My new toy, No4Mk1 T

[NearSightedSniper]

Hey guys, just want to share my gun shop experience with you this past Saturday.

So I had to drop my kids off to the wife on my way into work [she sells paparizzi jewelry at little craft fairs] & luckily for me there was a gun shop about a mile away from where she was. So after I dropped the kiddies off to her I decided to stop in & check things out. The place was crowded but there was an open space near the cash register so I head over there, immediately I see the unmistakable front ends of 2 M1 Garand's, I was patiently waiting for the clerk to finish up what he was doing & I was going to ask him to see the M1's but while I was waiting I noticed that there was an Enfield No4Mk1 sitting there too, I couldn't tell but it looked like there was a scope on it too. So instead of inquiring about the M1's I asked to see the Enfield.
He turned around, picked it up & handed it to me, as soon as it was in my hands I realized that it was my Holy Grail!!! He had just handed me a No4Mk1 T. I couldn't believe it, I was expecting to see some bubba hack job with a Tapco scope mount & a Chinese scope. But this looked to me to be the real deal, I have been wanting one of these for over 20 years & I have done a little research on them, so I started looking for markings, what I found first was the S51 stamp on the underside of the stock, then I looked at the scope & the thing is a little cruddy with markings that I thought I recognized as originals. I immediately looked for the "T" & it was right where I thought it should be. Everything else started falling into place. I was in utter disbelief!!!
Now for the moment I was dreading, lets look at the price tag. What's this?? There's no price on it, it just said Enfield No4. The gentleman that handed it to me was watching me with a look of boredom on his face, I asked him why there was no price on it. His [almost] exact words were "We really don't know what it is, it's been sitting here for over a month & were waiting on a guy to stop in & tell us what it is & what it's worth. I asked him if I could leave my contact info so when they did price it they could call me & I would buy it. He said no, it would only get lost. Just call once a week to see if he stopped by. I said OK, who do I ask for? He gave me a name & that dude just happened to be walking by so I asked him, any idea when you'll have a price? His response was, Hell, I'll put a price on it right now.
He said 5. I say Thousand? He looked at me like I was an idiot and said No, $500. I said, well if you want $500 for it I'll buy it right now. His response.... Ok let me get you some paperwork. 15 minutes later [which felt like an ETERNITY] I was walking out the door with my Holy Grail, the best Sniper rifle of WW2. The Enfield No4Mk1 T!!!!!!
The funny thing is that on Wednesday Feb 27th a package arrived from the UK, it was a scope mount from Mr. Roger Paine for the No4 Mk1 T clone I was going to build, a few weeks prior to that I spoke with Brian @ BDL LTD about putting together a clone on a really nice No4 Mk1 that I have.
I can't believe the timing!!! I have been wanting this rifle for over 20 years & not only did I find it but I got the deal of a lifetime on it. I can't wait to get her out & see how she shoots. The bore is nice & shiny with pretty decent rifling.
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I had one of these too but in a moment of SHEER STUPIDITY I sold it!!!


Anyway, thanks in advance I know I was a little long winded but I felt the story deserved the detail.

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