Most expensive L42 A1

[OxfordAndy]

OxfordAndy

I was in Fultons last year(might just have been 2008) and they had an L42 on the counter - in the box and I think it was with all the trimmings - for ( I'm pretty sure it was) £3,500.

Not knocking Fultons - they are more in touch with the market than most - but is that a bubble, or what?

John

John

I'm not knocking Fulton's either but that is what the guy said - sure, he could have just been picking figures out of the air but the price of the rifle in Aus indicates the days of £3,500 with all the trimmings are in the past.

Incidentally my mate told me yesterday that he contacted the seller and it has already gone.

Looks like there was no shortage of interest or people prepared to pay the AU$10K.

Cheers

Andy

[xa-coupe]

It's worth what someone will pay for it and $10k AUD is apparently what it's worth!

[Brian Dick]

The L42A1 barrel is 27.5" so you're OK.

[DanL96a1]

I know of an L42A1 which sold for £10,000 (in the UK) but it was very special, and was so original it still had the RM mud on the box, all the bits as well as night sight all the paperwork as well a real operational bit of kit!!!

I think apart from it being a unique bit of kit, it had a good background and could prove it origins from when it was a No.4 (T), through to when it was an L42 being used in the Gulf war in ’91. Once in a lifetime offer for a bit of kit like that!!

[Thunderbox]

I know of an L42A1 which sold for £10,000 (in the UK) but it was very special, and was so original it still had the RM mud on the box, all the bits as well as night sight all the paperwork as well a real operational bit of kit!!!

I think apart from it being a unique bit of kit, it had a good background and could prove it origins from when it was a No.4 (T), through to when it was an L42 being used in the Gulf war in ’91. Once in a lifetime offer for a bit of kit like that!!

Or someone came up with a good story for it.... Not sure that any service records exist for any 4(T) converted to L42 - the only clues would have been discarded along with the original transit chest.

I think there are some people pulling "fast ones" with wealthy-but-ignorant buyers, at least in UK. I've heard about some of the £6k+ ones sold in UK, but also recently witnessed perfectly decent ones changes hands for just over £3k. I'm led to believe by those with the most turnover of rifles - Fultons - that a bare rifle is worth about £1200, a mismatch c.£2.5k, and a full set not much more than £3k.

[Amatikulu]

I see that usedguns.com.au has moved the L42A1 to the military section where it shows as still being available for sale:

http://usedguns.com.au/used_military_rifles.html

[Badger]

I see that usedguns.com.au has moved the L42A1 to the military section where it shows as still being available for sale:

http://usedguns.com.au/used_military_rifles.html

Is it my imagination, or are many of the items on that site way overpriced?

I just noticed a No.4 cut-a-way being advertised for $2,500 !!

Regards,
Doug

[Amatikulu]

I think Australia is a unique market as what they don't have in abundance, they have to import with all the costs associated with that. I happen to know where a few more L42's are sitting, so if anyone can confirm that its sold, hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[PrinzEugen]

I suppose in the UK most of us enfield enthusiasts don't really see L42s come up for sale very often. The rareness means that if dealers do put them up for sale in public then there is a certain element of 'trying it on'. Sometimes an L42 priced at a very expensive sum is sold - whether it's sold at the asking price is very much open to question, but it adds to the 'how much did that go for' debates amongst us chattering classes. I tend to suspect that most rifles pass between the network of dealers and don't often come into the hands of us shooters, instead sitting in a dusty dark gun room somewhere, never to see the light of day on the range.