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Lee Speed? I need opinions!

Found this rifle listed as a sporterized Enfield at the expected average price of a sporterized Enfield.  Close inspection of the pics convinced me it wasn't a standard sporterized Enfield, but a...

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That is a very nice piickup. I just finished stocking a coupe of them (one was a Lee Speed the other was a ex mil ) but they were with the bolt safety so for my own I made an aperture sight that fixed...

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Craig I don't think your rifle is a Lee Speed, but rather a BSA Sporting rifle. I am 1500 miles from my book to look it up. But I guarantee since I have made this statement someone knowledgeable will...

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Ok, now that I have had time to do some searching....... It isn't a converted milsurp. 1920's vintage BSA factory made sporting rifle. Found two other identical to it posted on UK club sights and they...

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Re: Lee Speed? I need opinions!

Craig, Does it have the Crown/B stamp as do many of the Lee Speed guns which were approved for use in the Military Rifle Matches?

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Will have to wait until it gets here for a closer inspection.

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To my mind, none of Speed's patents were particularly important at least in regards to sporting arms. The bolt knob top extension addresses a problem that that doesn't exist. You can easily single...

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I'm throwing this out as much for my own education as anything and accordingly am prepared to be corrected.. Your rifle appears to be a BSA commercial based on a No.1 MkIII action. It may or may not...

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Patents in the UK ran initially for 3 years which cost 50 Pounds (which at the time was a considerable sum). in the late 1800s. Every time time one needed to be renewed, the cost went up...

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I checked with Peter Frost ......long time dealer in England. This rifle was marketed by BSA in the eary 1920's as the "Lee Speed Pattern" and has as all of the orignal sight, barrel and stock specs...

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