Looking for the value of my Lee Enfield

evilgrin

evilgrin

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I have a Lee Enfield No. 4 Mk 1 that I have customized onto a nice little rifle. I am looking at selling it to fund another project. Here is the work I did to it.

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The end of the barrel was a little corroded and the crown was completely butchered so I didn't mind cutting the barrel back. I parted it of in a lathe to 18.5" and cut an 11 degree target crown. Now the crown is crisp and clean and the rifling looks good and shiney.

The trigger looked like crap so I polished the metal and rounded it out, then reblued the steel. Now my finger feels much more comfortable on the bang button.

I also polished the bolt and reblued the bolt head.

After that I figured it could use a little colour so I painted the barrel, receiver, trigger guard and magazine and scope all Kyrlon matte tan. Then I painted the stock with Krylon olive drab.

I installed an ATI scope mount and a Tapco 3x9x32 scope. In the picture it is shown with high mount rings but I have since changed them out for a pair of low mount rings which brings the scope down to the proper level.

It is a good shooting rifle, but it doesn't like getting hot. Once the barrel heats up the accuracy starts to go. But on a cold barrel I can group three shots in two inches at 100 yards. I know thats not the greatest but that is using Walmart Winchester ammo. I have shot a gong at 245 yards and was able to get somewhere around 4 - 5 inch groups.

So, what do you guys think I should ask for this on the EE? I will also be open to trades but need to have an idea of the value.

Thanks for the help!!!

EvilGrin
 
That is a really butchered Lee Enfield. You can restore that ever again. Value to me would 150-200$. Nobody in the milsurp would buy that, but some one looking for a tactical rifle for little money would buy it.
 
Thanks to everyone for the help and suggestions. Looks like I am going to keep it and do some work on it to make it a little more accurate and take care of the heat issue with the barrel.
 
evilgrin said:
Thanks to everyone for the help and suggestions. Looks like I am going to keep it and do some work on it to make it a little more accurate and take care of the heat issue with the barrel.
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You should look into epoxy bedding the action and floating the barrel, with a small bed in the forestock delivering upward pressure about 10.5" ahead of the trigger guard screw IIRC.

Have you slugged the bore? It could also greatly benefit from the use of oversized cast bullets. I have had a couple old sportered smle's pass through my hands that had really oversized bores in the .314 range. One of which was sold to someone who casts bullets and i was told the groups shrunk from 6"+ at 100m down to 2" with his cast loads.
 
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