A somewhat flowery description

[Simon]

Second Hand Purdey, James SMLE III 1907 Sniper .303 Rifles For Sale in Hampshire :: GunStar

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[Robert303]

The description appears OK to me and not too flowery but the price is a big bunch of nettles!

[Brit plumber]

This well known dealer has a lot of badly described items like the rare L4A1 which is a South African 7.62 conversion. This Enfield sniper has been for sale repeatedly for the last 4 years or so, at a lot less money. It may have appeared on the forum before, it certainly got pulled apart by one of the forums.

[Alan de Enfield]

£7250 for a de-act. If you buy it it is only a 'wall-hanger' or at best strip it for parts, but £7250 for a scope and mount - I think not.

You could get a 'live' L42, or (almost) 2x No4T's for that price

[Badger]

Type purdey sniper in the search box (top right corner of site) and see what comes up...

Regards,
Doug

[Brit plumber]

Its not even a decent looking or original wall hanger! The wood is indian and doesn't match, the nose cap looks Mk1 to me, the screws don't look right and whats with the safety catch? Have a look at his other stuff, equally amazing prices!

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Look familiar?

Deactivated SMLE MKIII Sniper Rifle # SN. 579

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Here you go, the milling out on the scope bracket is where the Parker Hale markings were milled away.

SMLE sniper rifle - Other - Great War Forum

[smle addict]

A long time ago, I had an old sporterized 1898 Krag in 30-40. It had a Weaver side-scope mount that is almost a dead ringer for the one pictured on this rifle, albeit modifed to fit the SMLE. I like the machined away area on the left hand side. I seem to remember this is where it read weaver on the mount I had.

[Roger Payne]

Yes, it's been around for a while. Apart from having a genuine scope it's not even close to a real one.....

[Robert303]

Thankfully I'm not in the market for one. I realised a few years ago that my chances of spotting a fake were not good as I've never seen enough originals. How anyone will tell in 20,30 or 50 years time will be interesting. Thanks to Brit plumber for the link to the earlier ad and the better pictures at least I can learn something.

[Gnr527]

A J P = A J Purdey ?

I'd like a look at that.

John