New Long Lee, did I over pay?

[rayg]

My first venture into the Longs. Read a little about them just enough to be dangerous. I always liked them, and this one turned up at a small local show and I thought it looked ok so I bought it for $800. It's a Mk I and dated 1896 with NZ 1903 on the butt plate. Is that the date it was transfered to New Zeland? It's well used but the worst thing is when I got home, I discovered the bolt was not matching. I can't believe I forgot to check that. Anyway, I had asked the seller, who was a private walk in person, if it was all correct or if anything was wrong with it, he said as far as he kew it was all ok. I obtained his name and address and the last thing I confirmed with him was that if it wasn't, I would be contacting him about it and he agreed. So I could probably return it if I wanted to. Does anyone see any other problems with it? Ray

Information

Warning: This is a relatively older thread This discussion is older than 360 days. Some information contained in it may no longer be current.