Case of 1950 Longbranch rifles?

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This auction is for an original military crate of 4 Canadian No. 4 MK 1 Enfield rifles that are all in flat new mint condition. Rifles are consecutively serial numbered and all were built by Long Branch in 1950. Still have full original arsenal cosmoline and have 100% original metal and wood finish with no signs of handling or issue. New unfired bores packed with cosmoline. Of course, they each have all matching serial numbers. Crate in very good complete condition with original internal forms. Outside of crate has many original Canadian military stenciled markings. These rifles were originally intended as NATO aid for Belgians during the Korean War, as one of the stenciled markings states. An outstanding set of mint condition consecutively numbered Long Branch No. 4 Enfield rifles that will make a superb display and a great investment.
 
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That would brighten anyone's day!!!
 
That would be worth paying brokerage fees to get back into Canada!

I wonder how much it would cost to drill and tap them for scopes?

The crate would also make a nice coffee table!

cou:
 
So what do you think it will go for? $1250.00 per rifle and maybe another $1500.00 for original case and consecutive serials. For somewhere around $6500.00?

I hope someone in Canada gets to buy these and keep them together and in mint condition. This kind of situation would be almost unheard of today. These should be in a museum in Canada!

To break up this collection and have all four go on their separate way would be a travasty!!!!!
 
I'm bidding on that auction right now. I'll be reselling them here on CGN. I'm trying to decide if I should chop the stocks and cover them with bedliner when I sporterize them.
 
be nice to cut them down and make "tankers" with them. i like the idea of bedliner and drilled and tapped for a scope for that taticool look that seems hot today.
 
SKScanuck said:
That would be worth paying brokerage fees to get back into Canada!

I wonder how much it would cost to drill and tap them for scopes?

The crate would also make a nice coffee table!

cou:
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NO! NO! NO! Everyone knows the rifles from the end of the production run are worth less than the mid-war numbers. Those guys were just extending the contracts with bottom of the barrel rejected parts. Nothing valuable there.

I say, strip all four guns and sell the pieces one by one on eBay. Then weld up those cr@ppy 1950 receivers like the RCMP deactivation specs say, and use them like concrete rebar in a garage construction job.

That crate has no value the way it is. Sand off that random paint and put a new coat of high gloss Varethane varnish on the raw wood. Nothing says class like shiney pine knots!
 
I wasn't going to drill and tap, just install the scopes with band clamps and zip ties so I maintain the conductibility. As for the crate I've already sold it to a hipster in Toronto, he wants to use it for storing PBR cans and spare fedoras.
 
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