no 8 or no9 enfield?

[John Sukey (Deceased)]

I have yet to see a No9 anywhere.

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[Alan de Enfield]

Well purely from a collectors / value point of view I'd go for the No9.

The supposed production figures (no doubt will be questioned by someone) are :

No8 = 76000
No9 = 3000

With only 3000 No9s made, some lost, some destroyed and some in museums etc there cannot be a lot of them left on the market.

If you dont want it send it to me - as to market price who knows ?

[smle-man]

I have yet to see a No9 anywhere.

I saw a rack of them for sale at Waffen-Frankonia in Wurzburg in 1980 (funny what I remember). Tried to figure out how to get one home to the U.S. but the ATF wasn't allowing importation of military arms back then. They also had unfired K31s but that was another matter.

[harry mac]

I saw a rack of them for sale at Waffen-Frankonia in Wurzburg in 1980 (funny what I remember).

My Enfielditis was initially started by service in the Army Cadets at the tender age of 13, but didn't actually get round to owning one until many years later when I was serving in Germany and I too walked through the doors of Frankonia, for me it was in Hannover. Along the back wall was about 20 Lee Enfields and although I'd originally gone in to buy a hunting rifle I crumbled and used my newly aquired hunting license to buy an SMLE III*. I was simply amazed at the ease with which I could buy a rifle or shotgun in Germany compared to the rigmarole we have to go through in the UK.

[smle-man]

My Enfielditis was initially started by service in the Army Cadets at the tender age of 13, but didn't actually get round to owning one until many years later when I was serving in Germany and I too walked through the doors of Frankonia, for me it was in Hannover. Along the back wall was about 20 Lee Enfields and although I'd originally gone in to buy a hunting rifle I crumbled and used my newly aquired hunting license to buy an SMLE III*. I was simply amazed at the ease with which I could buy a rifle or shotgun in Germany compared to the rigmarole we have to go through in the UK.

I am told that it is even easier now than it used to be in the 80s. I caused a big stir when I showed up at the rod and gun club range at our kaserne with an HK 91 that I had brought from the U.S. The German running the range was convinced it was a stolen G3. Once we got past that issue the locals all wanted a go at shooting it.