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Well, not a "Bubba" for sure. A Parker-Hale factory sporter conversion, complete with a Parker-Hale scope mount.
Some people look down on sporterized Military rifles, but this was a way of life back in the 1900s. The same people who have lower opinions of .303 conversions go ga-ga over a Sedgley Springfield, but what is the difference? Husqvarna used the m/96 Mauser actions for their fine factory sporters, and many of the top name gunsmiths in Germany made their reputations converting 98 Mausers.
We have to look a bit at History on some of these converted rifles. In your case, England had just fought WWII, was almost broke because of it, and had a lot of unemployment. BUT, there were many thousands of surplus rifles available, and these were turned into a cash asset by doing a tasteful sporterizing of them, and selling them abroad.
These were not only sold by Gun Shops, but by the thousands by Eatons. Simpsons-Sears, and the alphabet soup Hardware store chains.
They were well made, and returning Veterans were familiar with them, so a moderate priced hunting rifle sold very well, especially when production of Commercial Winchesters and other brand name rifles was just getting back to speed, and prices on them were high. Not only that, there were Tons of .303 ammo available.
I would not take less than $250 for this rifle. The scope, while it might work, is 50 years technology out of date so for all purposes is worth very little. The receiver peep sight adds to the value a bit. The person who had this rifle wanted a HUNTING rifle, and had that peep sight put on for fast close range shots.
Personally, I would keep it. It is in very nice shape, and can serve as a good hunting rifle in the future. I would, however, replace the scope with a more modern one. With a good scope, you might even find it shoots better too.
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