It really depends where you are. I just had a fellow in Salmon Arm walk up to my table and offer me a civvie version in 95% overall condition with a 1918 sling on it. His price was exceptionally reasonable for the rifle and the $150 sling came free. Then he dragged a heavy machete with its original stamped DM&S Ltd 1944 scabbard out of a shopping sack he was carrying. He was happy to get some cash for the rifle, about 5X what he paid for it new, $60 and the machete was gravy. He was bragging he only paid $5 for it in the mid sixties. It is one of those with a squared off nose and about a quarter inch thick with riveted panels made of maple or beech. Hard to tell.
$400-$500 is a good price on one. If you have the pair and they are together in the sale add a couple of hundred dollars to the combined price.
By the way, if you find a pair of them together and they are in EXC condition, pay the premium and snap them up. They were never common and most of them that went to Martial service were used and abused to the point where they were no longer repaired. Most civvie versions I've seen have been hunted long and hard and show the wear of long term honest use.
The civvy EAL I picked up this fall in Salmon Arm is going to be a keeper. If it shoots well, I will use it for hunting white tails in the swamps along the creeks where the cedar and willow grow thick. I am going to try some of those nice 125 grain .310 dia Remington Core Lokt bullets and hope for the best. They work very well in the 308 Win and velocities are very good at 45,000psi.
