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I'd say minimum $1200 for the 1950, and assuming the CNo.7 has its transit chest and is an unmessed with original $2500 would be fair for both parties IMO.

The thing is these aren't run of the mill shooter grade rifles, these are upper end collector pieces, they will be worth what someone who has been searching for perhaps years for will pay for them.
 
I would be cautious to be 100% certain they are factory-fresh, and not recently rebuilt by someone who was patient locating all the right parts with the proper markings.
 
No doubt. This long branch is new. I will take more pictures eventualy. Every parts is in new condition marked canada arsenal. No sign of use! Same for the cno7 nothing wrong with her. The rifle have a perfectly marked ww2 stock with same LB 32 number on each woods parts. A true .22 barrel and a original numbered receiver with matching bolt.
 
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Several months ago I bought an all original No. 7 with transit chest and EIS for $900 (admittedly a smokin' deal) and turned down a PM'd offer for $1800.
If you are sure of originality and it has all of the kit, I don't think $2500 is too much of a stretch.

I can't speak to the parts guns, but at least the sum of the parts and effort to put them together.
I'd also be wary of faked and forged serial'd rifles based on how many LB parts are out there.
 
We've yet to see if the Cno7 that sold at Landsborough Auctions on Saturday will set a new benchmark or if that was just a few keen (and rich) buyers competing. I was watching that for a few weeks and couldn't believe where it ended up. Once the commission fee, tax & perhaps delivery is included, its not far from the $3k mark...Personally I feel that was way overpriced, but I haven't got a crystal ball regarding the future so who knows.
A lot of milsurp stuff went for a lot more than expected at the auction.
The 1950 No4 Mk1* I'd value at $1400-1500....
 
Some background information for you .. ;)

We have the Canadian Long Branch .22 trainer showcased complete with a 123 pic virtual tour in the Canada - Milsurp Knowledge Library (click here)http://www.milsurps.com/content.php?r=117-canada.

1944 C No.7 .22 Caliber Lee-Enfield Training Rifle (click here) http://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=2134

"All Matching Serial Numbers"
"c/w transit chest, cleaning rod, jags, bore brush, DND ammo & small bore targets "

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One of the best books I've ever read (and trained with) on shooting the Enfield rifle is available in electronic format, professionally scanned (thanks to Ian Robertson), in the Knowledge Library section Technical Articles for Milsurp Collectors and Re-loaders (click here)http://www.milsurps.com/content.php...esearch-for-milsurp-collectors-and-re-loaders

"Shoot-to-Live" - 1945 (click here)

Presenting the Johnson Method of Musketry Coaching As Adopted By the Canadian Army, Ottawa, Chief of the General Staff.

This is an excellent Canadian Government issued training manual. If you are specifically a collector and shooter of Lee Enfield rifles, you'll find this to be an outstanding reference work and it contains a wealth of information on how to properly shoot the No.4 Mk1 Enfield, although much of the content is applicable to any bolt action rifle. I remember being issued this manual as part of our regimental rifle team, which used the C No.7 .22 Rifle on indoor ranges, when I was a little younger back in the early 60's. ;)

Hope this helps... :)

Regards,
Doug
 
I would be extremely skeptical that a rifle set up at SAL/CAL for the CF would be without a serial.
There were rifles assembled from parts using the scrubbed, refurbed receivers, by various parties, which lack serial numbers, but by Long Branch? I doubt it.
 
Thanks Doug for the information. I cheked one other Long Branch you have, the 1950 stated as unissued but I can find lot of difference with mine. You have a 95L serie and mine is 93L. I have a complete woodset marked Canada arsenal but your no4 seem to wear a woodset marked Long-Branch. Lot of parts on your no4 seem to have a rought finish (like a sand blast finish with big grain) mine have all part with smoot finish. and the magazine is numbered what it seem not correct for a canadian rifle!? can you explain that?

http://imageevent.com/badgerdog/canadianservicerifles/1950no4mk1longbranch95l1983
 
Regarding the Cno7, a close up ophoto of the serial number area along with a good photo of the back of the bolt will tell all. But yes, the guys who assemble the Cno7 rifles from parts can read so they will know the serial ranges for each year. However, a good close-up photo will almost always show the difference of the metal in the serial number area.

With regard to prices, certainly an excellent original Cno7 with accessories should fetch $1800 to $2500. New in the chest with all accessories is worth even more, although it is a curse. That is why you need to own several, so you can have a now one for show, and a used one for go.

The 1950 LB should run around the $1K mark. It is their condition that makes them worth more. The fact that they are postwar production diminishes their value slightly. The same rifle with wartime dates would be worth more.
 
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