Confusion!! DP NZ marked Savage No 4

[Brian B]

I watched this auction in disbelief. A DP rifle sold for just over $600 US. I am missing something here?

US PROPERTY NO. 4 MK 1 Enfield Rifle-MATCHING : Curios & Relics at GunBroker.com


Brian B

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[conec]

I guess somebody wanted a refinished NZ marked No.4 REALLY bad...

[Peter Laidler]

Just remember also Brian that everything is cheap ------, yesterday

[jmoore]

"A fool and his money are soon parted." (I'm a good example of that saying!)
"There's a sucker born every minute." The above auction seems to enforce that view...

Any more cliches that y'all think will help?

[Ridolpho]

How about "the customer is always right"? As Peter suggests, prices of days gone by are moot. The bottom line is if you are (like myself) attempting to build a Lee Enfield collection today you sometimes just have to suck it up. I've shuddered at the cost of some of the scarcer rifles I've purchased but some fair deals from decent people have come along as well. After all, what's the alternative- a Mosin-Nagant collection? Just kidding, I have a couple of those too and they are certainly cheap.

Ridolpho

[Brian B]

I would agree that I have overpaid as well to fill that hole in the collection. I just amazed that someone would pay that much for a DRILL PURPOSE rifle. I could see $600 for that rifle IF it was a non-DP. I have noticed a nice increase in LE prices over the past few months. It's a good thing if we need to sell.

I have been trying to fill some holes in the collection. The No 9 is still eluding me!! And then there is the L96A1!!

Brian B

[jmoore]

US$600.00 isn't altogether mad for a good example. But for a non-shootable, sanded, locally pitted, recently imported and even more freshly painted thing, well....

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If it were not for the 21 bids I might conclude that pehaps the DP designation was not fully understood by the bidders.

[Ridolpho]

Yes, H.O.H., imagine buying that thinking "DP" is some kind of desirable marking and only then typing in DP in a search on this forum! Personally I've made dumber purchases like my 23C Savage No. 4T. Bought away from home it took about 15 minutes to understand my mistake- after I got home and the vendor was on his way home 2 or 3 Provinces away. At least with online sales or auctions you can do some serious research before buying.

Ridolpho

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Ridolpho

I am fairly new to the hobby and found this site about the time my intrest in milsurps developed. Information gleened here has saved me from a few mistakes.