Newbie Needs Advice On 1927 Lithgow No.1 MKIII Rifle

[traindriver]

Hello All, I've been a member for a little while but this is my first post. I have found a 1927 Lithgow MKIII for sale. The pawn shop guy is was asking $279.00 for it. I ask him what his best cash price was, he came back with $250.00 not counting tax and $10.00 BG check. The BG fee I think is crap as I hold a weapons permit already. The rifle is in overall good shape. Has a dark bore with good rifling. The two front upper handguards are the originals. the rest of the stock is dark. The stock has some markings and numbers but they are hard to see as the stock is dark and kind of dirty. The bolt does not match. Still it is a good looking rifle. What do you guys think about the $250.00 Price? With tax and the other fee it would really be about $280.00. The rifle has been in the shop for quite a while. I'm thinking about calling him and making a counter offer of $200.00 and maybe go up just a little if need be. I'm new to Enfield collecting. I got my first a Jungle Carbine about 4 months ago. Now I've got the bug.

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[krinko]

Non-matching bolt AND a dark bore?
With me that comes under the Double Whammy Rule and makes it a "No-Buy"---or a parts gun, if it has any good parts on it.
Remember The Humongus from Road Warrior?
"Just walk away!"
-----krinko

[Son]

Non-matching bolt AND a dark bore?
With me that comes under the Double Whammy Rule and makes it a "No-Buy"---or a parts gun, if it has any good parts on it.
Remember The Humongus from Road Warrior?
"Just walk away!"
-----krinko

ROAD WARRIOR????????????????? That's the movie equivalent of the Gibbs Jungle Carbine... Imagine taking a movie, re-naming it and then dubbing it with American voices because youse couldn't understand good old Australian!

BTW, the movie is Mad Max, one two or three- doesn't matter, it's still Mad Max.

[finloq]

If you like it, go back and look at it with him standing there. Then quote Krinko: "Hmm, it's nice, but with a non-matching bolt and with a questionable bore (hand the rifle back to him), I just can't justify paying $250 for it, thanks anyway." Then look around the shop at other things and see if he counter offers.

[841NER]

All good advice...

...non-matching bolt is a showstopper for many.

What do good condition, matching numbers MkIIIs go for in the States?