No4 MK2...consecutive serial numbers

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A couple of years ago I grabbed these Enfields at an online auction. One still in the mummy wrap and the other out, but apparently unfired. They are consecutive serial numbers.

This was the auction pic

And this is what I found when the rifles arrived






 
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Mustang51 said:
A couple of years ago I grabbed these Enfields at an online auction. One still in the mummy wrap and the other out, but apparently unfired. They are consecutive serial numbers.

This was the auction pic

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And this is what I found when the rifles arrived

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Good Day Sir
You have a couple of beauties there, these were a special run of 25,000 rifles made for the Royal Navy in 1955.
Milsurps forums have more info on these, I seem to remember they have a serial number collection going on there as well.
I have one of these beauties myself that has only been fired by me. Would love to have one still in the wrap.
Congrats on having two very beautiful ladies there.
Take Care
 
Me and a buddy have consecutive numbered 4 mk2s. Both are unfired but we urapped them years ago :-(. I've tried to buy his and he won't sell. He's tryed to buy mine and I won't sell.
Trevor
 
Absolutely great find. I wonder how many consecutive rifles could have been found back when these originally hit the market. Just a guess but I imagine that they were distributed in lots with all consecutive numbers from the arsenal, then those lots were then broken up the surplus agency, the further by importers, then distributors, then further separated by retailers. I imagine more then a few shops received a couple pairs.

There was two Consecutive numbered, un-fired in grease with arsenal tags, Longbranch No.4's on the EE a while back. Oddly they were listed for a while, then disappeared, then came back a few moths later. seller wanted $2000 for the pair. I wish I would have picked them up. By today's prices 2 grand for consecutive, un-fired LongBranch No.4's would be a steal. My dream find would be a sealed crate of Longbranch rifles. Someone actually posted a pic of a few crates from a lend lease contract. When I think about it they were probably consecutive as well.
 
Tatsudoshi said:
Good Day Sir
You have a couple of beauties there, these were a special run of 25,000 rifles made for the Royal Navy in 1955.
Milsurps forums have more info on these, I seem to remember they have a serial number collection going on there as well.
I have one of these beauties myself that has only been fired by me. Would love to have one still in the wrap.
Congrats on having two very beautiful ladies there.
Take Care
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LeeEnfieldNo.4_mk1 said:
Absolutely great find. I wonder how many consecutive rifles could have been found back when these originally hit the market. Just a guess but I imagine that they were distributed in lots with all consecutive numbers from the arsenal, then those lots were then broken up the surplus agency, the further by importers, then distributors, then further separated by retailers. I imagine more then a few shops received a couple pairs.

There was two Consecutive numbered, un-fired in grease with arsenal tags, Longbranch No.4's on the EE a while back. Oddly they were listed for a while, then disappeared, then came back a few moths later. seller wanted $2000 for the pair. I wish I would have picked them up. By today's prices 2 grand for consecutive, un-fired LongBranch No.4's would be a steal. My dream find would be a sealed crate of Longbranch rifles. Someone actually posted a pic of a few crates from a lend lease contract. When I think about it they were probably consecutive as well.
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Dennis Kroh, from Empire Arms, advised on another forum which I posted these to:

EMPIRE ARMS once (in the mid-1990's) had over 200 of these "in wrap" No.4 Mk.2 Enfields, includes TWENTY-SIX (26) with consecutive serial numbers.

We made a decision not to capitalize on that aspect, and if you ordered two (or ten, or whatever) we would offer consecutive-numbered rifles at no premium whatsoever, but very few took advantage of this opportunity.

Didn't take very long for us to sell them all (of course) and, although we have repurchased many of them since (at considerably what we paid for them) we have only had one set of consecutive numbered rifles come back to us.

The set that did come back to them sold for $1650 in January of 2010, when Empire sold them again.

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In the early '80's, Century in Montreal had some of the Irish Contract No4 Mk IIs at $125.00. I grabbed one, and have been kicking myself ever
since that I did not get two, they offered consecutive numbers for a premium of $10.00
 
Lovely! Those were beautiful No.4's and I remember when they came on the market. I'd already spent my budget on one of the 1950 Long Branch ones, new in the grease. Aesthetically, I still love those the most. Something about that nice bluing and black walnut stocks just appeals to me more.
 
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