No4 mk2 POF value

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So as the title states what's the value for a no4 mk2 full wood made by POF?
I recently acquired one on a whim. It's a 1960 production. Serial numbers I can find are on the mag, bolt and reciever and they all match.
There are P60 stamps that I can find are on the stock, nose cap, trigger guard, and wrist that match only exception is the middle forend band is stamped P57.

How are these compared to other enfields like savage, long-range etc?
With it being a late production does it mean tighter tolerances in manufacturing compared to war time manufacturing?

Thanks all
 
These are the best of the best (Lee Enfields) in my humble opinion. Yes, tighter tolerances, better machining, it's a miracle what one can produce when the fascists aren't bombing every square foot around you!?

{edit} I read it too quickly, POF= Pakistani Ordnance Factory right? When I saw No4 Mk2, my mind went to Fazerkley.
 
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A made in Pakistan rifle? One suspects QC might be ...................... ?????? Tolerances? Who the F knows?

I got a 1954 Mk2 made by Fazerkley. Its really nice and was not quite unfired when I got it. I paid $1100.

You will see people asking HUGE dollars for lesser rifles on ####### and people asking MONSTROUS dollars for unfired Irish Contract Mk2's. My feeling is that people see rifles posted for big money and make the assumption they are selling for those asking prices. I bet they are not.

Realistically the worth of a Pakistani made rifle is what someone might pay for it, but I'd bet not more than $800 - $1000, at least to someone who knows what POF stands for.
 
Painkillers said:
These are the best of the best (Lee Enfields) in my humble opinion. Yes, tighter tolerances, better machining, it's a miracle what one can produce when the fascists aren't bombing every square foot around you!?

{edit} I read it too quickly, POF= Pakistani Ordnance Factory right? When I saw No4 Mk2, my mind went to Fazerkley.
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The POF No4 MKII rilfles were built on ex British machines. The rifles I've seen and shot are every bit as good as anything the Brits produced and IMHO have better stock wood, made out of dense, straight grain Circassian Walnut.

The half dozen or so that I've owned all had . 308-.310 bore diameters and shot very well.

They should easily be worth whatever a Brit No4 MkII is valued at butttttttt.

Trendy Rendy, how on earth do you expect us to give you a value on your rifle if you don't give us any idea of the condition????? A lot of those rifles were issued to the troops in Pakistan, were ridden hard and put away wet after many border skirmishes.

I believe some of the rifles Canada issued to the Canadian Rangers were POF No4 MkII rifles in NOS condition.
 
Haha I guess yeah condition plays a part. It's not an unfired rifle by means, it's got some dings in the wood but it's in overall pretty good condition
 
I Dont Care About You said:
A made in Pakistan rifle? One suspects QC might be ...................... ?????? Tolerances? Who the F knows?

I got a 1954 Mk2 made by Fazerkley. Its really nice and was not quite unfired when I got it. I paid $1100.

You will see people asking HUGE dollars for lesser rifles on ####### and people asking MONSTROUS dollars for unfired Irish Contract Mk2's. My feeling is that people see rifles posted for big money and make the assumption they are selling for those asking prices. I bet they are not.

Realistically the worth of a Pakistani made rifle is what someone might pay for it, but I'd bet not more than $800 - $1000, at least to someone who knows what POF stands for.
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Don't be too hard on the Pakistanis, in the 1950's they were still under British directives, a POF No 9 bayonet is sought after for it's superior steel and machining. Now, making a bayonet and a rifle are miles apart and maybe one shouldn't draw a conclusion? Just saying things made there, then, weren't Khyber Pass quality.
 
My own POF Mk 2 is my most accurate Lee Enfield. At 300m it groups better than my k31, etc, etc. It also has the benefit of interesting markings- both Pakistani and later Indian ones. These were built with some expectation of use whereas the late Faz ones were probably a make work project. The "Irish Contract" example I owned was fresh out of the paper wrap but had some serious bedding issues and would have required wood-work to make it a range gun. If you're looking for a range gun, ignore the "unissued" pretty examples and look for a used example that the owner can verify has good wood fit, excellent bore, and can group. Among similar condition used Mk 2's I would value POF rifles at least as highly as Faz.

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POF rifles found in North America are often (key word) the result of being captured by the Indian Army during the ruckus c.1971. Conditionwise, they ranged from totally beat to new. Some were kept, refurbished if needed, issued to Indian concerns, some were sold off as surplus. From my limited experience, they were decent rifles. I have a Mk1 and a Mk2 in my pile. The Mk1 came to me many years ago, a gift from a good friend. It came without a bolt. A gunsmith gave me a bolt, and I mounted a Vintage Weaver on it, using a no gunsmithing mount. The old thing shoots quite well.
 
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There were a ton of nice LE at the Cgy gun show today. Prices actually seemed lower than what is regularly seen on #######.

Lee Enfield Restorations had several tables of gorgeous rifles, most priced around the $1000 mark.
 
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