NZ's Cadet Rifle Auction

[5thBatt]

Heres my 3
Had another bidder for me, so picked up 2 No8s as well as a No9, had hoped to pick up a pair of consecutive serial numbered No8s (there was many opportunity's to do so) but feel i went 1 better
Check them out

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[Hal O'Peridol]

Verrrrry Nice!

I have a No8 but No9s are scarce as hen's teeth her in the US.

What were the rifles going for on average?

[5thBatt]

The average on the No8s was about $370NZ with the No9s at about $850/900NZ pretty much halve to get US$
I hope in future, if the Defense dept ever offer up Guns for auction in NZ again (unlikely) that they don't use the same Auctioneers.

[Lance]

Very nice, especially the No.8 s/n's! I wonder how that made it through??

[RJW NZ]

Hi 5th Batt,
Not sure if we met at the auction but if not plse check out my enfield links site, 100 essential links for Enfield Rifles 08, I'm trying to collect the owners of the sequential serialed rifles before we all disappear, your icu6 is one of a rack set of six rifles eg. I've ID'd a few of the sets and buyers I'm after.
you might have the missing ICU3 there too.

at one point there was a series of 5 sequentialed no 9's!

Too bad the rules were one of each, that meant the sets had to be broken up, wish I had a buddy bidding too but hey, I didn't have any spare lotto money either.
My one no8 absolute POS! $380, and a no4 303 $220, almost POS and three wood sets $150, cost an easy $1500; after two days driving,gas $250, motels, 3 days $350 food, etc etc.
not sure if I'd do that again.

BUT...many kudos to all the people who cooperated in saving from the blast furnace or the deep six ...285 no 8's, 101 no9's and 53 303's, at a total fund raise I guess around $250,000.
Apparently there's a little thing around from the UN called an arms non proliferation act that requires scrapping of surplus arms, the rumor is that apparently NZ kind of forgot to sign it...oorah!.

[conductor]

Apparently there's a little thing around from the UN called an arms non proliferation act that requires scrapping of surplus arms, the rumor is that apparently NZ kind of forgot to sign it...oorah!.

There was a posting on Jouster several months ago that NZ had actually signed the UN treaty on "non-proliferation of arms". Any information to the contrary would be welcome news. The more nations that stand up to the gun-haters at the UN, the better. Prior to our last national election here in the USA, such a treaty would have had a snowball's chance in hell. With the current administration, I think it could very well be signed into law.

[RJW NZ]

BTW, they're already on trademe,

[Peter Laidler]

Can I assume that the No9's were ex RNZNavy issue to recruits and Navy Cadet forces? I know that the RNZN had loads of Lanchesters when I was there. I took a few from the Royalist when it was due for scrapping. Went to a place called Devonport ( I think that's what the name was.....) and collected some. Never saw any No9's though. All the RNZN kit was in VERY good condition

[5thBatt]

I didn't go though the No9 s/n's that closely, could only afford 1.
Now for the No8s
Set of 5: 2
Set of 4: 1
Set of 3: 9
Set of 2: 31
& of course 1 set of the same s/n, there was one other set listed, but turned out to be a typo.
This list may have some errors but it adds up to 115 out of the 285 available
My rifles as shown in photos are
Lot 314 No9 s/n A1567 $920
Lot 255 No8 s/n DA 156 $320
Lot 141 No8 s/n DA 156 $400

[RJW NZ]

I didn't go though the No9 s/n's that closely, could only afford 1.
Now for the No8s
Set of 5: 2
Set of 4: 1
Set of 3: 9
Set of 2: 31
& of course 1 set of the same s/n, there was one other set listed, but turned out to be a typo.
This list may have some errors but it adds up to 115 out of the 285 available
My rifles as shown in photos are
Lot 314 No9 s/n A1567 $920
Lot 255 No8 s/n DA 156 $320
Lot 141 No8 s/n DA 156 $400

So, you have two rifles with the same serial number and both from the New Zealand order marked with the DA, very unusual.