Hi, need some help with a SMLE conversion. A friend and I have been inspired by the De Lisle Silent Carbine. The De Lisle Silent Carbine was a World War 2 conversion of the Lee Enfield Rifle which was fitted with a silencer and chambered in .45ACP.
Because silencers are considered naughty by lawmakers here in Australia, we cannot legally build a true reproduction so we've decided to go off on a tangent with our project and chamber it in .45 Winchester Magnum, and have no silencer fitted. With a barrell length of 18 Inches, and a big thumping .45 bullet it should make a handy, hard hitting close country carbine.
The original De Lisle Carbine used either M1911 magazines or the 20 rd Tommy gun magazines. These mags are a bit short for our purposes, (And tommy gun magazines are naughty too) so I am considering using .44 Magnum Desert Eagle Magazines.
I need help from someone with access to both a Desert Eagle .44 magnum magazine and some .45 Winchester Magnum Ammo. If they could try loading the magazine and then simulate feeding from the magazine to test the combination it would be much appreciated.
If anyone is interested I will keep the site posted with the progress.
Thanks
Moo.
BTW. We are using actions from sporterised/butchered SMLE rifles. There is no way we would dare destroy one of those beautiful original Lee Enfields.
Because silencers are considered naughty by lawmakers here in Australia, we cannot legally build a true reproduction so we've decided to go off on a tangent with our project and chamber it in .45 Winchester Magnum, and have no silencer fitted. With a barrell length of 18 Inches, and a big thumping .45 bullet it should make a handy, hard hitting close country carbine.
The original De Lisle Carbine used either M1911 magazines or the 20 rd Tommy gun magazines. These mags are a bit short for our purposes, (And tommy gun magazines are naughty too) so I am considering using .44 Magnum Desert Eagle Magazines.
I need help from someone with access to both a Desert Eagle .44 magnum magazine and some .45 Winchester Magnum Ammo. If they could try loading the magazine and then simulate feeding from the magazine to test the combination it would be much appreciated.
If anyone is interested I will keep the site posted with the progress.
Thanks
Moo.
BTW. We are using actions from sporterised/butchered SMLE rifles. There is no way we would dare destroy one of those beautiful original Lee Enfields.