Enfield question.
Enfield question.
I bought this Enfield about 7 years ago for $170. I got it home, researched it, and found an all matching unmolested #I MkIII*. The only odd thing is the Osterr Gendarmerie stamp on it. Apparently that denotes that it saw post WW2 service in Austria with their Gendarmerie (Police/National guard/Militia type organization) My question is what would this be worth today? Back then I found one that sold on an auction site for $625. I am not looking to sell, but just curious.
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C. S. Lewis
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Just wanted to say I love your rifle! 
I have three No. 1 MkIII* rifles, and have done a lot of reading, but this is the first I have heard of the rifles being used in Austria post WWII. Therefore, I am no help in answering your question. Sometimes these things are worth what folks will pay for them in the interest of collecting, but I have to say that $675 sounds a bit high to me. 
I have three No. 1 MkIII* rifles, and have done a lot of reading, but this is the first I have heard of the rifles being used in Austria post WWII. Therefore, I am no help in answering your question. Sometimes these things are worth what folks will pay for them in the interest of collecting, but I have to say that $675 sounds a bit high to me. -
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Re: Enfield question.
I had one with the same mark, a '17 BSA. I sold it about a yr. ago for around $400. Thats sill about the going price. They are fine rifles. You can get a disc for the stock from Liberty Tree.
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Re: Enfield question.
Enfields have lost value over the last year or so. Based on condition and stamping I would agree with $400.
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Thanks guys.
“Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” George Orwell, English novelist, essayist, and critic, 1903-1950
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
C. S. Lewis
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
C. S. Lewis
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I'd love to have a No. 1 MkIII*
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The Enfield's around here haven't lost value. I've noticed where No.1 MkIII's have gone up.
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Enfield's in my area have been steadily increasing in price also. I still stumble across them pretty often around here too. Around $350.00 is the going rate for Enfield's around here.
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Matching very good condition No1 MkIII can get up there in price.
Matching No4s rarely go above $400 and Matching No5s rarely go above $500.
A couple years ago it was tough to find a matching No5 under $650 and No4s were pushing $500.
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Matching No4s rarely go above $400 and Matching No5s rarely go above $500.
A couple years ago it was tough to find a matching No5 under $650 and No4s were pushing $500.
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