Price check on longbranch, sks

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Hey all, just wondering if someone could tell me the going rate for:

-A very good condition condition longbranch lee enfield, 1942 mk1*, #2 bolt head, 2groove barrel that shoots 3" at 200 yards. Full, original wood. Numbers all match, except for magazine. (For "numbers-matching" on an enfield, does the magazine have to match the receiver? Or were mags issued independent of the rifle?)

-A norinco SKS, bought new a year ago, maybe 200rds put through it.

Thanks everyone, have a great day. -Cameron
 
LB No.4 in full wood is better than one than has been sporterized. There is probably $100-$150 worth of wood on your rifle. Condition is important, but curiously accuracy is less of a factor. I'd suggest $250 to $400 - but it had better have something special about it to be on the high end. Magazine serials are a later affectation, that isn't worth worrying about, but an unserialized mag would be better for that $400.

SKS rifles are $125-$175, because they are still available new retail. D Models with the detachable AK style mags are running twice that price for a plain Jane box stock model.
 
hansol said:
Hey all, just wondering if someone could tell me the going rate for:

-A very good condition condition longbranch lee enfield, 1942 mk1*, #2 bolt head, 2groove barrel that shoots 3" at 200 yards. Full, original wood. Numbers all match, except for magazine. (For "numbers-matching" on an enfield, does the magazine have to match the receiver? Or were mags issued independent of the rifle?)

-A norinco SKS, bought new a year ago, maybe 200rds put through it.

Thanks everyone, have a great day. -Cameron
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Take a look at the Equipment Exchange at No. 4's that have sold recently. A fair few seem to be at or above the $500 mark
 
Wow so that longbranch of mine is worth a little bit then. And thanks for letting me know about the magazine. I thought it was odd that all the numbers on the rifle (wood included) mat.ched except for the magazine
 
chanman said:
Take a look at the Equipment Exchange at No. 4's that have sold recently. A fair few seem to be at or above the $500 mark
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Yep,you're right chanman,but and i'd like to point that theses for the most part,are still there after a while except for the few irish contracts no4 or "mint" or "excellent" condition one's :)..I know,i'm following the EE like a teenager trying to find his first girl to laid :D !

hansol,you seem to want to sell the combo i'm planning of buying (Enfield no4 for bolt action and SKS for semi-auto),any reason for that :confused: ??

Schneider :wave:
 
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"...were mags issued independent of the rifle..." Nope. The rifle was intended to be fed via stripper/charger clips.
"...#2 bolt head..." This only matters if the headspace is bad. Being able to prove the headspace is good isn't a bad idea if you plan of selling it. No. 3 bolt heads are kind of scarce and expensive.
"...does the magazine..." Nope. The serial number on the bolt and the receiver being the same make it matching. Mind you, this does not guarantee good headspace.
 
LB value.

If metal is satin blue its likely original, parkerised indicates postwar rebuild and worth less. LB didnt serial number mags at factory, any that are were done later by armourers. I recently sold a buddy a very clean,accurate,matching 1943 postwar rebuilt LB for $475 and that was a deal
Cheers
 
haha Schneider27, the only reason I'm considering selling is because I am a broke university student who could use the money. I already have a custom 7mm my uncle made, as well as a marlin 30-30 and a shotgun, so I am having trouble justifying the other two. So other thats the only reason.

Although I am in love with the longbranch. It's the same one in my avatar...
 
Oh Christ no, not even I am dumb enough to drill and tap my enfield. Just the thought of that makes me cringe.

No, its a brownells no-drill scope mount. Mounted it so I could see what the rifle was capable of. It shoots better than I can, thats for sure.
 
Norc SKS price seems to take a big jump for some mysterious and unexplained reason. There were 2 listed in EE for $400 - $600 range lately.
 
and are those SKS's selling at that price?

I know the headspace on that enfield of mine is decent, as I have shot it a few times, as well as had a gunsmith check it out before I bought to make sure I wouldn't die... But minor detail.

If I could get pics for you guys I would, but unfortunately im not near my camera. Or the right province for that matter. Thanks
 
Unfortunately yes people are foolish enough to pay three or four times the value for the SKS's. "Allegedly" they aren't being produced or imported anymore (claim the sellers)
 
Rimfire said:
Unfortunately yes people are foolish enough to pay three or four times the value for the SKS's. "Allegedly" they aren't being produced or imported anymore (claim the sellers)
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Until the next 5 sea-cans of them arrive, that is.

How is that Brownells mount for holding zero?
 
The Brownells mount seems to work pretty good. The trick is to mount it once, and then never remove it again. You can use locktight on the threads to help keep the mount tight, but I have yet to try that.

The trouble with the mount is that it mounts the scope really high, so you have to have some way to raise the comb of the rifle if you want to shoot comfortably. Non-permanent is good...

Cheers -Cameron
 
The Enfields are really good and solid rifles that are worth a fair buck. The sks on the other hand is chinese junk at its worst. :puke::rolleyes:I hope to have enough of them on the ocean floor to make a bridge from the mainland to the Island. Of course they would be all degreased at the car wash before deep sixing them............:evil:
 
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