Geissele Teases Rebarreled Lee-Enfield Project

In a recent Instagram post, Geissele showed off some Lee Enfield rifles they had rebarreled. Geissele dabbling in the milsurp game is a surprise. But it is a very welcome one!

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The post states that this project was an attempt to replace worn-out barrels in a few of Bill Geissele’s personal No. 1 Mk. III Enfields. Corrosive ammo, use in jungle war zones, and the ravages of time have claimed the bores of many of these guns. New barrels may not help collector value, but they can get these old guns back onto the firing line.

While this rebarreling project is a departure from typical Geissele products like the Super Duty AR and MRGG-S, it does make sense in a broader historical context. Geissele started out as a company making parts for highpower rifle competition. Vintage rifle matches are a popular segment of those competitions, and rebarreling classics with better modern barrels is common practice.

Will Geissele ever offer this service to the broader public? If so, will this be the first rifle pattern among others? Are Geissele-barreled rifles from the World Wars going to be the new meta for CMP vintage rifle matches? No one knows. Would you like to own a “Guys-Lee Enfield” (that was their dad joke, and it deserves some recognition) of your own? Let us know in the comments below.

From the manufacturer:

“We decided to try our hand at re-barreling some Enfield NO1 MKIII Rifles. Bill Geissele has several Enfields in his collection he has acquired over the years, but they are notorious for suffering from corrosion, especially those used in jungle environments. We recently re-barreled two MKIII’s with Geissele CHF barrels, and applied our Nanoweapons coating to the hardware. These are now rebuilt to last as solid shooters, while retaining the historical patina that makes these stand out as pieces of firearms history.”