Recent Acquisition - No. 1 Mk V

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For those of you living in NZ and USA, whilst you might wish for our resource rich booming economy, you definately do not want our firearm laws.

Happy days

Paul. (from land of Oz and slow firearm application processing)

Hats off to you and all those swimming upstream to provide stewardship of your countrys outstanding contributions to the legacy of those willing to fight for the freedom of others.

[Pablo]

Only the mining industry is booming here........ Everyone else is going backwards.

I reckon we do ok here as far as firearms laws go. Once you have your license and your first gun its all pretty much smooth sailing. 2 week turn around for permits.

Just really sucks we can't buy semi autos. There's an m1 garand sitting at the local gun shop that wants me to buy it!

Let's see the pics of your new prize.

[No4Mk1(T)]

Very nice find and I wonder if someone could answer how rare they are here in Canada. I saw one last fall at a gun show in Salmon Arm BC minus the wood. The owner was going to restore it and it was the first one I have seen.

I, for some, reason just noticed your question. It only took 5 months. Sorry about that.
Judging by how often they come up for sale here my guess would be not common at all. I suspect the bulk of the collectable examples potentially available are locked away in collections and will not be for sale until the owner passes. I know mine is on my “Cold dead hands” list and then only if my son isn’t interested in my collection as it’s willed to him.
I find it interesting that most of the rifles I have seen for sale have been bubba’ed.

[gsimmons]

That's why I bought mine, even though at the time it was a bit overpriced(2007?). I haven't seen another at a gunshow since.