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    Krag Bayonets

    New reference book out on the Kragicon, waiting for my copy but the samples on the site make it look very interesting

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    A Collector's View - The SMLE Short Magazine Lee Enfield 1903-1989. It is 300 8.5x11 inch pages with 1,000+ photo’s, most in color, and each book is serial-numbered.  Covering the SMLE from 1903 to the end of production in India in 1989 it looks at how each model differs and manufacturer differences from a collecting point of view along with the major accessories that could be attached to the rifle. For the record this is not a moneymaker, I hope just to break even, eventually, at $80/book plus shipping.  In the USA shipping is $5.00 for media mail.  I will accept PayPal, Zelle, MO and good old checks (and cash if you want to stop by for a tour!).  CLICK BANNER to send me a PM for International pricing and shipping. Manufacturer of various vintage rifle scopes for the 1903 such as our M73G4 (reproduction of the Weaver 330C) and Malcolm 8X Gen II (Unertl reproduction). Several of our scopes are used in the CMP Vintage Sniper competition on top of 1903 rifles. Brian Dick ... BDL Ltd. - Specializing in British and Commonwealth weapons Specializing in premium ammunition and reloading components. Your source for the finest in High Power Competition Gear. Here at T-bones Shipwrighting we specialise in vintage service rifle: re-barrelling, bedding, repairs, modifications and accurizing. We also provide importation services for firearms, parts and weapons, for both private or commercial businesses.
     

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    $117 is a little pricey! It will be interesting to hear what you think after you see it.

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    117 isn't alot really. When i did my CD on th e1907 i spent the best part of 4months 12 hours a day working on it, traveling getting pictures, putting it together etc. I self published but got 100 disks proffesionally done and jackets printed. I sold them at 30 each (except to contributors) and when i sell the last one I think i made about 0.5cents per hour It costs a lot of money to get a quality printing job done on even a small run, to make enough to bring th eprice to a level that people will pay you have to print a large number 1000+ and pay up front normally. I cannot imagine many people making a living on writing our books, at least at much over minimum wage. Janes which is printed every year and is a quarenteed buy by most government agencies etc, (probably severla 1000's) costs over 500 at my last look. If the book saves you buying one fake, you can get a return of 3 or 4 times your outlay.

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    I got the book today, stopped in loo on the way and leafed through it, stopped looking when I went numb! there is that much in it. Book looks to be very very in depth into the Kragicon, it is full of reproductions of original letters, documents and period photographs. It does not just show the blade, but all its variations, scabbards, frogs, etc. Definitly a book to have if you collect the Krag, and a very nice addition to the library, i shall look forward to many hours of reading.

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