Looking for a No.4Mk2 forend...I think they are extinct

[The Armourer]

How's about this (or is this the same 'Indian' stuff you have already found) ?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/LEE-ENFIELD...-/264540515171

[BlitzKrieg]

See that faint FR on stock.....Indian as curry. Photos cleverly don't show screw in forend.

Buyer beware

[lyman]

interesting it is marked FR under the butt plate,

[JB White]

See that faint FR on stock.....Indian as curry. Photos cleverly don't show screw in forend.

Buyer beware

Meaning the way they show only one side of the fore end from different angles, thus giving the glance shopper the impression they've seen both sides? Clever indeed. Although I can think of stronger words.

[Sunray]

"...Number 4 takes the same basic 'Short' magazine..." The mag has nothing to do with a No. 1 being called 'Short'. The No. 1 was called 'Short' because it was designed for use by both Cavalry and Infantry. Prior to the No. 1 there was a long barreled Infantry rifle and a shorter, but not always carbine length, Cavalry rifle.
Anyway, SMLE is more correctly written, S,M,LE. As in Short, Magazine, Lee-Enfield.
"...reach to England..." I think, but am not sure, that there would be daft export rules for firearm parts.

[BlitzKrieg]

I was saved by a generous collector and my rifle now has a new old stock original Mk2 fore end.

Took many hours to carefully and correctly fit the fore end onto the barreled action.

Range results with factory ammo was .8 MOA at 100 yds, will retest with my match 303 handloads next range visit.

My advice: days of restoring a No.4 sporter are long gone. Don't do it unless you want a long drama and high cost.

Surplus rifle parts , especially wood furniture has dried up. WWII was a long time ago and what many of us remember

as cheap parts in huge supply is not the case anymore.

Good shooting all