! had the original manufacturer had it 1n 1914 he would have used it! As price cutting is the name of the military/industrial game... especially in WWI. I'd imagine the price of ammo precludes your rendering of a historically accurate 'mad minute'? I reload the old 1800's Trapdoor Sprinfield and Sharp's Carbine 45-70 using this-it's a tedius drag, but $ave$ dinero in black and nitrate powder: __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

03-19-15, 12:24 AM	#4
Harvs Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Noonamah,Darwin Posts: 769 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	Dont get me wrong, i love the new synthetics, the rifle is more balanced, its half the weight and looks great, will pist more pics soon. __________________ *You cannot kill that which cannot be hit.* [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC] Intel Core i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz Liquid cooled NVIDIA GeForce GTX650 TiBOOST X2 in SLI 16GB RAM Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64BIT ASUS MAXIMUS V GENE Motherboard