Possibly selling, GASP, CHOKE, a rifle

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John Sukey

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A friend wanted to buy one of my rifles, I have asked this on a couple of other forums and I don't know if he can afford it so I need a idea of value

Commercial BSA No1 Mk3
in excellent condition both wood and metal
Parker Hale 5a rear sight with adjustable iris
Of course only the front dial sight is there
Magazine cut-off
Built by Alex Henry & Co Edinburgh
Wide target sling
Now the kicker, it's a prize rifle
Silver shield on the buttstock
Geo Watson College
OTC
School Championships
1913
Rifle presented by the
Watsonian Club
of British Coloumbia
won by
Lance Copl H.M. Gibson

He was commissioned in the Engineers and survived the war
My friend has the same last name
 
Is your friend related to him then? Sounds like a beautiful rifle. There was a nice target rifle No1 MkIII* in the EE a while ago I think he was asking over $1000 for it. This one being historically traceable has got to be worth considerably more.
 
John, you can SCAN real pictures and e-mail the critters, too, as Attachments. Use a 320- or a 600-dot scan and the results will be better than you get with lots of digital cameras. 600-dot scans use a HUGE amount of pace (band-width) so you are better to stick with 300 or so. Scanner is $50 for a new one; we have a couple here that work perfectly that we picked out of the junk at the Recycle depot! The things stupid rich people throw away because they got a NEWWWWWWWW one!

I sympathise with your photo equipment. I am still using a 1968 Miranda F for small stuff and a bigger camera for bigger things: a 1938 Graflex 4x5 with vibration damage to the leather case from rattling around in a Lancaster on low-level recon missions. Just really lucky that I found a 5x7 enlarger.

As to the rifle, all I can say is that I would really like to see photos of such a unique critter. Value? If I was buying it, I would go $10 and allow myself to be forced MUCH much higher. If I were selling it, the Earth and the Moon would not be enough. The dollar value is somewhere between but certainly not below $1000. If the person is a FRIEND, then there is room for waggling. The important thing is that you both feel GOOD about the sale.

If the person is a Friend, then don't think about SELLING it. (I know, you can't SELL your pets!) Think of the Rifle as going to a New HOME where it will be honoured and treated with respect. That works for me, anyway, on the very rare occasion it ever happens. Come to think on that, last time it happened here I was on the receiving end, ended up with a mobile RUG named Miss Dufis B. Underfoot, who has the filthiest vocabulary you have EVER heard!

Good luck, John.
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Well, if he outlives me I can see him getting it. Paid 350 quid for it over 35 years ago at a London Arms fair. Oh by the way, I don't have a scanner either. Guess I am real stone age as far as kumpewter stuff goes.

Also have a 1923 Victor talking machine and the records to go with it
 
Between a thousand and fifteen hundred, depending on accessories and other add ons as well as their condition. Bore condition on such a rifle would be critical to me and if it isn't in excellent condition, I wouldn't pay more than $750 for it. A rifle such as that one, begs to be shot and should be. It it's bore is badly worn, it needs a new barrel etc, etc.
 
If he is a friends then sell it to him at what you paid for it. You don't lose any money and it is good karma not to make a profit off those you may ask favours from one day.
 
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