Lee Enfield 22 mag
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Edburns117
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I’ve got the rifle missing the mag If you ever want to sell haha
Yup sure does.
It's for a C No.7 - only about 20,000 made.
If you can find one with the original issue sight, transit case and accessories - it'll be worth well over a grand.
http://www.rifleman.org.uk/Enfield_Rifle_No.7-C.html
If you can find one with the original issue sight, transit case and accessories - it'll be worth well over a grand.
http://www.rifleman.org.uk/Enfield_Rifle_No.7-C.html
Supply and demand. There has been a steep increase in what kind of price tag they are commanding. $1000 might have bought you one two years ago. I have seen them changing hands recently, complete with accessories in the transit chest in the $2500 ballpark.
A very limited number in civilian hands. Only getting harder to find as there will be no more released, the ones currently in service are destined for being made into cadet drill rifles or off to the chop saw.
There are also some parts rifles doing the circuit put together on scrubbed receivers. Elwood Epps was selling stripped receivers some time ago at $50 a piece. They appeared to be unissued.
The clones can usually be detected by the 303 barrel fitted with a barrel liner, whereas an original has a one piece purpose made 22RF barrel.
A very limited number in civilian hands. Only getting harder to find as there will be no more released, the ones currently in service are destined for being made into cadet drill rifles or off to the chop saw.
There are also some parts rifles doing the circuit put together on scrubbed receivers. Elwood Epps was selling stripped receivers some time ago at $50 a piece. They appeared to be unissued.
The clones can usually be detected by the 303 barrel fitted with a barrel liner, whereas an original has a one piece purpose made 22RF barrel.
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- WMU248 near Edmonton
Agreed. I have one of the NOS receivers. I also have a proper C No7 barrel that was taken off another rifle that are sitting together in the project pile.
stencollector
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All of the Epps receivers that I ever saw were not NOS, but rather scrubbed receivers from torn down rifles. There was a shortage of spare receivers around 1960, leading to a CFTO which spelled out how to convert a no4 receiver into a no7. I suspect at that time a thousand or so rifles were torn town, the serial numbers scrubbed from the receivers, and the receive3rs were given a quick re-park.
Prices have indeed climbed since I wrote the article on milsurps, which is linked by 7ECA as now appearing on the rifleman website. I would suggest that an original factory put together rifle would see between 1600 minimum and up to around $3K if it was pristine in it's chest with accessories. But be wary as there are a lot of fakes and put togethers out there.
As to the number of 20,000 rifles made, that was just the 1944, 45 and 46 production. There were more made starting at 2L0001 in the 1951 and 1953 years. I now have examples of one or two of these new (to me) years.
Prices have indeed climbed since I wrote the article on milsurps, which is linked by 7ECA as now appearing on the rifleman website. I would suggest that an original factory put together rifle would see between 1600 minimum and up to around $3K if it was pristine in it's chest with accessories. But be wary as there are a lot of fakes and put togethers out there.
As to the number of 20,000 rifles made, that was just the 1944, 45 and 46 production. There were more made starting at 2L0001 in the 1951 and 1953 years. I now have examples of one or two of these new (to me) years.
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A No7 receiver will have the tapped hole on upper right side of action for the windage spring.
stencollector
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Yes, and one more little difference.....(besides the markings that is)
Edburns117
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That’s beautiful set!
