For most of the past two months I have been helping an elderly friend prepare his collection to sell. The forum members have been helpful so I thought I would share a few pictures of the weapons we will soon be offering for sale as soon as we figure out the pricing.
First up
Springfield 1903A3 Smith Corona
Attachment 95450Attachment 95451Attachment 95452Attachment 95453Next up,
Ross Canadian,
Lee Navy .236 cal. WINCHESTER
Steyr M 95
Siamese Mausers (2)
Enfield 38 breaktop
That .236 Lee is a sporter is it?
The PLY + serial is a Royal Navy marking. The rifle served with the Cdn 1st Division until withdrawn from front line service. Nice Ross!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jaxson50
I believe it was sporterized at some point, the original sights have been replaced. There is a box of original ammunition that goes with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
Lee Navy .236 cal. is the 6mm Lee Navy. When they have it, Buffalo Arms wants $60.59 per 20 for loaded ammo. Otherwise there's no ammo or brass currently available.
That one is missing at least the hard guard. However, the Winchester Collectors talk about civilian sales. Maybe. Dunno. If it's a civilian Lee Navy, it'll be worth more. Go here. It's decidedly comprehensive.
Model 1895 Lee Navy Winchester Collector
"...box of original ammunition that goes with it...." That's worth a big pile of money. Not even Ammo One has any. They say they'll buy it though.
6mmLEE
Yes, I know all that. That wasn't the question.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sunray
Could you show us a complete pic? I had original cases and that was all I used through it. Loaded it and shot it regularly. One day going through 40 rds on range, was likely the most .236 ammo that had been fired since the '30s...at one time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jaxson50
I will take more pictures Tuesday.Quote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
If you have pictures of the enbloc it would be of some help,.
I hope these pictures are helpful, you can see where someone removed the original front sights and did a poor job of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
I'm working with a tablet that has so much glare on the screen I can't see what I'm photographing
That appears to me to be an original sporter. Mine has been gone for some years now, we were discussing these a year or so back. The grip cap and grasping grooves suggest original sporter. The sights too, a Winchester semi Buckhorn type rear sight...Sheard type front... Very nice. Mine went through some hard times and I had to have a stock ,made for it. Had nothing but the back end to work with. The ammo was about $3 CDN each here some time back. I haven't bought any for a while. I had some boxes too but they were hard put and not worth anything. My brass went with the rifle as you can imagine.
There are a few advanced collectors here that I hope will jump in for more definitive info.
Go to this site to compare yours, I think it's good... Winchester Lee Straight Pull 236 USN for sale
Thank you for the link and the information. I emailed Winchester they replied ,Quote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
Your Winchester – Lee Navy Rifle #12544 was one of 2,911 manufactured in 1898. There is not a lot of collector interest in these rifles and Flayderman’s Guide to Antique American Firearms gives a value of Very Good = $950 to Excellent = $2,000.
I hope that is of some help.
Regards,
Rick Hill
Director, Winchester Arms Collectors Assn.
1907 Turnstone Road
Redmond, OR 97756
541.504.3122
541.306.9412 cell
Mine was 14328...Quote:
Originally Posted by Jaxson50
Interested in that Ross!
We have two Ross Canadian rifles, the other one is a factory built sporting rifle, I have one sealed box of Ross ammunition as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Anzac15
Thank you for the background on the Ross, I knew nothing about the Ross rifle before taking on the task of cleaning and preparing the collection to be sold. It is certainly a stout weapon and the rear sights are impressive to say the least.Quote:
Originally Posted by tiriaq