..so I just thought I'd give a review. I was there looking for Lee Enfield No.4s, so pardon me if I didn't notice any other firearms. I did note 5 or 6 LE No.4s I was interested in. I even found a LE No.4 with the cutoff and the A suffix, but I did not notice the Royal Cypher, ENFIELD or a date on the butt socket strap (still, the guy was asking $500 for it, and I could bargain him down...what do ya think?). SMLEs were present, if not abundant, but 1 gentleman had 4 nice examples of World War 1 vintage. If I had enough cash, I would have bought them all.

I do have one question. When did Long Branch and Savage stop (start???) making receivers with the Britishicon style bolthead release catch, and when were they using the No.4 Mk1 designation instead of the No.4 Mk1* desingation? I saw several examples that were obviously US or Canadianicon made, but did not have the * and had the bolthead release catch and, as I am a newbie, I do not know if this is a good or a bad thing lol.

One funny thing was that 1 of the seller had 2 wrapped No.4 Mk2s dating from 1952-53 , and he sold them to another seller for, I think $750. The new, proud owner is now selling them on his stall for $950....go figure.

The show was huge, and it took me 3 hours to go through it twice, since I managed to miss some lovely rifles on my first pass through. It would appear that almost any type of firearm was for sale (I was perturbed when a gentleman walked passed me with a deactivated rocket propelled grenade), and there were planty of stalls selling accessories. If anyone has any specific queistions, I will be going back tomorrow and Sunday.
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