More old enfield sporter adds

xcaribooer said:
Came across some more of these
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Do sporters have any value??? I was given a No 4 MARK 1 , that was sporterized, and was just wondering. I am guessing since they are far from original that the value would not be much.
 
I remember when Canadian Tire, Eatons and Sears sold No.4s in the catalogues. The chances that yours is a genuine Parker Hale Sporter are slim. The only way would be to find their markings. After that you have to find someone who wants to buy a factory milsurp conversion. You never know, but the market these days is favouring arsenal original rifles that have not been touched.

The value of your rifle may be in what it started as. Is it a particularly desireable serial number (like paper money collectors know, some numbers are better), or a short run before a noteworthy design change? Hard to tell from a distance. You probably should invest in some of the collector's books to learn more. But you still have a perfectly ordinary deer rifle that will knock down a buck, just like great uncle Bill used.
 
"...Do sporters have any value???..." About half what a full military configuration is worth. IF the headspace is ok. Thousands were assembled out of parts bins with zero QC.
 
sunray said:
"...Do sporters have any value???..." About half what a full military configuration is worth. IF the headspace is ok. Thousands were assembled out of parts bins with zero QC.
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Thats what I thought...this one shoots actually really well, and is quite accurate. It was the first rifle I ever hunted with back 20 yrs ago, and my uncle gave it to me a couple months ago.
 
I own a factory Parker hale conversion of a 1917 BSA No1 Mk3#. Lovely rifle and well done on the conversion. Cost me £75 about 10 years ago. PH converted quite a few and did it well as opposed to hacksaw jobs. There is a field of collecting that looks on these favourably, they have to have gone through the factory rather than some Darra workshop. Generally barrels were removed, trimmed and replaced if useable, new furniture and foresights fitted. PH also did a lot of new builds from parts bought from the trade which effectively were new guns from unused parts. Similar to remington in the 1920's with all the P14/M1917 parts.
Many suppliers offered budget models where just the forends were trimmed and these tend to look like the bubba jobs we see nowadays only better done!
 
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