Your thoughts on this closed auction
Your thoughts on this closed auction
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewIt ... =314198029
I had been looking at this gun, but it ended. What do you think about the price? I know nothing of Enfields. Seller told me it was made in Canada by Savage Arms (I think, I forget a lot of things though )
I had been looking at this gun, but it ended. What do you think about the price? I know nothing of Enfields. Seller told me it was made in Canada by Savage Arms (I think, I forget a lot of things though )
1926 91/30 Izhevsk hex
1943 91/30 Izhevsk round (2)
1917 Remington M91 hex (sporterized)
Finn without a stock
1943 91/30 Izhevsk round (2)
1917 Remington M91 hex (sporterized)
Finn without a stock
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Re: Your thoughts on this closed auction
Long branch, but it looks kind of like a mixmaster of parts. I'm not an expert though. I have a 1950 to compare is all.
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Re: Your thoughts on this closed auction
Looks like a good deal to me. I would be happy with it twere it in my collection for 2 bills.
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Re: Your thoughts on this closed auction
Definately a 1943 Canadian Longbranch Enfield. Nothing to do with Savage Arms Enfields made here in the US. Looks to be in good shape, correct sight and buttplate. For the 200 $ price tag it should be in my collection.
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I would have paid $200 for that in a heartbeat. Look at it...its beautiful! Look at all of those character marks!!!
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That is a good reason to go ahead and place a bid. unlike Ebay, with the 15 minute rule on Gunbroker you don't have to worry about last minute snipers.
Re: Your thoughts on this closed auction
I'm just getting into collecting, so I'll take my lumps. Plus, I couldn't find their listing at first (noobism on my part) and kind of got busy with life.
1926 91/30 Izhevsk hex
1943 91/30 Izhevsk round (2)
1917 Remington M91 hex (sporterized)
Finn without a stock
1943 91/30 Izhevsk round (2)
1917 Remington M91 hex (sporterized)
Finn without a stock
Re: Your thoughts on this closed auction
Don't sweat the ones that got away...there will be more. . Learning about these wonderful rifles is part of the fun.
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Nice Canadian Long Branch, good deal for someone.
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
Re: Your thoughts on this closed auction
Yes....so I hear, lol. Not mine though.
So how can I get help in evaluating current auctions? Just simply describe the piece?
So how can I get help in evaluating current auctions? Just simply describe the piece?
1926 91/30 Izhevsk hex
1943 91/30 Izhevsk round (2)
1917 Remington M91 hex (sporterized)
Finn without a stock
1943 91/30 Izhevsk round (2)
1917 Remington M91 hex (sporterized)
Finn without a stock
Re: Your thoughts on this closed auction
Start off that way and then you can pm somneone with the link if you need to. Just remember if you pm some of these vultures they may snipe.
The commerce which maybe carried on with the people inhabiting the line you will pursue renders a knowledge of these people important ~Thomas Jefferson~ (to- Lewis and Clark)
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No one here would snipe an auction
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
Re: Your thoughts on this closed auction
Perhaps a reason for the moderate price -
The disputed "FR" on the stock has some detractors who say it means "Field Repair", and thus deem it to have non-arsenal work done on it.
Others say it is the Indian arsenal equivalent to the usual "FTR" or Factor Through Repair - even though most guns with the FR exhibit no other markings that tie it to India. It is said to denote an Indian made stock during refurb.
I say.... who knows? There is no definitive written evidence for the FR mark
But my Long Branch also has the FR on the stock, and it is all LB marked, so the second theory doesn't hold water, in my collection at least.
And now back to your scheduled program....
The disputed "FR" on the stock has some detractors who say it means "Field Repair", and thus deem it to have non-arsenal work done on it.
Others say it is the Indian arsenal equivalent to the usual "FTR" or Factor Through Repair - even though most guns with the FR exhibit no other markings that tie it to India. It is said to denote an Indian made stock during refurb.
I say.... who knows? There is no definitive written evidence for the FR mark
But my Long Branch also has the FR on the stock, and it is all LB marked, so the second theory doesn't hold water, in my collection at least.
And now back to your scheduled program....
No words of wisdom come to mind at this time....
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Re: Your thoughts on this closed auction
I am cleaning my BSA No4 MKI 1943, It's got the BSA B all over it, Mt Long Branch is still in storage, one Enfield at a time...
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
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In my humble opinion, if there was concrete proof that FR means field repair, and therefore has non-arsenal repairs, which it may very well mean, it wouldn't bother me in the slightest, and seems that would just be another piece of it's history. Now if it was stamped BFR, or Bubba Field Repair then that would be a totally different matter.
Rocket, if you have any questions about the auctions, I feel confident that you could find one of us here to trust to help you. This one went to someone else, but that doesn't mean that if you did infact bid on it that it would go cheaply. Just one more bid could have exposed someone's desire to have it at even a much higher cost. I have won a auction before that had anyone else bid, might have exposed my max bid which was about a hundred bucks higher than I won it for.
Rocket, if you have any questions about the auctions, I feel confident that you could find one of us here to trust to help you. This one went to someone else, but that doesn't mean that if you did infact bid on it that it would go cheaply. Just one more bid could have exposed someone's desire to have it at even a much higher cost. I have won a auction before that had anyone else bid, might have exposed my max bid which was about a hundred bucks higher than I won it for.
Re: Your thoughts on this closed auction
Note to self...Watch BDs auctions...
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We are all watching yours already We know your limitdesdem12 wrote:Note to self...Watch BDs auctions...
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
Re: Your thoughts on this closed auction
I may have to up it by .50 or so then.
The commerce which maybe carried on with the people inhabiting the line you will pursue renders a knowledge of these people important ~Thomas Jefferson~ (to- Lewis and Clark)
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Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
Theodore Roosevelt
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Yeah, it's 122.59! But to be fair, it is only for the nicest Finns that get your 122.59 nod! :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::P