Post war Long Branch in cosmoline

A co worker is selling his post war in the "mummy wrap" Long Branch

Any ideas on the going price?

I have not seen it but have purchased from him before and has always had top quality rifles

appreciate any suggested price information

Some people think Fazakerly No4 Mk2s "in the wrap" are worth $1200. to $1500. I'm not one of them, but there are certainly far fewer Long Branch rifles in that condition.

Being a Long Branch I would venture it will top out at pretty big money. Have seen others makers around $1,100.00 to $1,200.00 but have never seen a Long Branch which IMO would be worth a fair amount more. IMO if you bought it in that range (1.1 to 1.2) you would be getting a very good deal.

I have never seen a Long Branch mummy. Even a picture.
From what pictures of factory work I have seen, rifles went directly into a crate without any wrap.
Do you know if this a Long Branch done in Great Britain in a FTR/Upgrade program?
Most interesting.
I agree on the valuation, if it is as described.

I saw a load of brand new Long Branch No4's, still in 10 or even more original unopened crates at a big Ordnance Depot in New Zealand (as did the late KimW who was there) that had come by deck cargo. They were being examined for disposal and were in a sorry state but they were stacked, greased but with very little sign of any remaining and totally unwrapped in anything. The UK Ordnance version of 'mummy-wrap was a thick greased off white fabric type paper covering the muzzle, upper band, breech and butt plate area and sealed into a mid green polythene bag which was meantto be vacuum sealed or at least air tight. But none I ever saw were!

The NZ ones were just unceremoniously cut in half across behind the breech ring with the hot axe and dumped in the land-fill opposite the workshop close to the old Armourers test range.

The only LB that I ever saw mummy wrapped in paper and grease was a 1950 dated Cno7. It was owned by Alan Kerr (milarm from Edmonton) and was on display at the Calgary gun show.
I have a mint 1945 dated Cno7 which was put into longterm preservation sometime around 1948. While it is wrapped loosely in paper, I would not call it mummy wrapped, nor was it likely done by the factory.