No.4 Mk.II still in wrapping - current prices?

[spinecracker]

I was wondering what No.4 Mk.IIs that were still in the mummy wrap are going for these days. A local gun shop wanted $1000 for 1 (a little bit too steep in my humble opinion), and I saw 2 for sale at a local gun show for $850 each. Any opinions on what a reasonable price would be for 1 at the moment? Admittedly these are becoming more rare, so I might be looking for an investment to support my enfielditis.

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[neal455]

Hi Spinecracker !
UK price is retail £595 (Bob Burbridge has them for sale) They will need reproofing here in uk thou so you wont get them like that all wraped up unless you are a RFD (i think)

[Badger]

They use to go for $600 (Cdn) here when they were originally imported and until the vendor ran out a few years ago, now I've seen them advertised for $800 to $1,000, but I don't know if they actually sold or not.

Here's some more information about these "wrapped" Enfields, which you may find helpful. With thanks to Gunboards member Rob "Trebor" Reed, there's an entry about these rifles in the England - Milsurp Knowledge Library (click here)

Still wrapped 1955 No.4 Mk2 Enfield Rifle (Mfg by Fazakerley) (click here) .....

Also, here's an old post in the Commercial Auction and Sale "Gossip" (click here).

Looky what P&S just listed… (click here)

Regards,
Badger

[spinecracker]

Quite a variation in price. I had looked on gunbroker, and the prices are all over the place!

[jmoore]

They're only worthwhile if you already have an unwrapped one. I had a wrapped '03a3 for several years that I finally traded off for less than I paid for it, just 'cause it was useless.

[bearhunter]

As mentioned above, wrapped rifles are usually safe queens. That being said, for collectors that have unwrapped rifles that they shoot, they are a novelty item that is a must to round out a collection.
Badger, when they first came into Canada, they could be had for $150 and new in grease 1950 No4 MkI* Long Branch rifles could be purchased right beside them for $90. I remember the first day I walked into Del Selin's Gun Shop in Vernon, BC and saw several of them on the rack. I was shocked that anyone would pay $90, let alone $150 for a Lee Enfield. I bought one of each, on impusle and thought,"a fool and his money are soon parted". If I had been more astute and a little more well heeled, I would have bought everything he had at a discount and squirreled them away. That was over 20 years ago. Oh well.

[rhodders]

I have one of Bob burbridge's imports a 12/54 PF 332*** No4 Mk2 (F) I had looked all over or a mint condition rife from that year and found lots of dross priced between £300 and £500 sterling. Even those reportedly parade ground only never fired (lol) from dealers in the UK were rubbish. So I very happily paid a little over the odds for a genuine perfect condition example. And I am going to shoot it because that's what it was made for, that is if I ever get to find a range in the north west of the UK that ain't almost closed down due to the inept government funding of the TA.
So if you can find one buy it cos there isn't an inexhaustible supply.

Rhodders.

[spinecracker]

Ok, this may be a silly question, but would the bayonet have been inside the wrapping too, or would this have been a separate item?

[JBS]

Mine was in a separate wrapper and the scabbard was also in it's own wrapper.

[shuoff]

hello ,this is the first time i use this forum,but when i saw that you were talking about mk 2,s,i had to share with you my latest find,i collect lee-enfield,s and i am crazy about them,so last week i received a call from an antique dealer that i know,he asked me if i was interested in some old rifles, he tought that they were 303s,so i drove as fast as i could to his place,that`s were i saw two half open mummy wraps containing two brand new 1955 faz with consecutive serial numbers,i tought that it was i chance of a lifetime and since the price was ok for me,i took them and ran,sure i had to explain to my wife why these two rifles where different than the other 13 other`s i have,but that was easy,she understood.