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I know that there are a lot of variables but just for generality's sake what would be an approximate value of the A Savage LE Mk4 No1* in good condition complete unit with matching numbers.

Again, I know there are lots reasons for higher or lower $, and there is always what the EE will tell a guy, what I'm looking for is a true (bracket) based solely on the above criteria.

Thanks in advance for your input:)
 
Unfired in the grease.
A Savage in NRA good condition would be worth about as much as any No. 4 in comparable condition.
And NRA good is nothing to write home about.
$300 - $350?
 
I would think $400 to $600 for a good example, with a perfect example bringing more. I don't think you can buy a full wood #4 for $300, not that I can see anyway.
 
AJones said:
I would think $400 to $600 for a good example, with a perfect example bringing more. I don't think you can buy a full wood #4 for $300, not that I can see anyway.
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This is my opinion as well, but lately any nice Enfield is bringing well above what I thought was 'market value'.

I guess we'll see if it's sustained.

-Steve
 
I would say a matchining issued shooter example in good condition would be 500-700. Unissued and good condition examples fetch the 800-1200 range from what I've seen.
 
Prices seem to have gone up.

I am still in the mind set of sporters being $100 and decent complete rifles $200-300. I am a bit behind the times (yeah, ya rekon?)

I remind myself of my parents and grand parents complaining about the price of a loaf of bread or a jug of milk. Can't buy penny candies anymore! Yaddy yadda!

There is a new generation of collectors and a keen interest in WWI and WWII history.

Supply and demand equation. Less supply + more demand + higher prices.

Wish I still had my No.4 Mk.II that I bought at Le Baron's Sporting goods for $88 complete, all numbers matched including the bayo. I sold it for $325 a couple years ago and thought that I was ripping off the buyer, so I included a box of 48 rounds and a sling. Now I couldn't afford one even if I wanted!

I collect Lee Metfords amongst others and am so happy that I now have most of the representative examples. I simply could not afford to get into it now. I could pay the same amount of money today for a decent No.4 that I was paying for an original and complete long Lee only a few years ago.

I watch with interest to see where these milsurp prices will go and if the bubble bursts. I doubt it.

Collecting old WWI and WWII rifles USED to be a cheap and cheerful hobby. Now when I buy one, I dare not touch it until I have done hours of research to see if I have a 'rare' variant. Kinda spoils it for me.

Ok, I'm done with my old timer sniveling.

For ballpark prices, I watch Gunbroker and do a search on completed auctions. Mostly USA sales, I know. But it is a guide.
 
Proof of good headspace(matching numbers doesn't guarantee anything) and better than 'good' condition. Like tiriaq says, there's nothing special about 'em in Canada. They, Savages, sell for more Stateside because it was made there.
U.S. values mean nothing here. Not even ball park.
 
I passed on one last Christmas from Jimmy1234 at $400. That was a solid deal for a solid rifle. My mistake going after something else at the time.

If it is all original and very good plus bore/condition, I would grudgingly now pay upwards of 500-600 for the right looking example(wood). This is from someone who also lived when they were 20 dollars each by the truck load, my grandfather may have bubba'd in his woodshop, the GDP of Canada at todays prices.

Is the price of Lee-Enfield's in 2015 now linked directly to the price of an ounce of gold?
 
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