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Posting here as I'm not sure where else to do this, but

I have a No 4 Mk 2 Reciever, likely Pakistani, and a very very nice condition 5-groove sporterized barrel.

I was looking to put them up for sale but, have no idea what these sorts of items were worth. This isn't an EE, but just a pricing inquiry, but please take this down if this is not the right place for it.

Thank you.
 
If the barrel hasn't been cut it's worth more than the action. (And I probably want it, I just got a No.4 sporter with a barrel that isn't cut but looks worn out.)
 
TheTooner said:
If the barrel hasn't been cut it's worth more than the action. (And I probably want it, I just got a No.4 sporter with a barrel that isn't cut but looks worn out.)
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Sadly the barrel has been cut, to just behind the bayonet lug. I almost cried myself, because the barrel is amazing. 5 groove and shiny and bright. If you're interested though....
 
The cut barrel isn't worth very much. If it is in very good shape, you might get as much as $50 for it but that would be on a very good day. The action? To somebody who wanted to build a Mk 2, mayby $50.
 
I say get the barrel screwed to the action, find a good stock, and make up a nice Sporter. Some people look down on sporters but they open the door for guilt free project rifles.
 
Pay $50 have a cut off barrel installed, on a gun worth this little? Spend $ on putting together a Pakistanley sporter? Can't see that being a big $ item...although I've been wrong before.
 
I would suggest that is generous. A receiver with no bolt or magazine, but with the trigger parts? $25?
 
A stripped LB receiver runs $75 at Marstar. You'd still have to find somebody who wants it. Costs a pile to build as rifle from scratch.
The barrel properly crowned? Suspect that even though it's likely an LB post war barrel, bubba ruined its value by cutting it. $50 might be all you'd ever get.
 
If dollar value is all your looking for then its not a good idea to assemble it. But I find projects can be fun, and even if you spend a little bit more money then you should have, the fun of doing the project, and the satisfaction of finishing it is worth the price.

But like I said if dollar value is what your looking for, Sell them for what some have listed for value.

cantom said:
Pay $50 have a cut off barrel installed, on a gun worth this little? Spend $ on putting together a Pakistanley sporter? Can't see that being a big $ item...although I've been wrong before.
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If you have a desirable receiver (Brit or LB, in nice shape- complete with bolt and magazine) and a nice wood set and an uncut barrel, then spending money on installing the barrel makes sense.
But the set he described...POF receiver, cut barrel, no mag or bolt...whew.

Will someone please take these parts...for free...:rolleyes:
 
Thanks for the info guys/girls.

Yeah, these aren't exactly valuable parts or in great condition. I was just curious as to if they had ANY value to them. I don't have any plans to make these parts into a full gun. I was more curious towards if I could get like $40 or something like that (beer or gas money), for them.

Seeing as they're not particularly valuable or of much use, I'll just hold onto them unless someone wants to make an offer to take 'em off my hands.

I will say though the barrel, even if it is cut, is really really nice condition.
 
Maybe I should go rummage under my workbench. I am not sure as to how many receivers I have in various stages of assembly are piling up under there. As I play working on restoring my projects, take off parts get tossed into the junk drawer until on day, bingo. I have enough bits and pieces to assemble a working sporter rifle.

If you are handy and have a bench and tools, no, don't spend a lot of money on it, just gather parts as you go. The big part of this hobby for me is finding and horse trading for the missing parts. I got a bolt I would trade for something. Somebody probably has a set of sporter wood that they don't need anymore that they would let go cheap. If you are patient the project won't have to cost a great amount of money. I have built rifles starting with a lot less.

I say go for it. You need to find somebody with a barrel vise and an action wrench, it would take but a few minutes to screw that barrel in. The tooling and gauges to do it yourself would run you about $300, so not really viable if you were to do just the one barrel.

If you want to learn, it'll be a great winter project. You will make mistakes, but that is part of practicing a craft, but you wont be hurting anything valuable or collectable.

If you do everything yourself it will be cheap. If you have to pay someone to do everything for you, the cost will be similar to building a custom safari rifle.

If you are not going to do anything with them, ya, $40-50 would be about right for a price tag to sell them.
 
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