British Enfield 303?

[joken]

There is an Enfield at Tick Licker in Corvallis. It has a full-length stock and appears unaltered. I know nothing about these rifles. IIRC it was $600

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[Knobgoblin]

That seems high. Is it clean and matching #s?

 

[orygun]

That seems high. Is it clean and matching #s?

But if it's nice, probably a fair price these days.
I've had a couple/few of these and still have Dad's converted Sniper (no4MKIT). Decent cartridge for hunting deer and elk, with a good history.

 

[WAW44]

There is an Enfield at Tick Licker in Corvallis. It has a full-length stock and appears unaltered. I know nothing about these rifles. IIRC it was $600

Take some pictures and post them if you want better advice . Fully matching, not refinished, $600 is on the high side of what I would pay, but not unreasonable.

 

[Aero Denezol]

Check the bore for pitting. A lot of Enfields recently came over from Ethiopia (I believe) and they were not properly stored or maintained.

 

[User 1234]

Does it have import marks? If so, how prominent are they?

 

[joken]

I posted this should someone here be interested.

 

[CountryGent]

Fully matching, not refinished, $600 is on the high side of what I would pay, but not unreasonable.

^. This.

 

[Mikej]

There is an Enfield at Tick Licker in Corvallis. It has a full-length stock and appears unaltered. I know nothing about these rifles. IIRC it was $600

You mean Lee Enfield? The Enfield was manufactured starting in the late 1800s.

Lee Enfield, check for a number match to the rifle on the magazine. And stampings on the but socket, both sides, will give info toward date and manufacturer.

 

[WAW44]

If it was a matching No.4 T rifle, at $600, I would throw money at them. If it is an Ethiopian No.1 import with caked on goat dung.... perhaps not.

 

[User 1234]

If it was a matching No.4 T rifle, at $600, I would throw money at them. If it is an Ethiopian No.1 import with caked on goat dung.... perhaps not.

So $700 with the goat dung upgrade?

 

[MacReady]

These comments illustrate how quickly the Milsurp market has increased $$ in the last few years. Ive been looking for a Lee Enfield MkIII recently and just from that description I was going to reply that sounds like a great price from what ive been seeing lately. I clearly got into the Milsurp game way too late.

 

[ronin223]

remember buying these for $100 and $300 for a brand new in the wrapper irish gun. But $600 is the going rate these days so I would not buy unless I really really wanted one. If you look around you can find one for $300-$400

remember ishapore is indian not british and can be in 308 or some smle in 303

 

[WAW44]

So $700 with the goat dung upgrade?

Well, when you don't have acraglass, you use whatever you got to accurize your rifes...

 

[Aero Denezol]

These comments illustrate how quickly the Milsurp market has increased $$ in the last few years. Ive been looking for a Lee Enfield MkIII recently and just from that description I was going to reply that sounds like a great price from what ive been seeing lately. I clearly got into the Milsurp game way too late.

It keeps going up, that's the thing. I have a pristine Steyr Code 440 K98 I bought for $450. At the time people told me K98s used to be $100. But now my $450 is worth over $1200.

I am kicking myself every day for not buying an SVT-40 when they were $1200 5-6 years ago. Now they are around $2k-$3k.

One long-time FFL in Albany told me that video games were driving a renewed interest in milsurps. I don't know if that's true or not. I'm happy to see Netflix has done a lot of high quality WWII movies in recent years.

 

[VinnieBoomBah]

It would have to be in great shape for that price
Link says AR's & AK's but it's for Enfield's

Advanced search | Atlantic Firearms | AR15 & AK47 Rifles

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[Knobgoblin]

You mean Lee Enfield? The Enfield was manufactured starting in the late 1800s.

Lee Enfield, check for a number match to the rifle on the magazine. And stampings on the but socket, both sides, will give info toward date and manufacturer.

You mean SMLE ( short magazine Lee Enfield)

 

[Knobgoblin]

These comments illustrate how quickly the Milsurp market has increased $$ in the last few years. Ive been looking for a Lee Enfield MkIII recently and just from that description I was going to reply that sounds like a great price from what ive been seeing lately. I clearly got into the Milsurp game way too late.

These comments also reflect the unyielding reality of the coriolis effect on the US dollar during this decade.

 

[nehalemguy]

If it was a matching No.4 T rifle, at $600, I would throw money at them. If it is an Ethiopian No.1 import with caked on goat dung.... perhaps not.

We must be talking about Royal Tiger Imports?

 

[Knobgoblin]

We must be talking about Royal Tiger Imports?

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