Lee enfield stripper clips?

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Hi guys,

I've been told recently that those were rareish and pretty sought after. The person I was talking to even said they were worth up to $5 a piece.

I'm skeptical so I'm looking for more infos.


Raph
 
Ganderite said:
As a kid it was my job to pick these up off the firing point at the DCRA shoots in Ottawa and put them in the garbage. Filled many garbage cans with them. Sure wish I had saved them....
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The irony is that if you had many garbage cans full to sell, you would flood the market, then they wouldnt be worth much... :)
 
I normally sell them at gun shows for $3 a piece. I also have the Garand clips for the same price, but the Enfield clips outsell the Garand clips by about 4 to 1.

If you are buying surplus ones, especially from the USA, watch for the Italian ones. They are rumored to be quite tight and require a little reworking to properly load ammunition.
 
Thx guys, I love this forum for all the support we can get from others so fast!

And again, thx for the pointers as to where to get em and offers but I actually have some I wouldn't mind passing to the next shooter. I was looking for the right price to ask not to screw anyone or get screwed myself...
 
I picked up 20 of them in original oiled paper, unissued, from the Korean war as well as two 50rnd (10x clip) unissued bandoleers. All in it cost me $35 with free shipping from Australia. They can't be that rare if they are going for that price.
 
The one's I have were a mixed lot, and to keep from rusting I was thinking for quite awhile to find something to preserve them.
I ended up buying one of those small crock pot's, filled with wax from smashed up candle's.I spent $3.00 at a garage sale for it all!
I then put the stripper's on wire and put them into the molten wax for 20-30 min till they got just as hot as the wax. When I removed them I shook off the excess wax and let'em cool.
Now the clip's are both rust proofed and the wax act's like a lubricant!
 
Butcherbill said:
^^^If you're a bloody Limey maybe, if it's not a box mag then charger or stripper clip is all the same as far as I'm concerned.
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Yea, I suppose you're right. Why bother with correct terminology when the incorrect vernacular is sufficient (for some). Let's refer to magazines as "clips"!?

BTW, the Canadian military of the era would correct you. They are not clips, they are in fact chargers for the Lee Enfield rifle's 10 round (you'll notice I didn't use "bullet"!?) magazine...and "they" weren't "Limey's", they were Canadian.

Happy Canada Day

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{psst, the Lee Enfield magazine was treated as a box magazine that could be removed.}
 
I'm sorry if the term is not right, but I've always known these as stripper clips, I had no idea it wasn't the correct term. But even if it isn't, I guess it is still pretty common as this is the definition I get from a quick search:

''A stripper clip (also known as a charger or charger clip, especially in British and in Commonwealth military vocabulary) is a speedloader that holds several cartridges (usually consisting between 3 to 10 rounds) together in a single unit for easier loading of a firearm's magazine''
 
I try to use the correct terminology myself. But can't be bothered getting my knickers in a twist when someone gets is wrong.

The truth is English is a living language and it changes constantly. One of the dictionaries now defines of the the meanings of 'literally' to mean 'figuratively'.
 
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