LB No 4 Mk1 44 dated 2 groove barrel value?

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Good day

I am looking for a starting price in order to list a Long Branch No 4 barrel, 2 groove off of a 1944 rifle.

The barrel is in very good condition with shined bore and good rifling. The front sight base is installed and the bayonet lugs are intact. Any idea where to start on EE?

Thanks!
 
smgcon said:
Good day

I am looking for a starting price in order to list a Long Branch No 4 barrel, 2 groove off of a 1944 rifle.

The barrel is in very good condition with shined bore and good rifling. The front sight base is installed and the bayonet lugs are intact. Any idea where to start on EE?

Thanks!
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Look at commercial barrel makers in Canada for what they're charging for a sporter weight .30-cal carbon steel threaded and chambered barrel. It will shock you! I think Garand replacement barrels are $300 to $400. No one is making .303 barrels anymore, so the price will be whatever you charge.
 
Actually, Shilen does make .303 barrels.
Or, they did about 10 or 12 years back.
A nearby smith went through the necessary paperwork and I tagged along with his order and got two .303 blanks.
 
sold one for $40 last year, but the bore was poor, buyer just wanted it for the front sight and bayonet lugs

your take off in good condition might get $200 from someone that is trying to restore an enfield.
 
Criterion makes new No 4 barrels (with lugs) for about $400 US, but they are waitlisted, like a lot of other stuff. Lothar-Walther makes them, too. In stock for $463 US plus the ride.

I, personally, wouldn't go crazy for a two groove-er.
 
maple_leaf_eh said:
Look at commercial barrel makers in Canada for what they're charging for a sporter weight .30-cal carbon steel threaded and chambered barrel. It will shock you! I think Garand replacement barrels are $300 to $400. No one is making .303 barrels anymore, so the price will be whatever you charge.
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Commercial barrels are made to much tighter standards than the war time No4 barrels. Diameters were all over the allowed spec range and even exceeded them on occaision.

Two groove barrels shoot every bit as well as four or five groove barrels in my experience as long as they are on mean spec diameter.

I would be very hard pressed to pay the new manufacture going rate for a take off WWII war time manufacture barrel, unless there was something special about it.
 
I recall hearing that a 2 groover is good to 500-600Y, after that, accuracy drops off faster than a 5 groove bbl.

I also recall issues with initial pressure being slightly higher with 2 grooves.
 
Tyler said:
I recall hearing that a 2 groover is good to 500-600Y, after that, accuracy drops off faster than a 5 groove bbl.

I also recall issues with initial pressure being slightly higher with 2 grooves.
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What are the chances of 99% of shooters ever shooting out to 500 yds, let alone further???
 
I have heard the 2 groove barrels being denigrated for years. Have had a couple, shot like a house afire. I think the 5 groove might have an advantage if barrels were beginning to wear badly but that's just a theory .
 
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