ID This Gun
- Thread starter MikeRWK
- Start date
greyman441
CGN Regular
- Location
- Wasaga Beach, ON
Ill give you 100 and disope of it for you.
stencollector
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- shilo MB, the armpit of Canada
If you add up all three of the generous offers posted proceeding this post, you would still not be half way to what that rifle should fetch.
- Location
- Smithers, B.C.
I'd guess $1250.00 for value pal. Nice to see one!
Try to get some nice, clear photos of the whole rifle, of the butt, of the brass disc in the butt, of the top of the butt-plate, of the Action as a whole, the rear-sight assembly and the front-sight assembly.
To do this, put the rifle on a HARD background. Right now you have it on something soft, and this absorbs the sonic or infra-red beams from the camera and makes it turn the focus too far out. You will get much better pictures if you lay it even on a big sheet of cardboard, like a big box. (I know this really messed me up when I got a digital camera!)
Original Lee-Enfield CARBINES (which is what the LEC on the action Body means) are very darned rare. They bring rather a high price, which can go upward of $2500, depending on where they have been and who used them and the condition they are in.
Try to get a good photo THROUGH the barrel.
What is the condition of the LANDS and GROOVES inside the barrel? Are they rounded or are they still nice and square?
Put a .303 cartridge into the barrel at the Muzzle, point first, and see how far the casing stands out from the Muzzle. This will tell you how tight that old bore still is.
Does the serial number on the Bolt match the serial number on the forward right-hand side of the main Body? This is important.
You have a rifle with a potential cash value anywhere from $500 through to about $1500 or more, so be very careful with it. That means NO sanding, NO cleaning it up, NO polishing, just very gentle cleaning of the bore and oiling of the action.
Take your photos and post them here. We'll be watching for them so we can give you a proper answer.
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To do this, put the rifle on a HARD background. Right now you have it on something soft, and this absorbs the sonic or infra-red beams from the camera and makes it turn the focus too far out. You will get much better pictures if you lay it even on a big sheet of cardboard, like a big box. (I know this really messed me up when I got a digital camera!)
Original Lee-Enfield CARBINES (which is what the LEC on the action Body means) are very darned rare. They bring rather a high price, which can go upward of $2500, depending on where they have been and who used them and the condition they are in.
Try to get a good photo THROUGH the barrel.
What is the condition of the LANDS and GROOVES inside the barrel? Are they rounded or are they still nice and square?
Put a .303 cartridge into the barrel at the Muzzle, point first, and see how far the casing stands out from the Muzzle. This will tell you how tight that old bore still is.
Does the serial number on the Bolt match the serial number on the forward right-hand side of the main Body? This is important.
You have a rifle with a potential cash value anywhere from $500 through to about $1500 or more, so be very careful with it. That means NO sanding, NO cleaning it up, NO polishing, just very gentle cleaning of the bore and oiling of the action.
Take your photos and post them here. We'll be watching for them so we can give you a proper answer.
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- Location
- Tucson, Arizona
the Boer War.
Two versions, the artillery carbine which took a bayonet
The cavalry carbine which did not
Two versions, the artillery carbine which took a bayonet
The cavalry carbine which did not
i'll try to get some better pics.
