No. 4 Mk 1 (T) bolt mismatch - how much does it hurt value?

[Roger Payne]

I don't think the rifle is worth a jot less from a functional viewpoint - maybe one could even argue it's worth a premium as it's been 'gone over by someone who knows how to' recently. It's just 'collector mentality' - they like things (or at least many of them do) 'just like it left the factory in 1944'. I suspect this 'armourer vs collector' difference will probably never be reconciled.......simply two different points of view that perhaps could just do with peacefully co-existing!