Long Branch No.4's at PS Militaria

"I just bought one off a CGNer who purchased it from P&S and didn't shoot it. It still has all the packing grease on it and is in amazing condition."

Those LB's were Indian Arsenal Rebuilt rifles and came out of India about 5 years ago. We will never see those prices again ! Just like Alan Lever's M-1 Garands selling for $150.00 about 15 years ago. Time to invest in SKS, Tokarevs and Mosin-Nagants rifles wih the situation in Ukraine and the economic sanctions against Russia prices on those are about to jump also according to Importers.
 
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Na. I ll pay the extra and get more Enfields. They're my favorite :D

I didn't mean to suggest it was unfired. Just that it looks awesone. To clarify.

Jeremy
 
Yes, they were nice guns for the money! A lot nicer than the mis-matched Junk EuroArms was trying to sell about 10 years and they were asking $400.00 wholesale (shipping, Brokering & Customs Fees not included).
 
They were VERY nice rifles, and wear all their history. I would take one like these over an unissued boring refurb any day!

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I picked up one of the Turk Enfields P&S had a few years ago. 43 Maltby with absolutely no non-British markings. A neat piece
 
I'm gonna post pics of my new one tonight after work! Gotta clean it up a bit first. A real beauty. My No1Mkiii* wears it's history well. Definitely looks like it served in both world wars. Then was FTRed in 53' so the bore is mint :)



The one on the bottom is a fazakerly I no longer own. (Mistakes were made)
 
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I bought 3 of the Indian surplus rifles from P&S. 2 were LB rebuilds from 1946 and all had the Ishapore screw installed in the forend. All of them looked like they had been stored in the black hole of Calcutta or a similar spot for decades. They were incredibly grungy, but the metal cleaned up nicely and the bores were sound and unpitted. I wondered how much parts swapping the Indians might have done besides installing the forend screw. They all had a real mix of Brit parts which struck me as odd for a LB overhaul where one would expect mostly LB parts to have been used. The bore and metal condition were such that it didn't seem likely that the Indians would have needed to overhaul the rifles or engage in large scale parts swapping. They were very diligent about installing their forend screws though. Some time ago I bought a pristine Savage No4 with all original parts which had the screw installed as well.
 
The pricing of enfields right now are crazy due to demand - it is an ebb and flow thing with surplus pricing....now is not a good time to buy. People buying at $800 + are only going to drive prices up more....
 
I remember back in the mid 90s when the 50th anniversary of D-day and VE day came along. Prices of everything went up....webbing, helmets, rifles, battledress... I recall talking with some of the other collectors that after all the parades were over, prices would settle back down, and we could continue to buy. It never happened. Unless some massive warehouse were to open it's doors (if those even exist anymore) the laws of supply and demand mean prices only keep going up, up , up.

I have had the same discussions with guys regarding no4mk1*(T) sniper rifles. Some feel that the market cannot continue to sustain the outrageous prices they have been realizing.

Other than a short blip when the markets went to crap in 2008, and disposable income, especially in the USA was gone, prices have continued to climb well beyond inflation.

It has lead me to this saying: If you don't like the prices now, look back in a (year, three years, a decade, choose one) and you will only dream of these prices.
 
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"RB 9/46" should answer your question.

I'm not sure what an ishapore screw is though. I can check if you tell me what to look for
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Rifles that saw service in Ishapore, India or were refurbished there, were fitted with a big ugly screw crosswise in the middle of the stock, in front of the triggerguard. Worked well to reinforce the area but cosmetically , looks like crap. Often protruded out the other side and was roughly ground off.
 
The Ishapore screw strikes me as a solution in search of a problem. I've seen quite a few No4 stocks, but have never seen one that cracked or split in this area. One innovative thing that the Indians did do with the No 4 was to devise the center bedding method for the forend.
 
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