price check Mk4 No.2
- Thread starter Plink
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- land of f-cktards
ARRRRGGGH MY EYES ARE BURNING FROM READING THAT!!!!!!ARRGGHGH
To me, an unfired greassy rifle is a strange concept. It's really collectable (apparently), so there's a market for this. So, you pay more for the rifle because it was never fired. And, if you want the value of the rifle to stay high, you need to keep it the way you got it. And the point is??? Beats me. Just like folks who collect vintage bikes and never start them. No-sir-ee, not for me 
To each his own though, I understand that.
What I'd do: buy an already-was-fired one (therefore pay less money), shoot it once in a while (add some fun), take care of it and it too will keep its value.
Lou
To each his own though, I understand that.What I'd do: buy an already-was-fired one (therefore pay less money), shoot it once in a while (add some fun), take care of it and it too will keep its value.
Lou
I know it was unfired because the person I am getting it from bascially bought it 20 years ago wrapped in paper and covered in cosmoline, then he cleaned of the grease and put it in his collection.
Now, I am not getting this BECAUSE it was unfired, but, because this person is offering it to me in this condition.
Now, I am not getting this BECAUSE it was unfired, but, because this person is offering it to me in this condition.
stencollector
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8 to 10 years ago these were around for between $175 and $225. Wrapped in greasy newspaper and all matching, with no9 bayonet. Now a short decade later they easily sell for $600-800, a return of 300% or so. Try and get that out of the stock market, or investments. Apparently, the events of 2001 did not effect the resale of rifles kept in collectable condition.
Same rifle, once shot a few times, drops drastically to the $400 range. I have bought a few of the no4mk2s from the mummy serial range, sporterised for much less than their original market price of $175.
There are plenty of rifles which have been shot out there, and the occasional owner makes another one every now and then. But an unfired rifle is something to brag about, and even the method of packaging it, in those 1950s newspapers with grease, is something for discussion. In todays world of arms restrictions, there are unlikely to be many more releases of new in the wrap Enfields from military warehouses.
Same rifle, once shot a few times, drops drastically to the $400 range. I have bought a few of the no4mk2s from the mummy serial range, sporterised for much less than their original market price of $175.
There are plenty of rifles which have been shot out there, and the occasional owner makes another one every now and then. But an unfired rifle is something to brag about, and even the method of packaging it, in those 1950s newspapers with grease, is something for discussion. In todays world of arms restrictions, there are unlikely to be many more releases of new in the wrap Enfields from military warehouses.
MapleSugar
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Sorry to correct you...but don't you mean a No.4 Mk.II?
...and yes, they seem to be priced ridiculously high these days.
...and yes, they seem to be priced ridiculously high these days.
I'm sure, yes!
