Lee enfield parts prices.

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So couple of weeks ago i picked up a Lee enfield No1 mkIII* for $200. sporter of course. i see on the EE that i can part that rifle out for potentially over $500. maybe making the parts is not where its at.
if i stripped down and sold one of the complete originals i have, and sold it piece by matching piece to the same guy, i`d make more than selling it to him whole.
just saying. makes you wonder how often this happens. I'm in the wrong business.
 
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Lemme see, a certain site sponsor sells complete SMLE bolts for $75 and No.4's for the same price... Seems a bit steep for a bolt, just saying.

Sure, you get hosed on exchange/shipping and occasionally duty when you buy stuff from the US, but Numrich prices aren't all that terrible if you need stuff - and their selection is still pretty decent.

Now, show me some forend wood for $175 or less and I'm game.
 
Indeed, the bolts are currently non-exportable - maybe that'll change in February... Of course, the irony is that you can purchase pretty well every part for a complete bolt, except the bolt itself - so if you already had a bolt. ;)

Of course, that was just a joke. Hell, I'd just like it if I could find any Enfield forends, anywhere. There was Liberty Tree for $110US on SMLEs - but they won't ship to Canada (and are now sold out).

I can't believe there's no company out there making wood for Enfields. I mean, you can get reproduction Mauser stocks, P14s, M17s, the thing that pings, etc, etc...
 
Lot of no 1 mk 3 wood at liberty tree,oh by u better b sitting down when u calculate the exchange rate // they will not ship forends to canada
 
IMHO it no longer makes economic sense to restore any average LE. Parts should be conserved for restoring rare models that are worth restoring.
 
Anyone with integrity knows they cannot sell a restored military rifle, at the value of an unmolested version. It's never been economically viable to restore and sell them - but, if one does it as a labour of love and satisfaction, then what more is there to say?
 
There is a lot of no4 wood out there. But, the American's will pay more for it than Canadians will. Most American Companies that have
good forend wood, mint to new, won't ship it here. They can make just as much money selling it there.
I stock piled 19 new no4 beech forends, it took me year's to complete the sets. All the new top wood , last month!
 
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Anyone with integrity knows they cannot sell a restored military rifle, at the value of an unmolested version. It's never been economically viable to restore and sell them - but, if one does it as a labour of love and satisfaction, then what more is there to say?
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Exaclty. I restored uncut sporters No1 and No4. I'm never going to sell them, it was a labour of love and honor, to honor my grandfather and great grandfather who served carrying one of those rifles.
 
I’ve done one of each. I can tell you a No1mk3 is difficult and expensive to put together from a sporter donor. I used eBay and shopped from here to the US UK and AUS. Fun but it’s like souping up a car. Best off keeping it. I just like the look and to me it’s worth it. I’ll have to agree that the parts are worth more than the whole
 
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There are a number of vendors on the auction sites that have some older parts for the Lee Metford and Lee Enfield.

From doing business with them over the years, we have got chatting.

What they do is buy complete rifles. Enfields, Mausers, and strip them down for the parts to sell. The rarer the rifle, the bigger the cash crop.

They will strip a sporter, but the big money maker is stripping a complete and original rifle for the wood and furniture.
They can sell the wood for as much as I would expect to pay for a complete rifle!

So when a collector shows me a completed rifle that they have restored with genuine and original parts from the internet, I know that somewhere a complete rifle or two was destroyed to make that happen.

So those that are restoring to preserve these old rifles, are actually the cause of the demise of many original rifles.

Hmmm. Things that make me say Hmmm.
 
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