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Yeah you can get a new enfield(assuming it's new) from somewhere like Gander for about $150. My younger bro bought himself one on his 18th bday...exxxxtreeeemely accurate gun. Ammo is a little difficult to find but bass pro has it in stock about 90% of the time
Yeah you can get a new enfield(assuming it's new) from somewhere like Gander for about $150. My younger bro bought himself one on his 18th bday...exxxxtreeeemely accurate gun. Ammo is a little difficult to find but bass pro has it in stock about 90% of the time
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I have a Lee- Enfield SMLE Mk III* made by the Lithgow Small Arms Factory in Australia in 1941. My father bought it, in the 60's for less than $20 at an antique store. It's had the stock sportized, it's an accurate rifle. I haven't shot it in probably 15yrs. I need to get it out and shoot it some.
I have a Lee- Enfield SMLE Mk III* made by the Lithgow Small Arms Factory in Australia in 1941. My father bought it, in the 60's for less than $20 at an antique store. It's had the stock sportized, it's an accurate rifle. I haven't shot it in probably 15yrs. I need to get it out and shoot it some.
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Yep, between $150 to $250 is what the Enfield rifles are going for now. I'd like to get one for myself sometime.
Yep, between $150 to $250 is what the Enfield rifles are going for now. I'd like to get one for myself sometime.
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I bought a Enfield (sportarized) IV I think would have to look at it but with open sights it is a bad lil rifle. bought it on here last summer. use to have a jungle carbine from back in the day till it got borrowed with the rest of my guns and not brought back. great caliber on whitetail also.
I bought a Enfield (sportarized) IV I think would have to look at it but with open sights it is a bad lil rifle. bought it on here last summer. use to have a jungle carbine from back in the day till it got borrowed with the rest of my guns and not brought back. great caliber on whitetail also.
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If the original military rear sight is on the barrel, it is a No 1 Mk III*. If the original rear sight is a peep sight it is a No 4 Mk I or II or I*
Doug
If the original military rear sight is on the barrel, it is a No 1 Mk III*. If the original rear sight is a peep sight it is a No 4 Mk I or II or I*
Doug
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I have a MKIII made in Australia in 1942
I deer hunt with it from time to time,great whitetail round
I have a MKIII made in Australia in 1942
I deer hunt with it from time to time,great whitetail round
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I did not like the taste of the bear meat. My Dad said; "It tastes like a wet dog smells". That is the only big game I have ever taken with a .303 British. I believe it would be as good a deer ctg as the .300 Savage or the .308 Winchester.
Doug
When I was a kid, I bought a No 1 Mk III* mfg by Enfield in 1918.It is still in my closet and has a mint bore in spite of all the corrosive primed ammo I have fired in it. When I was 16, I bought a box of Remington 215 gr RN ammo. That was all that was available at the time (1958). I went deer hunting with my Bruder in Law, Ted Brooks. He put me on a stand and a black bear came up the trail. I popped him with the 215 gr bullet and hit him in the shoulder, He dropped instantly and died very quickly. I had a rope and tied it to the bear's front legs. I started dragging it out of the woods. All went well until I started downhill with snow on the ground. That SOB'n bear ran me over and dragged me to the bottom of the hill. We laid the bear on a table at the Farm and skinned the bear. It looked like a naked man on the table.surehuntsalot said:
I did not like the taste of the bear meat. My Dad said; "It tastes like a wet dog smells". That is the only big game I have ever taken with a .303 British. I believe it would be as good a deer ctg as the .300 Savage or the .308 Winchester.
Doug
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also looking at a No 4 Mk 1 British .303. the stock has been cut down (sporitidized) or how ever you spell it.. What would be the value of one with this type of stock.. number match and bore not bad. I see alot of prices that vary by 100's of dollars.. He want 200 and i'm not convinced that is a good by.
any info would be appriciated.
thanks
also looking at a No 4 Mk 1 British .303. the stock has been cut down (sporitidized) or how ever you spell it.. What would be the value of one with this type of stock.. number match and bore not bad. I see alot of prices that vary by 100's of dollars.. He want 200 and i'm not convinced that is a good by.
any info would be appriciated.
thanks
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If he has the original stock and nothing else has been messed with ,,,, and the bore is good .. $200 is a fair price IMHO ...g8gt140 said:
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