And now, some gun porn. ~:)

From Small Dead Animals, news about NEW MANUFACTURED Lee-Enfield rifles in 7.62 NATO from the Land of Oz.

Australian International Arms keep building Lee-Enfields--completely new. Some photos, more here (7.62mm M43 Russian rimless versions also available, banana clip):

My comment was:

Oh, I -like- the one with the Picatinny rail. That's got some possibilities. Previously the only Enfield available in 7.62x51 was the Ishapore model, which frankly was kinda crappy compared to WWII vintage .303s Big ugly forgings, nasty machine work.

But put a muzzle brake on that model M10-B2, you'd have a suhWEET piece there. Ten round mag, stripper clips, quickest slickest bolt action ever made... oh yeah.

As it happens, I know the guy who makes the best integral muzzle brake in the universe. Tom Aston, works with Tim Sheehan out of Goshen Enterprises in Arizona. They can port your pistol or rifle, and it will be -awesome-. Main advantage is recoil reduction, I've shot one of Tom's .300 WinMags with the Keeper porting system on it, kicked like a .223. An eleven year old boy shot it too, smile a mile wide.

Here's a link to a little blurb and some pictures.
www.progunprogressive.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=1918

Goshen Enterprises website here: www.goshen-hexsite.com/index.php

The HexSight is the real deal too. Effortless target acquisition in low light or bright sun, just the thing for combat shooting or IPSC with pistol or shotgun, maybe less than ideal for driving tacks. I've shot with it, it rocks.

Tom and Tim are quality guys, I did business with them when I lived in AZ and they treated me right. Americans can just go right on ahead and get your kit ported. Canadians may be SOL, unless you can figure out a way to do the import/export paperwork. Maybe take it across the line (legally, need I say) and have an American gun shop send it down to AZ. Alternatively, it might be possible to import a bare ported barrel, which counts as a "part" as far as I know.

Just some guys I know who do some of the best work I've seen. Drop a line to The Soapbox if you want to jaw about it.

So anybody who wants to jaw, comments are open. Don't spill any beer on the carpet. ~:D

The Phantom