OK Enfield Guru's - Brainstorm with me! (pics)
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I have a chap interested in obtaining these rifles (and pistol) from me.
I thought I'd come to you for your insights to what today's market holds for these rifles.
What do you think?
The 1950 CNo4Mk1* is Longbranch 1950 - parked finish. VG+ condition with a mint bore. Minor storage marks otherwise I'd say she was mint. All matching numbers. I have the original CMk3 site in stores.
CNo4Mk1* 1950
My take on the guns pictured
I would venture $550 for the 1950 LB,$1200 for the C No7
That Waldemar Broberg accepted M1911A1 however is REALLY suspicious.
I saw it when the original owner was selling it a few weeks ago on cgn and asked for the serial number UNDER the firing pin retainer.I don't think that it is in synch with the WB accepted frame.I ALSO had a few difficulties with the way the German abbreviated Ober Leutnant and the fonts and MOSTLY why anyone would even BOTHER to remove the United States Property and Model of 1911A1 and the S/N.There was a fairly serious war going on and nobody much cared about serial numbers etc.The Germans were notorious utilizers of ANY handguns that came their way.Just as our lot were forever on the lookout for Lugers and P.38's mostly but a nice MP40 or K98 was also a nice prize.My father, being in the Air Force,traded whisky(rellies in Northern Scotland)for guns and came home with 3 duffel bags full not to mention a barracks box full of handguns and the odd MP 38 and MP 40,helmets and daggers etc PLUS some Belgian lace for mum.So I wouldn't place a lot of credence in the German Officer story and would gravitate MORE towards the Canadian(like a LOT of US Soldiers too)worrying about that UNITED STATES PROPERTY and the serial number.And in all probability had NO idea about that serial number on the slide.Just like a few Thompsons I have seen with the serial numbers removed from the receiver and frame BUT the one who did it didn't KNOW about the SECOND serial number hidden on the receiver so the defacing was moot anyway.
Gunner can bring you up to speed re the proper WWII Wehrmacht abbreviations too.
In my book it's a shooter and that's about it and worth about $550.Had it NOT been monkeyed with it would be worth an easy $1000-$1100.You are sure doing a quick flip too but that's your choice.
