Rarety of l42a1 magazines

[4004757]

Are the genuine (no reproduction) L42A1 7.62 magazines relatively rare to locate and therefore command a high price? One is currently for sale in Australia and is asking $400 (Australian) which sounded excessive?

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[bnz41]

That does sound excessive, $400 = £216 at todays exchange rate they go for around the £150-180 (180 being for a new over here) you can find cheaper but would need to search, and a few of them about second hand. They are standard 7.62x51 Enfield mags that were fitted to Enforcers/Envoys/L39's and loads of No4 conversions so saying it's for a L42 maybe upped the price.

[PrinzEugen]

Yes prices are quite high here in the uk for the CR 1470 stamped military ones. £120 - £170 I've seen I think in recent years, although sometimes they can be had cheaper if you keep your eyes peeled.

[RossM10]

CR1470 is the barrel for the L42A1. The magazines are marked CR141A and all of mine were made in 1965, I am led to believe for the abandoned L8 conversion programme.
The last one I bought cost me £5 after fortuitously spotting it in a box of .303 magazines. Fortunately, the seller didn't know any better.

[Bindi2]

Are the genuine (no reproduction) L42A1 7.62 magazines relatively rare to locate and therefore command a high price? One is currently for sale in Australia and is asking $400 (Australian) which sounded excessive?

You can thank JWH for this and his buy back.

[Maxwell Smart]

The 7.62 No 4 mags are not all that plentiful in Australia, and command premium prices usually.

I went back through my records and found that in 1984, AJ Parker were quoting me 28 pounds for a 7.62 Enfield magazine, while 7.62 Sterling ones were 22 pounds. In 1985 Jansa Arms in Sydney were selling 7.62 Sterling mags for $35 while SMLE mags were $14.50. By the late 1990's Lawrence Ordnance in Sydney had 7.62 Enfield mags for $140. (I thought they were way too dear then... should have bought more )

Today prices for 7.62 mags are rising quickly - I've seen Sterling mags advertised recently for $250, so at that rate an Enfield one should be about $320.

[Alan de Enfield]

Tis often said - "you didn't pay to much, you just bought too early"

[Surpmil]

Where are the original dies?

[Roger Payne]

Don't know about the original dies, but I was offered all the tooling that Charnwood used in getting the repro mags made. I declined. I shall need to live till I'm 143 as it is with all of the restoration & replication projects I've accumulated!

[Bindi2]

Don't know about the original dies, but I was offered all the tooling that Charnwood used in getting the repro mags made. I declined. I shall need to live till I'm 143 as it is with all of the restoration & replication projects I've accumulated!

You could go into business employ lots of people to do all the R & R projects plus some make lots of money pay tax then sell at a huge profit retire and walk the fields at leisure.