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"SMLE just oozes character", beautifully put Roger, it's a rifle that's filled with charisma, possibly because it's the rifle many of our fathers and grandfather's carried in the commonwealth, my all original ex NZ issued Enfield 1917 made No1 mk111* is the most precious of all my rifles.
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OK thanks Husk that explains a lot and I know to that sometimes a person can get that "gotta have it regardless of price" .
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2k for a run of the mill SMLE is nuts!
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If it was a 1936 Enfield , BSA or Ishaphore a lot would me included.
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Originally Posted by
soonerfan66
I am no expert in value of Lee Enfields so my question is what would make a Short Lee Enfield No1 Mk3 dated 1916 sell for $2000 . Was watching a couple rifles on a auction site today and saw this rifle sell for what I thought was a pretty high price . What am I missing here ? I am not saying it is not worth it but would like to know why . Thanks
One word answer: "demand".
Very fine and original examples of even WWII era rifles are getting rarer all the time. Now go back a generation and try to find one that served in two wars and came through relatively unscathed.
Then add 20 - 30 years of large scale "sporterization" by those who didn't know or as often didn't care what they were chopping up.
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Just a friendly correction for Cinders. Not the Canadian Forest rangers. The Canadian Rangers are an Inuit (mainly) Military Group that patrols our Northern regions.
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