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gryphon
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expensive .303
      #287296 - 02/09/16 04:29 PM






Calibre/Item: 303
Make: Lithgow SAF
Model: Experimental No. 1 Rifle
Action: Bolt repeater
Scope: Aperture
Serial No: XP60
Condition: Excellent
Price: $16000
Advertised: 2/09/2016
Licence number: 403-909-40B
Phone: 0413577958
Comment: This is one of 100 made in 1944, unissued, unfired, the bolt is still sealed in grease in a plastic wrap. Comes with a bayonet, oil bottle and pull through.
State: VIC

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Well_Well_Well
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Re: expensive .303 [Re: gryphon]
      #287298 - 02/09/16 06:46 PM

What's experimental about it?

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375Brno
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Re: expensive .303 [Re: Well_Well_Well]
      #287301 - 02/09/16 08:21 PM

I guess it is one of these.

http://www.milsurps.com/content.php?r=13...by-SAF-Lithgow)

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Postman
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Re: expensive .303 [Re: 375Brno]
      #287302 - 02/09/16 09:27 PM

That's a good bit of money for what is ostensibly a rifle that one could buy for $29.00 CDN in 1975, assuming one would take the trouble to fish it out of an old rain barrel where it was unceremoniously dumped and up for sale with a bunch of others!!!!!!

I understand the collector status, and I have utmost respect for what is arguably one of the world's all time best battle rifles, but really??? Supply and demand? To me if I bought it, I'd look at it every day to remind myself that A) I have waaaaay too much money, and B) I have gone soft in the head

I pray that my post doesn't offend any member here that might actually purchase this item! It just strikes me that this item is probably not optimal for the Warren Buffet "value investor" types.

Edited by Postman (03/09/16 06:52 AM)

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gryphon
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Re: expensive .303 [Re: Postman]
      #287304 - 03/09/16 04:44 AM

Quite a price revelation on Postman`s link.

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Postman
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Re: expensive .303 [Re: gryphon]
      #287308 - 03/09/16 07:13 AM

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Quite a price revelation on Postman`s link.



Yup, 29 whole Canadian dollars for a surplus Enfileld back when I was a kid. My mother took me over to the local hardware store where together we selected one out of a pile of them for my dad for Father's Day..... My dad has passed a few years ago and I still have that old .303. Mine too is a special edition - special to me that is!!!!! But, I wouldn't pay more that a few hundred dollar for any Lee Enfield no matter how much of a limited edition it is.

If I paid $16k on a friggin' Enfield, it best be made of 24 carat solid gold. This is a value discussion, and I obviously can't bring myself to drink the kool aid on this one. I get double rifles and the exorbitant rates charged for same. Genuine craftsmanship, blood, sweat, and tears go in to the creation of each and every one.., but an Enfield??? Ground out by the 100s of thousands on old milling machines...... So some creative soul with a file and a hacksaw a few decades ago modifies a handful of them and calls them a special edition limited run....... Ok...... To each their own. I made a really crappy stamp collector as a kid too, so please look over at me with a knowing glance and politely ignore my rant.

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375Brno
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Re: expensive .303 [Re: Postman]
      #287310 - 03/09/16 07:35 AM

Understand what you are saying Postman and agree it is too much money. However I think the emphasis should be on experimental not special edition.
I think that they were genuinely wanting to produce a shorter rifle rather than a collectors item. I am not an expert here and I wonder if Skennertons book provides any insight.
Rick

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Re: expensive .303 [Re: 375Brno]
      #287313 - 03/09/16 09:13 AM

The market will dictate the value. If someones willing to pay that then that's what its worth, same as anything else.

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Re: expensive .303 [Re: Claydog]
      #287326 - 03/09/16 01:30 PM

Sold one this past May, for $250.00 - but that was a good #4 in a Butler Creek stock with 40 rounds of Winchester PP's.

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Postman
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Re: expensive .303 [Re: Claydog]
      #287337 - 03/09/16 09:52 PM

Quote:

The market will dictate the value. If someones willing to pay that then that's what its worth, same as anything else.




As in all other merchandise, this is absolutely true. The Enfield jungle carbines with the short barrels sell for $600 or so around these parts, so if someone would pay $16,000.00 then they must have something of value - to them at least. My mind's eye shows me the rain barrel at the hardware store with a bunch of $29 beaters dumped in it. And I still love the Enfield and think the world of it.

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