A very nice historic piece. I had the same dilemma with a factory original mummy wrapped, post-WWII Lee-Enfield No. 4 MK. 2 rifle and it's No. 9 Mk. I bayonet. There are many other rifles to shoot and I chose not to shoot it and sold it to a collector who collects unfired military rifles. I worked in museums for 40-years, mostly as a Curator, and I appreciate history. I would like to see your M1D kept as is - as it is is much more rare that way. Also, it's being documented with DCM papers makes it unusual in Canada.
American collectors are so suspicious of any M1D without DCM or CMP papers and for good reason as they are so easy to create and can be indistinguishable from government converted M1D rifles. Many of those M1D that were in Canada were reportedly broken up into kits and exported to the USA where people assembled them onto recievers and thus had an undocumented M1Ds ... Just one that had never existed with those rifle serial numbers. This justifiably annoys Canadians, as a bunch of original M1D rifles are in Canada, also returned from Denmark, but they do not have the aftermarket US DCM or CMP paperwork since they came to Canada directly from Denmark etc. whereas the DCM and CMP M1C and M1D went direct to the DCM or CMP in the USA from Denmark etc. and then were sold to the public with papers. The DCM and CMP were middlemen, but they did at least certify that these were legitimate US government sniper rifles, albeit as modified by foreign militaries.
One can argue that toys are meant to be played with, yet some collectors cherish those toys that are NIB (new in the box). Everyone loves jeeps and many were crated during WWII for shipment overseas. Today there is not a single WWII jeep still in the crate -- other than those at the bottom of the ocean -- as they were all played with. Your M1D is a lovely item and I would love to have it in my collection.
As you know the value in the USA is irrelevant in Canada as the rifle cannot be imported into the USA.
