PinkyPlinker
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Kenora, ON
Cars, motorcycles, boats, guns. Almost always cheaper to buy than restore.
Restoring a Lee Enfield to full wood ?
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stencollector
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- shilo MB, the armpit of Canada
Problem with a lot of "representative" rifles are they are assembled by guys who use the parts they have at hand and they try to get the price of un-molested originals. If it is done right, then OK. But if the bands are not of the right time period, the screws are cross threaded, the wood not properly bedded, then really what is the value? I would suggest the sum of it's parts.
Sarco in the US carry full metal part kits for around $48 US // wood use to b easy to get but now people are really charging for NOS wood // numrich use to carry complete NO 1 mk 3 for around $80 // notta chance anymore // I use to rebuild NO 1' s but had to give it up it was getting to costly
If you do it for the hobby, then it's great. I restore a lot of rifles just for fun but as mentioned many times before, it is almost cheaper to buy a full wood in some cases. Decent rebuilds are available for as little as $450. in the #4s.I picked up a beautiful all original #4 mk2 Pakistani for $450 last week. They can be found I used to pay about $25 for foretocks. Now I am lucky to find them for under $100.If you check out all the major parts suppliers, Numrich etc, you will find their parts lists are getting shorter
I rebuild a lot of 22s. I might pay $50 for a rifle, $45 for parts, 6 hrs to reblue and redo the stock and it is now worth $100. Again. It is the hobby.
I rebuild a lot of 22s. I might pay $50 for a rifle, $45 for parts, 6 hrs to reblue and redo the stock and it is now worth $100. Again. It is the hobby.
