Some guy on Gunbroker has one at auction for $1,195.00. Is he nuts or are they that rare?
Tony
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Some guy on Gunbroker has one at auction for $1,195.00. Is he nuts or are they that rare?
Tony
The correct answer is: Nuts.
He types in ALLCAPS, too.
-----krinko
However, they will sell at that if they're new in the wrap, without the wrap but near new they can be found for 500 and a bit less. We have a local yokel selling a common peep sight for $575, doesn't mean anyone will show up for that party.
It gets interesting when a no4mk2 new/in wrap starts at 450 and then goes to $1200, which happens often enough.
Damn, I have two still in the wrap. I bought three in the wrap when they were first imported with bayonet. I cleaned one up.
Thanks, Tony
Again, an Irish Contract will have a S/n of PF309348 to PF359347. Some folks think any No4 in the wrap is an Irish Contract.
And I agree with Krinko, the seller is NUTS!
One must also keep in mind that only a part of that series got delivered to Ireland, the rest going to British Stores.
John, I think at that price its the buyer who is nuts not the seller.Quote:
Originally Posted by John Sukey
You may have a point there;)
That is if he finds a buyer.:madsmile:
my irish contract was wrapped when i got it about 10 years ago.
boy! i really feel bad that i unwrapped it.
lemme see, i could have made almost $300.00. damn! that's almost $30.00 a year!
the reason i unwrapped it?
...
wrap sux
my 'irish contract' was really a burma contract , like john said there were a number of contract mk2s and only a selected serialisation were irish , but i doubt that would matter to the seller , and will go over the head of the buyer
PF301547-PF304047 Anglo Egyptian Sudan 2,500
PF 309348-PF359347 Irish Republic 50,000
PF359348-PF359817 Zambia 70
PF359818-PF359952 Singapore 135
PF 359952-PF360052 Jamaica 100
PF360053-PF360202 Trinidad 150
PF360263-PF360238 St. Vincent 36
PF360239-PF360258 St. Kitts 36
PF360460-PF381159 Uganda 20,700
PF361260-PF401086 Burma 38,827
PF 405293-PF405412 St Vincent 20
PF407449-PF407648 Trinidad 200
PF407849-PF407728 Zanzibar 80
PF411265-PF411461 Kenya 197
PF411462-PF411471 Hong Kong 10
My Irish is really an Irish
Did the UF55's come in mummy wrap? I have 2, one is brand new unfired, and the other one was sporterized a little, holes drilled for a scope (not by me).
thanks john , that was what i was fishing for , ive missplaced my cheat sheet and im not near my LES
my point being that just because someone claims an "irish" contract doesnt mean its so , and even if it were , what makes it more valuable than another contract , unless its still in the wrap
Well I have an Irish SMLE. FF on the knoxform (Fianna Fail), and a SMLE with R.I.C. on the stock disc plus two R.I.C, carbines. (one a Metford conversion and the other an Enfield conversion.
OOPs! forgot, also a "GENUWINE SHAMROCK ENFIELD" With the certificate from Ye Olde Hunter in Alexandria Virginia stating it was purchased from the Irish Government. Printed in green Ink with lots of shamrocks and one of the wee folk on it:D
Here is a pic
the PF on top and the UF underneath
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I've also got an Irish SMLE (it was rebarreled around the 1950's, so no FF, but the re-numbered s/n is typical), an Irish MkI***, an RIC carbine, and a No4 Mk2 that falls in the Irish Contract range, and was most certainly issued by somebody.Quote:
Originally Posted by John Sukey
Didn't pay any sort of premium for any of them...the Irish connection is a bit of marketing window dressing. Things Irish tend to be popular over here.
And I'd agree that the crazy in the case of the OP's Gunbroker link, would be anybody paying that sort of price.
I would imagine a lot of those Irish No4's weere used in the movie "The Blue Max" They used the Irish army for both sides and the only thing they changed was the HELMETS!:rofl:
Were they divided by being Catholic and Protestant?:madsmile:
Hey Hagarin SC....., what's that flag in your name box..., the one with the union jack in the middle
It's an upside down (distress signal) real South African flag..:help:
All this time & I didn't notice. Sies man, ek is belemmer.:banghead:Quote:
Originally Posted by hagar in SC
I'm glad my UF55 is unwrapped. My daughter just bagged another marauding coyote with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by hagar in SC