Long Branch spotted in pawn shop

[daveboy]

Long time milsurp collector, but admittedly know very little about the great British Lee-Enfield. I own a No. 1 MkIII, a sporterized Ishy, and a No 5 Carbine. Today, I saw a Long Branch marked rifle in a pawn shop. The forestock had been cut down and handguards were missing. Everything else seemed to be in place, barrel was not cut back, original front sight was there, and it had a nice parkerized finish. Asking price was $180. Assuming good bore, etc., is this a good price? Also, is the front band, forestock and handguards available? I didn't think that a regular No. 4 would be worth that considering the parts required to bring it back to original configuration, but didn't know if the Long Branch would bring a premium.

Thanks for any info you can give me.

daveboy

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