Why doesn't anyone produce new historic military firearms?

[amadeus76]

Surely there's a market... Some companies like Pedersoli produce semi-accurate historic representations of old black powder military arms, and Fulton Armory produces new M1 Garands and M1 Carbines, but why not produce new copies of some of the more popular rifles like the Springfield 1903 and the Lee-Enfield no.4 (maybe in .308) for those who want shooters. Granted they would probably cost more than the $400 beaters most of us have but they'd be in far better condition, and it's not like they'd hurt the collectability or value of the originals. And hell, in the case of the M1903a3's it's not like you're not paying around $1,000 now anyway.

I'd love to have a brand new Lee-Enfield without having to pay $2000 that I could shoot without having to worry about hurting the value and collectability... I can't be the only one.

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