C No 7 Receiver Value

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I have a couple of C No 7 Mk 1• Long Branch complete receivers with bolts and sights. The receivers are the usual ones from the boxes where the serial numbers were removed before being reparkerized.

Any idea on the going rate? I would say the condition is Exc overall.

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Stripped receivers seem to bring $50-$100. Complete .22 rear sight assemblies $100-$150. A complete, original .22 bolt (not converted .303) $150?
 
Considering there are guys out there asking $2-3000 for built-up / assembled C No7 "forgeries"/replicas, probably worth ~ north of $600 (to someone) for the bolt, receiver and sights.
All depends on how badly someone wants to fill a hole in the collection.
 
beltfed said:
Considering there are guys out there asking $2-3000 for built-up / assembled C No7 "forgeries"/replicas, probably worth ~ north of $600 (to someone) for the bolt, receiver and sights.
All depends on how badly someone wants to fill a hole in the collection.
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I'm sitting on a NOS receiver, a proper barrel and a couple of boltheads, one day I will have to find the rest of the parts to build one for myself.

I'll likely just use a PH 4 rear sight I have in my spares bin. Finding all the proper parts is not that easy.

Like restoring a No 4 Mk I (no star) LB
 
I’ve been slowly putting parts together for a build. Still missing a few parts. Rear and front sight, bolt and proper barrel. Looking at lining a No. 4 barrel. Mag was the most expensive $100. Stripped action $40. Rest of parts I picked up while buying other parts so fairly cheap. The biggest thing I find building some of the less common Lee Enfield’s is finding correct parts. My OL parts took 2 years to find. Getting close to 3 years for the C 7.
 
A clean LB walnut stock set with grooved handguard would be needed. Good stock sets are a lot less common than they were.
The front sight base is unique to the No. 7, there being no lugs on the barrel. A lined .303 barrel works, but is obviously a substitute.
Center swivel. Every .22 I've seen had a stamped trigger guard and pressed steel buttplate, typical of late production.
Barrels are extremely rare.
Don't recall seeing a No. 7 bolt for sale. If one turned up, I'd be inclined to number the receiver to match.
The receiver is one of the easy parts, although not as common as they once were. I recall hearing that some 400 of the refurbished ones were released.
While waiting for a proper rear sight assembly, a PH5C or AJP rear sight works just fine, and gives fine adjustments.
 
You would think finding a shot out No. 4 barrel would be easy, it’s not. The liner and drill bit is easy. Lately I have been finding excellent No 4 barrels which have been going on actions. Original forestocks it’s been over a year since I found any. Original NOS butts and hand guards I have multiple in different colours. Always seems to be 1 or 2 parts that are hard to find.
I’ve already thought of using one of my PH5’s as I have multiple or my Central No. 4. I’ve put rifles together before with miss matched parts until the proper part has shown up. The parts missing are forestock, barrel , sights and firing pin pieces. Parts will show up eventually.
 
They are a cool historical item, and are good for teaching marksmanship fundamentals to youths.
As a shooter vs a collector, I would pay $350-400 for a unit comprising of receiver/bolt/sight. Past that, I’m looking at buying/building other target rifles.

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