L42a1 scope tin

[chosenman]

Last time I had two bulges was when my gun cabinet door was open last night!!

[KIMBO65]

Do members think that these snipers should be seen on the range & enjoyed or left in collections & drooled over by their owners?. There are dealers who price correctly & those who are out to fleece the shooters!!!

[Brian Dick]

Shoot, maintain and enjoy them. Life's too short not to. If you drool on them, (easier with a good cheek weld), make sure you wipe them off!

[Simon]

I shoot all mine! Not a Cabinet Queen amongst em

[chosenman]

I shoot all my snipers. 4T. L42 & L96 all get a regular outing, dry days only though. However the shortage of replacement barrels is a concern. I truly consider myself a custodian of my rifles and I have a responsibility to leave good serviceable firearms to the next generation not relics that can only be stroked because the barrels are shot out. I'm currently searching for a no4 barrel, the best l42 I could lay my hands on is used and has around 3000-4000 rounds of life left in it and good luck getting hold of a spare for the L96, Border Barrels don't even return my emails.

[waco16]

If you want to pay UK prices Gill then as Chosenman says that price will become the norm, last I,ve known or seen have been starting around £5500 + but if you can stop the cash burning a hole, then look on egun ?? They seem to be the cheapest I've seen, one I was bidding on went for below around £3500 IIRC, (chime in in Waco) and another around £4000.

A club member mentioned about one recently think it was in an auction in the UK but didn't sell.

It was actually £2,800, Geoff - in July last year.
I used an importer in the UK (can recommend him if anyone is interested) that added about £200 to the cost.
That was for the rifle, scope, tin and transit chest. It wasn't the prettiest in the world having been badly stored and owned previously by someone with a vivid imagination and a paint brush!
With a little bit of sympathetic work though it looks pretty good now, and shoots beautifully.

I have the CES bug though and through some very good friends on the forum have managed to complete the CES for the rifle without having to re-mortgage the house!

Since buying the rifle there have been at least 2 more that have gone through egun for only slightly more money than I paid for mine (one from the same dealer) - so definitely worth keeping an eye out on that site.

[Brian Dick]

Try Fultons for an L96 barrel.
Armalon for a No.4 barrel

[chosenman]

Cheers for that Brian, didn't think to try Armalon. I already had Fultons one and only L96 barrel which I think had been kicking around their back room for the last 10 years, its on my ex-police rifle as I figured police barrels are probably rarer still.

[Simon]

Errmmm. Just thinking out loud here but if the L96 and any associated spare parts have never officially been released to Civvy street then how in Hell could Fultons have one legitimately???

[chosenman]

I'd prefer not to think tooooooooo hard on that one!!