I want to buy a Lee Enfield but...

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i am looking for a Lee Enfield shooter, but not babba'ed.
In original military configuration and matching S/N.
any idea how much they price these days?
i'm not familiar with the rifles and they are some many types out there.
 
:D well you don't know what your getting yourself into :D


where to start :)

first go to my webpage and follow the links to the enfield history, read it. Now you have a basic understanding on what your looking at.

then go look at all the pictures of enfields :D

http://www.telusplanet.net/public/philqgbr/riflemain.html

price your looking at for an unbubba'ed enfield shooter $300 is a nice round average number


And NO I have none for sale, I'm accumulating, er I mean collecting them. :D
 
Yeah, you shouldn't need to pay more than 300 bones for what you're after. However, you're gonna have to do a little more legwork for a cheaper one. To give you an idea of what they are available for ourside of our artificially inflated little CGN world, I paid 175 bucks for a matching example with a bayonet less than a year ago:eek:
 
I don't think CGN is inflated but it is more expensive to get exactly what you want when you want it than it is to wait until a buddy you know is selling one.
You do pay a premium for convienence and the people who go to the trouble of posting and shipping deserve a little more. CGN is an exellent place for someone new who does not know hundreds of people who are gun collectors to find exactly what they want
 
.... Be careful! VERY CAREFUL ! Lee Enfields are addictive ! ...Good Luck and believe me, once you get one, you'll enjoy it, and need more ! .... David K.
 
... so the sickness starts ... :D

Don't worry: just buy one of each gender and lock them up in a cool, dark cabinet. Thanks to 'Momma Enfield' and 'Poppa Enfield' you'll soon find more than two enfields in there (though your wallet will inexplicably suffer some side effects) ...

If all else fails try telling the above story to your spouse if concerns are expressed over your enfield addiction ;)

Note: as with all things there are quite the range of enfields and accompanying prices. Two rifles which may seem identical at a glance may be hundreds of dollars different in price ("WWI No.1 mk.III* FTR refurbished in the 1950's" vs. "WWI No.1 mk.III 'no star' matching with bore disc, volley sights, mag cutoff, etc." is one good example).

$300-$350 is about par for a good shootable matching 'full wood' WWI or WWII rifle with common markings that doesn't look like it's been through Hell (VG or better).

Hope this helps,

- Peter
 
Even between seemingly similar rifles, there can be a HUGE difference in price.

For example a Longbranch No.4Mk1 (no star) that is not refurbed and in nice shape could easily sell to the right person for $1000+, while a nearly unissued 1943 Longbranch No.4Mk1* is only a $350-400 rifle at best. Both look the same except for a few VERY minor differences in the bolt release, barrel bands, front sight protector and s small marking or two ;)

Education is your friend. If you plan to buy mroe than one example, consider buying Ian Skennerton's excellent work "The Lee Enfield Story". If it saves you from just one bad deal (or enables you to make a GREAT deal) the book will have paid for itself ;)
 
Pete-II said:
... so the sickness starts ... :D

Don't worry: just buy one of each gender and lock them up in a cool, dark cabinet. Thanks to 'Momma Enfield' and 'Poppa Enfield' you'll soon find more than two enfields in there (though your wallet will inexplicably suffer some side effects) ...
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Its true :eek: recently however there was a litter that contained a runt with a few mutations, when closely examined it revealed to me that it was a 1932 No2Mk1 that prefered a diet of 200/380 but will settle for 38S&W fed into its 6 shot cylinders.

So as a good owner I oiled it and fed it and got a little supply of 38S&W feed. Well wouldn't you know it it made friends and came home with a S&W M&P's of the same age, good thing they both take the same fodder. :D

Now it keeps murmering something about a little brother a tanker called the No2Mk1*, and his cousins the webleys.

But I think I've silenced them for a while with the new kid, a browning Hi-Power but born in Belguim of the FN line, but grew up in the German Army, poor new kid I'm sure when the light are off all the enfields, and nagants pick on her :( She is going to need some new friends too
 
And if you hurry, there's a copy of Skennerton's The Lee Enfield Story on Amazon (one only) for only $290.00 US, so with shipping, exchange and UPS BS you can probably scoop it for about $350.00 Canadian. Ouch!
 
Iron Duke said:
And if you hurry, there's a copy of Skennerton's The Lee Enfield Story on Amazon (one only) for only $290.00 US, so with shipping, exchange and UPS BS you can probably scoop it for about $350.00 Canadian. Ouch!
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:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

I got mine used at a gunshow a few years ago for about $80 :dancingbanana:

$350 :eek: :runaway:
 
Claven2 said:
$350 is too much. copies are around in the $80 range all the time.
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I also heard that Skennerton has finished a new updated manuscript to replace this 1993 work and that he's looking for funding to get it published next year.

Regards,
Badger
 
I would wait for skennertons third edition. He says it will be in colour.

On that same note, The paperbacks by Charles R. Stratton are an inexpensive start, though you will need one for the No1 and one for the No4
 
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John Sukey said:
I would wait for skennertons third edition. He says it will be in colour.

On that same note, The paperbacks by Charles R. Stratton are an inexpensive start, though you will need one for the No1 and one for the No4
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I also have copies of Stratton's books they are good starters and not that expensive.
 
i finally came across an LE, it has the following marking: 1926 LE III *

matching bolt and receiver. non-matching mag. bore appears to be bright and rifling is sharp.

stock is laminated. looks like a jungle carbine, where the front section of the barrel is exposed. the butt stock is made of brass and has a latch opened where you can put cleaning kit. no serial # found on stock. best senario is this stock is a civilian model, else it is just a babba'ed. :(

roughly how much would you pay for this?
 
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