What's the most aesthetic Lee to get?

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SMLE Mk.I.

>>33105554
This, I'm in the process of restoring my sporter

>>33105535
No1 1 Mk 1

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Looks are a matter of taste, but I like the No4s best. They look especially awesome from certain angles, and I like dinged up stocks and worn finishes on rifles that haven't been refinished by factory or bubba.

Probably the best looking of all are the L42 sniper's rifles though.

>>33105593
What's difference between the SMLE and the no4? Excuse the ignorance

>>33105961
Same action, but upgraded for modern times.
The No. 4 has these features that are not found on No. I's

>bull barrel
>ladder sight on the rear of the receiver
>socket bayonet
>different magazine type
>one-piece top handguard
>No.4 Mk. 2's authorization of beech wood stocks

those are the major differences

>>33106020
Sorry, I'm retarded, the No. 4 does NOT have a one-piece top handguard.

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>>33105535
Given that you won't shoot it much (if at all)
RIC Carbine

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>>33105593
My No. 4 didnt come with that rear sight, is it a bitch to change?

Number 5 jungle carbine, of course

>>33105535
LITHGOW
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Here's one of my No4Mk1 rifles

>>33107917
>Number 5 jungle carbine

This. Any other answer is cuck-level nogun under-aged vidya player meme horseshit.

>>33107713

that looks really ugly

The next question would be what is an affordable price for a SMLE? I found one locally for $300 but didn't get a close look at the condition. Most of them I see on line are a good deal more expensive.

>>33110981

4 years ago you could get great ones for $250, nowadays they run about $300 for your average one

Rarity is a factor too

$300 is a great price if it's mechanically sound, all serials match, and it's got a good bore

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No.4 Mk1/2 here.

>>33106020
The biggest difference is the re-designed receiver, which is stronger and faster/cheaper to manufacture. And Beech was used almost from the get go in 1941 since Walnut wasn't always available, they used both simultaneously but in the end more Beech stocks were made and post war it was adopted as the official material.

>different magazine type
It was slightly different in the way that it fit. IIRC I have had a No1 mag in a No4 before and it fed, although somewhat unreliably.

>>33107817
Nope, very easy. The sight is tensioned by a plunger sitting in a spring which is contained in a socket like hole at the bottom right of the sight. All there is holding it in is that one horizontal screw. The screw is staked through at one end with a little bit of metal, you want to carefully punch this out and keep it safe, then you can withdraw the screw and (taking care not to let the plunger and spring jump out) remove the sight.

Brass punches are a good idea so as not to risk damaging the finish or the hardware, but you can improvise. I never had punches for year and got by with care, although it was retarded since even cheapish punches will do and are essential kit for milsurps.

>>33105568

Where did you find wood

I'd be interested in piecing together a No1 back together but unfucked stocks are a rarity.

>>33112082
Cool thanks anon, I'll look into getting a ladder sight for it

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>>33105535
No.1 Mk.III (not III*) or perhaps No.1 mk V pic related (note: not the no.5 jungle carbine)

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>>33113918
Look up the Mk1 sight, it's the milled version. The stamped ladder sights are functionally sine but rougher and might be loose after all these years whereas the milled worm-gear Mk1s are usually still fine.

>>33114132
I've always loved the look of that bayonet lug(?) that surrounds the muzzle on these guns.

>>33114300
I think the whole thing is called a muzzle cap

No4 Mk2
>dat brass buttpalte with trap for cleaning kit
>Iconic WWII lines

>>33110288
I can't think of a single game where the SMLE is featured

No.1 Mk.III with volley sight and pioneer bayonet is the most aesthetic.

>>33114687
Verdun, Mare Nostrum