Yard Sale .303 Enfield, need info......

[heckinohio]

This is a really nice gun, all original finish is 90%, bright shiney bore, marked '111*' and SMLE. CAI import, guy claims to have had it for over 10 years. Not my field.......has 500 rnds of boxed commercial ammo (marked 7.7 but is rimmed???). $300, for all.

Have no idea what these rifles sell for, what should I do??? PJHeck heckinohio@att.net

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[Amatikulu]

Haggle for a lower price but buy it.

Commercial ammunition - are you sure? The only 7.7 marked I've seen is South African and that's military. Ammo is worth 40 cents a round so 500 rounds is worth $200. A No.1 Mark III* if sporterized would be worth $100, so you can't get hurt. If it's matching serial numbers and complete, it should be worth at least $250.

[Chuckindenver]

id bet you get some great info on the SMLE forum

[Calif-Steve]

I recall years ago Finland put piles of .303 ammo on the world market. Marked 7.7mm in 15 round paper boxes. No idea how the Finns got British ammo.

[krinko]

This is really the wrong forum---
Finnish .303 was made at VPT----Valtion Ammunition Factory---and was intended for the machine guns in their Brewster Buffalo fighters.
-----krinko

[Amatikulu]

Good point krinko - I'll move it to the enfield forum