AJ Parker rear sight question

[spinecracker]

Ok, this may not be specifically related to Lee Enfields, but I am considering selling the AJ Parker TZ 4/47 rear sight that came with the Enforcer I just bought. Any idea of how much these are selling for? This one is in very good condition and is mechanically sound. A photo is accessible via the "Enforcer questions" thread.

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[Alan de Enfield]

Ok, this may not be specifically related to Lee Enfields, but I am considering selling the AJ Parker TZ 4/47 rear sight that came with the Enforcer I just bought. Any idea of how much these are selling for? This one is in very good condition and is mechanically sound. A photo is accessible via the "Enforcer questions" thread.

PH5C's are regulary fetching well over £150 (on ebay) and AJP 4/47 are rated more highly and tend to fetch a good 10%/20% more than PH5C's.

You do occasionally see 5Cs and 4/47 cheaper at some dealers, but as with all things prices are going up, and Ebay, (love it or hate it) seems to be setting the world wide pricing levels on a lot of parts.

With mounting screws and a 6 hole eyepiece I'd say £160 was a fair price to both seller & buyer

[spinecracker]

Thanks for that, Alan. The one I have would not be sold with mounting screws (they are not the right type, although they do keep the sight on very well - ok, I'd throw them in for free lol), and it has the rimbell eye piece, not a 6 hole eye piece, so that would drop the value somewhat.

[madcratebuilder]

The PH5C's are almost always available on evil bay. The AJP's are seldom listed on evil bay, when they are the get a lot of attention.

Alan's pricing is right on. The AJP's are more common in the UK, seldom seen here in the states.

[PrinzEugen]

...but you might get a lot less - I've seen ajp 4/47's go for a fair bit less than £100. It's all about the marking up really - consider this: most people probably have parker hale searches - in which case yours wouldn't come up so decreasing your number of potential buyers (ie get parker hale in the item headline). I doubt you'd get a buyer on a 'buy it now' only £160...but it could get more than that in an auction. It's just the way the human mind is.

And don't forget - as soon as you sell it you'll discover some reason why you desperately need it...

[spinecracker]

Very true, PrinzEugen - Ebay can be a total crapshoot (in more ways than one...). You just have to look at the current bidding on Ebay for a PH5E/4 - $410 last time I checked - yikes! So long as I can sell it for enough to pay for returning the front sight on my Enforcer back to the original design, then I would be happy.

[madcratebuilder]

There are six or eight 5C's on evil bay right now, that may allow one or two to go at a reasonable price.