To Buy or not to buy - that is the question

[Alan de Enfield]

Oh and Alan - I'd got for the no1 mk5 - I love the smle and I reckon every enfield shooter should have at least one! (mind you, I love my long lee .22 conversion too...) In view of our nation's history a good wwI dated n1mk 3 or 3* would be my choice though.

I already have a No1 Mk3* (Lithgow - date unknown) that was Fr'd in India in '47.
Agree -there is something about SMLE's that want you to 'hug them'
(Sentimental old fool !!)

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[bigduke6]

PrinzEugen,

I know a few with collectors slots on there tickets and are keen shooters, the basis on the collectors slot is to own something that has an historic importance, (cant remember off hand the full criteria) ammo is limited to so many rounds a year for demonstration purpose etc.

One thing regarding this is, if there was a sudden ban on various weapons those held on a collectors slot would be reasonably safe, as the purpose for this was to collect and not to use.

I know a member in our club who has most of his Enfields on collectors slots two of them include a No4 T and an L42.

Another member mentioned the obsolete calibre route, i started collecting Martini Henry,s recently, and intend to collect obsolete and antique rifles going back to the Crimea.

(wife doesnt know about these intensions but she was quite happy to see me get back into motorbikes as she quoted " maybe the bikes will get you off war films and guns")

[PrinzEugen]

Another member mentioned the obsolete calibre route, i started collecting Martini Henry,s recently, and intend to collect obsolete and antique rifles going back to the Crimea.

(wife doesnt know about these intensions but she was quite happy to see me get back into motorbikes as she quoted " maybe the bikes will get you off war films and guns")

Ha - your wife doesn't understand men and their 'collecting' instincts does she? You don't lose interest in what you liked before, you just add another expensive obsession to the list!

Thanks for the collectors insight. I'd thought about obsolete Martini Henrys (not needing to be on a FAC or collector's) but I would probably want to shoot it, which, as I understand it, would then mean putting it onto the FAC.