Unusual nose cap

[WiltshireSpud]

I've just seen this on Gunstar. Does anyone have any ideas what this construction is actually worth if only for bits?
Lee Enfield .303 Rifle for sale | GunStar.

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[Bear43]

That rifle has an Indian nosecap. Those squared off ears are common on the Indian produced rifles. Somewhere along the line it found its way on to this rifle.

[Patrick Chadwick]

It's an Indian (Ishapore) or POF nose cap. That much money would get you a good to very good example of a working rifle - at least over here it would. The market is wierd. Gun ownership restrictions mean that deacts can fetch more than working rifles for people who are desperate for something as decoration. It costs the dealer or gunsmith time and money to convert the rifle and have it certified, so if that is what turns you on...

Most of my rifles cost me less in in working condition than they would as deacts. Barmy but true. Forget deacts as a source of spares.

[Surpmil]

Been put out of its misery anyway.

But Ian Saxcoburg on the Isle of Wight? Left the "e" off to disguise his ancestry probably.

Perhaps great, great grandma was help at Osborne and Eddy caught sight of her.

Then again perhaps not.