Your thoughts on this closed auction

[Rocket]

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 )

[BuckeyeSgt]

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.

[desdem12]

Looks like a good deal to me. I would be happy with it twere it in my collection for 2 bills.

[Longcolt44]

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.

[Ban-One]

I would have paid $200 for that in a heartbeat. Look at it...its beautiful! Look at all of those character marks!!!

[bunkysdad]

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.

[Rocket]

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.

[Ban-One]

Don't sweat the ones that got away...there will be more. . Learning about these wonderful rifles is part of the fun.

[Junk Yard Dog]

Nice Canadian Long Branch, good deal for someone.

[Rocket]

Yes....so I hear, lol. Not mine though.

So how can I get help in evaluating current auctions? Just simply describe the piece?

[desdem12]

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.

[Junk Yard Dog]

No one here would snipe an auction

[martin08]

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....

[Junk Yard Dog]

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...

[bunkysdad]

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.

[desdem12]

Note to self...Watch BDs auctions...

[Junk Yard Dog]

Note to self...Watch BDs auctions...

We are all watching yours already We know your limit

[desdem12]

I may have to up it by .50 or so then.

[Junk Yard Dog]

[bunkysdad]

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