Met a nice older collector at a show today.....selling out a bunch of his stuff..... i bought some nice hard to find items....

On the back of his table i notice a Scope can, i ask what it was....said its Britishicon enfield sniper scope...... Said he had the rifle under the table...

Long story short, i know very little about these......i asked if it has the transit case that ive seen in the past.....he said no, he brought it back from Australiaicon in 1986.....Brought in through his dealer, Small import mark " Hansens CT " i think he said when he got it he was told its was from the navy?

The rifle had some odd Grey finish.... i was expecting the black rattle can looking finish....... Scope had some cosmetic issues, but looks all there, had tool in the can as well..... Serial # matched the receiver and bolt....not the scope and not the stock...

My question is , with this one crappy pic i clicked off with my cell phone...... do these markings indicate this was a dedicated Sniper ? or is this a run of the mill enfield that a individual converted to a sniper.....i realize that correctly back then standard enfields were probably chosen to be used as snipers.... just wondering if these markings indicated something unique...

He had it marked 3900, but told me 3K since i bought alot......can possibly get it for less...

I remember Navy Arms bringing these in Years back.......

Any info from this crappy pic appreciated...

Wondering if any experts here have seen a finish like this applied by the military/armoury post service...or if this could have been done by the gunshop in Australia to perhaps help out the sale then......

Lastly ive seen scopes sell on there own, but if this rifle is correct, whats its approximate value if its all there.....taking into account the odd finish....

Thankyou, Joezeta

Thanks, Joe
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