LOL Thank you I think.
I bought these two for $300 to get the dark one.
The same week I traded the lighter one for for a Mosin Nagant and traded it to a guy in Utah for this one with two sets of wood.
Ah the good old days.
..MJ..
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LOL Thank you I think.
I bought these two for $300 to get the dark one.
The same week I traded the lighter one for for a Mosin Nagant and traded it to a guy in Utah for this one with two sets of wood.
Ah the good old days.
..MJ..
I'm starting to see how this works, MJ1:
1. Start a thread you know you can dominate, but which is still fun to visit.
2. Make everyone else feel bad because you've got more Enfields than they do.
3. Supplement with numerous creepy shots of hot women and appetizers.
Well played, sir. Well played.
1. Start a thread you know you can dominate, but which is still fun to visit.
2. Make everyone else feel bad because you've got more Enfields than they do.
3. Supplement with numerous creepy shots of hot women and appetizers.
Well played, sir. Well played.
Now this is truly embarrassing. My goal was to get others to join in because I believe there are lots of people with closets full of Enfields. The girls and food are the real hobby. Now I'm almost too shy to show my very early1941 #4T .
...MJ...
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I went ahead and dug out the SMLE today along with a bandolier of HXP ammo. Just a few cell phone pics
Its an all matching 1917 btw. There were no girls at the range to take pictures of but I should have grabbed a shot of my breakfast because our cook can whip up a mean french toast.![[grin]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/041.gif "Grin [grin]")
Its an all matching 1917 btw. There were no girls at the range to take pictures of but I should have grabbed a shot of my breakfast because our cook can whip up a mean french toast.
What is a baseline price for a "US property" marked .303 brit Enfield with peep sights and a good to very good overall condition??. I just put a couple bucks down on one for 150 with the bayonet. Even a really rough price...??
Good original all matching ones 350-400, refurb mixmaster 150+
Depends, I saw one in Las Vegas a few months back that impressed me for $500 with the 200/600 flip sight lathered in cosmoline. I was just passing through and not prepared to fly with anything so I passed on it.
I did find a Victory Lend Lease S&W 38/200 in mint condition and had it sent to my FFL.
I love this country.
..MJ..
I did find a Victory Lend Lease S&W 38/200 in mint condition and had it sent to my FFL.
I love this country.
..MJ..
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The Goose
NES Member
One of the cool things about British military firearms and British firearms in general is the thoroughness of the markings. Certainly they can be confusing and I am far from an expert, but some folks are. When you get into the older stuff like Sniders and Martinis the markings are crucial. There are so many fakes out there, especially from Afghanistan. They may even do a decent job on some of the fakes, but in the end they rarely (if ever) get the markings right. I had a couple of Martini's looked at by someone who really knows the markings and for him it was like reading a history book. It is like that rifles complete history was written somewhere on either the metal or the wood.
Garys
NES Member
No. 4 MK 2 1954 manufacture.
No. 5 Mk 1
No 1 Mk III BSA "Dispersal" manufactured in 1943
I also have a No 4 Mk 1 Savage with matching numbers and in original condition. As in has never been rearsenaled.
And a No 4 Mk 1 that was converted to a hunting rifle by Golden State Arms, probably in the 1970s.
A bonus Schmidt Rubin K 31.
No. 5 Mk 1
No 1 Mk III BSA "Dispersal" manufactured in 1943
I also have a No 4 Mk 1 Savage with matching numbers and in original condition. As in has never been rearsenaled.
And a No 4 Mk 1 that was converted to a hunting rifle by Golden State Arms, probably in the 1970s.
A bonus Schmidt Rubin K 31.
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Here is another rifle belonging to a friend in the UK. I see the finger prints of several famous or infamous UK historians and advanced collectors I know on this one. It is in the original .303 and it shoots very well as it's made from rubbing a #4T receiver with a mint #5. There is a cool back story on the reason it was made but I will save that for another time.
