Churchill "bubba"...is my price outta line?

If it is a good rifle then why would 300 be out of line for a great big game rifle? If it is not a good rifle then adjust accordingly
 
Just looking at the going prices of bubba's - it takes a VERY nice, professional job to get $300 unless you're willing to wait. Perhaps it'll sell in the fall when peple are looking for hunting rifles
 
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Just looking at the going prices of bubba's - it takes a VERY nice, professional job to get $300 unless you're willing to wait. Perhaps it'll sell in the fall when peple are looking for hunting rifles
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It's a professional bubba job.

Wrong Way, that gives you a couple months to refinish the stock and maybe get a few more $$.

I have one. Just aquired it, gonna do some load development for it, then it's going to a newbie shooter/hunter. The stock finish on mine is in better shape than yours WW, but I don't think $300 is out of line. IMHO


I know, I know. It's still a bubba.....:rolleyes:
 
Well - I like Churchills.... The value of the rifle, based upon collectibility, is limited by the condition. If the stock finish is spotty, then value is affected. I believe you could get your asking price if the rifle was in very good condition.
BTW - If you like Churchills, you'll like Cogswell and Harrisons 303 sporters...
 
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????? OK ....so if the Churchill conversions are bringing "125 tops", what do non commercial bubbas go for? Let me guess, the owners pay you to take them off their hands right?
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There's not much difference in price between the bubba's and the commercial sporters, the demand for either is not there.
 
A bubba'd LE can only be worth so much regardless of how much is put into it. A basic hacksawed mutt can be had for about $125, and a top of the line example with many hours of loving work tends to top out at about $300.

$400 buys you a new Savage.
 
I saw a #4 cut down job, or bubba as some people call them, a few months ago at Russells. It had a weaver base and rings and a 4x tasco scope. Price?

$75.00 and it took a while to sell. Take your rifle to a gun shop, they probably won't want to buy it , but will put it on consignment. Tell them what you expect money wise out of it, and they can tell you what the local market sells for. Or put it in an auction, phone Bud Haynes and see what they sell for, and then subtract 30% for their commision, plus shipping.
 
Buckbrush, I gotta ask you this....

OK...do you actually understand the differences between a Churchill, Parker Hale or EAL sporter and an "Uncle ned with a hacksaw" bubba?

They are different...very different. Trust me.

That said, I'll formally offer you the 125 they are worth for every one of the first three I mentioned you can get me. Hell, I'll go to 200 for the EAL's...work for you?
 
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I have a Churchill p-17 sporter in 06. I have a #4 Parker Hale sporter, a custom I believe. I have a BSA #3 high velocity sporter in .303 with express sights etc. I had a Churchill #4 sporter with schnabel forend and skipaline checkering.

I have a Faz. #5, and 3 #4 Longbranches.

How about you?
 
I have had in my possesion, probably 30 enfields, right from the P-53 all the way to a No.5 in stainless steel...yes, stainless (currently at the Huronia museum) In that time I have also had countless "sporters"........ but right now, I have a *MINTY* E.A.L. military....top that :p:D
 
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Rifles commercially remanufactured as sporting rifles are usually more desirable than home gunsmith jobs. The pre first War sporting rifles based on Lee actions are as well done as any British sporting rifles of the period. While the market for sported rifles isn't strong, a commercial conversion in nice condition might sell for $300. The buyer would have to want it. Amateur chop jobs may be worth the price of the unaltered parts.
If you have a stainless steel No. 5, you have as rare a Lee Enfield as exists. I am unaware of any reference to any Lee Enfield ever being made in stainless steel. Actually, I cannot think of any firearm made of stainless during the period of Lee Enfield production.
 
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