Value question on SMLE 22 single shot

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I recently picked up a single shot 22 which appears to be built on a SMLE action. The magazine is simply an empty box.The Knoxform is stamped BSA with crossed rifles on the top, right rear receiver ring is stamped with BSA Co, right side of the barrel has crowns over proofmarks: BV BP NP and 22LR, left side of barrel reads 22LR 8tons per square inch. The muzzle is stamped "PARKERIFLED AGP" on it. The outside of the bolt head has a large capital "U" on it. The 22 barrel seems to have been sleeved into the existing 303 barrel but there are no other markings outside of the crowns over BP all over it. It is a numbers matching gun on the bolt, receiver and barrel, but it has no wood ahead of the first barrel band. It looks like someone has installed a home made peep sight on it, it is mounted below the wood line on the left rear side of the recevier and the wood has been notched to accept it. If it is a sporterized military rifle I would suspect putting full wood on it would bring it back to normal as the two mounting screw holes for the rear peep would be hidden. Or is this a commercial BSA conversion? It has a blank brass stock disk and a brass buttplate. Any idea on what it is or what it's value would be? Thanks, Peter H.
 
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The Enfield #1's converted to #2's don't seem to command the big bucks.
Sporterized, it worth around $150. I've got 2 sporters and one was about that price, the other even cheaper.
Even full wood, they don't seem to go for much more than $250.
 
If it had not been bubba'd, it would bring a premium south of the border. And yes it is a military training rifle. Certainly worth a lot more than the 150 beaver bucks for a chop job. By all means, restore it.
 
Hmmmmmm

we will need some pictures.

its not uncommon for No1 rifles to be converted to .22 training rifles by sleeving them. If the nosecap and full wood are there then it's worth a lot more if thats cut away well.....

are there any other markings on the rear site.
 
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