The Firearm thread: Engineering artistry of wood, polymer and steel. - Page 15

Harvs · 03-18-15, 03:20 AM

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

August · 03-18-15, 11:16 AM

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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.

That is a beautiful looking rifle. Congratulations!

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.

d@rk51d3 · 03-19-15, 03:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Red October1984

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.

Cast and Reload.

Harvs · 03-19-15, 04:40 AM

This is the same rifle with ATI synthetics.

Harvs · 03-19-15, 04:43 AM

And again, same rifle after airbrushing, I am about to change the cam pattern to match my surroundings a bit more.

Jeff-Groves · 03-19-15, 04:43 AM

Now I like that setup!
What Bipod and Scope setup do you have?

Harvs · 03-19-15, 05:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeff-Groves

Now I like that setup!
What Bipod and Scope setup do you have?

I cant remember the brand of bipod, its good because it lets me sit comfortably with the rifle to my shoulder, I got it of Amazon but the Scope is a Barska 3-9 Digital Recticle that does the job well, im only shooting out to a max of 300m and mostly between 100m to 250m.

this was a shot on a pig that came out for a roo I shot the day before, 250m

Aktungbby · 03-19-15, 11:04 AM

a useful tool in any arsenal; I use a harris bipod on the .375 H&H Browning but authentic homemade & cheap 'crossed sticks' for black powder competition. Generally with a Lyman .50 or Thompson Hawken .45.

Red October1984 · 03-20-15, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by d@rk51d3

Cast and Reload.

I would but I'd have to pay for the equipment...and there's my problem

I can hold my wallet upside down right now and nothing would fall out.

Oberon · 04-27-15, 04:27 PM

The Burgess Folding Shotgun:

em2nought · 04-27-15, 05:14 PM

I wish I'd bought an SMLE long ago. Might go for an Mosin Nagant instead now.

03-18-15, 03:20 AM	#211
Harvs Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Noonamah,Darwin Posts: 769 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	SMLE Hi all, this is my 1918 SMLE .303 MK III made by Lithgow Arms in NSW Australia. __________________ *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 Last edited by Harvs; 03-18-15 at 04:03 AM.

03-18-15, 07:12 PM	#214
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	#215
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,856 Downloads: 22 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; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

03-19-15, 12:24 AM	#216
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

03-19-15, 04:40 AM	#218
Harvs Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Noonamah,Darwin Posts: 769 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	This is the same rifle with ATI synthetics. __________________ *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

03-19-15, 04:43 AM	#219
Harvs Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Noonamah,Darwin Posts: 769 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	And again, same rifle after airbrushing, I am about to change the cam pattern to match my surroundings a bit more. __________________ *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

03-19-15, 04:43 AM	#220
Jeff-Groves Village Idiot Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,319 Downloads: 130 Uploads: 0	Now I like that setup! What Bipod and Scope setup do you have? __________________ I don't do Stupid. So don't ask.

03-19-15, 11:04 AM	#222
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,856 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	a useful tool in any arsenal; I use a harris bipod on the .375 H&H Browning but authentic homemade & cheap 'crossed sticks' for black powder competition. Generally with a Lyman .50 or Thompson Hawken .45. __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

04-27-15, 04:27 PM	#224
Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	The Burgess Folding Shotgun:

04-27-15, 05:14 PM	#225
em2nought Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,266 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I wish I'd bought an SMLE long ago. Might go for an Mosin Nagant instead now. __________________ Looks like we need a Lemon Law for Presidents now! DNC sold us a dud, and they knew it.