Enfield Made MkII’s?

[peregrinvs]

This is why (From one of my previous posts) the price of Brens & deacts in general is rising fast! Demand outstripping supply!

An unscientific survey of the stuff Ryton Arms and World Wide Arms currently have for sale suggest only Soviet / Eastern Bloc / Chinese stuff seems to be coming onto the market in significant quantities. E.g. There seems to be no shortage of factory fresh Chinese AK-47's for sale - albeit butchered new-spec ones.

I keep wondering what India has in reserve and whether they are likely to sell it? Am I right in thinking most of the SMLEs - or the spares they were made from - that have appeared on the UK deact market in recent years came from India?

Mark

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[tankhunter]

[QUOTE=peregrinvs;143150]An unscientific survey of the stuff Ryton Arms and World Wide Arms currently have for sale suggest only Soviet / Eastern Bloc / Chinese stuff seems to be coming onto the market in significant quantities. E.g. There seems to be no shortage of factory fresh Chinese AK-47's for sale - albeit butchered new-spec ones.

I keep wondering what India has in reserve and whether they are likely to sell it? Am I right in thinking most of the SMLEs - or the spares they were made from - that have appeared on the UK deact market in recent years came from India?

Ryton have a Huge reserve stock of what is being advertised in Gunmart. This is what is left after Tony Budge Died recently. I belive the only new stuff (More Thompsons ETC) that they MAY offer in future will be from Containers that were dispatched & on thier way prior to Tonys demise. The reason that AKs & WWII Soviet stuff is readily available on the market is. Their are far less collectors of that field of equipment about that British Or American stuff. to that End, a vast amount remains unsold (& POSSIBLY unwanted!) Look at the fact they have no more (& dont expect any more) M1A1 Thompsons left. All that remains are the left over 1928's that no one wants. I think his Wife just wants to get rid of what remains where possible & sell the bussiness, or what would remain of it. As posted previously, see the rise in Price of M1A1 Thompsons & Brens as demand is outstripping supply!
A heck of a lot of SMLE's & associated spares came onto the market a few years ago. But these originated form Austrialia & South African reserve stock. Even these have dried up now!