You mean, just like making up a good quality, useable No4T repro as I suggested and wrote up a year or so ago - and probably being read up and acted upon at this very moment too. Just so long as you dont sell it or the DP L59 on later as the real McCoy.

A second point is that even a real L59 is only ever going to be worth peanuts so your fake can only be worth the same. That's only my opinion. Just as it is only my opinion that being a true child from the Lee Enfield stable, it's worthy part of every serious collection.

On the interest side, does anyone disagree about it's status in any serious collection? I ask because the old Pattern Room asked us for one so we gave them a couple. And if it's good enough for them....................