Boxed "Unissued" Savage Enfield No4 Mk1*

[Lee Enfield]

I have seen a few of these over the years. Boxed, greased, bolt packed separately etc. Anyone know the history of these? Were these refinished and sold by a distributor or are these straight from arsenal storage? Thanks!

I've got one from a friend's estate - the ones here supposedly were sent to Lever Arms in Vancouver as sales samples (late 1980s?)- I've heard somewhere between 20 and 100 total.

I've seen cases of consecutive No4 Savage rifles that came in at the same time as the early Belgian returns to Canada.

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[Buccaneer]

I had one of these offered to me here in the UK about a year ago but with an asking price of £2000 it stayed where it was.
Savage rifles have tended to be seen as something of a poor relation here in the UK with much scorn being heaped on the quality.
Even in a pristine state, they can't be "unfired" as they will have had at least a proof round put through them to satisfy UK proof laws, I might have thought about a £1000 but even then I think it would have been over the top as it is not very high on the "collectors" list and would you want to take it to the range???

[Sapper740]

I've got one from a friend's estate - the ones here supposedly were sent to Lever Arms in Vancouver as sales samples (late 1980s?)- I've heard somewhere between 20 and 100 total.

Ah yes! Lever Arms. I spent a lot of money there over the years getting great deals! Colt 1911 for $69.00, new CZ75's three for a grand, SKS for $79.00, Ljungman AG42B for $169.00 and so on. Old man Lever told me he got the 1911s from Norway and one of them had a Singer slide which he offered to me for $15,000....for just the slide. Had I know better I would have mortgaged my house to buy it but this was in the 1980's and 15k was a lot of money. Lord knows what just a slide is worth seeing as how complete Singer 1911's are now fetching between $400,000 and $500,000.

[browningautorifle]

Lever Arms

I remember him taking us down into the catacombs of his basement for the nickel tour. He had everything, even an MGB down there he stated he was "GOING" to restore when he got round to it. The stuff that came through there...everything...