Anyone have an idea what an enfield action is worth? I'm looking at a rifle at a pawn shop for the action. I don't which enfield it is, I'm not sure what the difference is. Thanks

$75

Friends-

I am thinking that M-1917's and P-14's probably ought to be about $150.00.

Fla, I wish I could find those deals here! If I could find 1917 Remington's for 75 bucks I'd buy half a dozen!!!!

Kwk, some differences and things to look at.

Remington-best of the bunch as far as the enfields, had better heat treating first. some of them don't have the "duck pond" in the rear bridge (which was put there to prevent warpage, rem due to better heat treating was able to eliminate it).

Winchester-sometimes tolerances were not great. I have one somewhere that is so bad that a guide rib will need to be added to the bolt to keep it from binding when cycling.

Eddystone-supposed to be brittle. I have no first hand experience with this one.

A big factor is if it is in its original military configuration or has already been partially sporterized.

last I paid for one, partially sporterized (ears ground off, drilled and tapped for scope, cock on open kit) was 150, that was about 4 years ago I guess.

Red

Maybe $150 for a stone mint action. $150 for a sporterized pawn shop gun, as long as it isn't bubbad beyond redemption with extra holes, etc.

Original Enfields in original military issue and un touched go for around $400.....way too much IMO but that's what the market is!

the eddystones IMOaren't worth a dime.....many disagree with me!

That said.....I still find one now and again for $125-$150.....Winchester or Remington only!

Just Tuesday I passed on a sporterized Remington for $275. It had been D&T'd for a Lyman peep but the real killer was how loose the extractor was, just flopping around the bolt.

Pawnshop gun in AZ.

Sporterized M-1917's and P-14's Enfields I have seen trade for $35 to $125.

Stock, they are worth $400.

No. 4 Enfeilds are worth $35 ~ $50 sporterized.
Stock they are worth $100.

This one was a Winchester, partially sporterized, looks like they just put the barreled action into a different stock.

with original mil (sportered?) barrel... 75-150 bucks... in a bad stock/fubar, $10 bucks... mil spec? I would pass, as there would be a collector that would want it more than I would.

I found a sporterized Winchester with original barrel in a pawn shop marked $150. I would expect to do better than that in the negotiation phase with the owner of the shop.

Clemson

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Originally posted by tnekkcc:
Stock, they are worth $400.

I have a stock Winchester in 30-06 that was from the British wartime reserve. I think that it has a chip in the stock somewhere. Haven't looked at it in awhile. Maybe I should recycle this to someone that is interested in originals and get a(???)

2 years ago I rescued a commercial sporter M17 in 30-06 from a pawn shop. It had a big Elk rack sticker on the stock with "Bad to the Bone" in big letters next to it. We figured that some guy probably got laughed out of Elk camp and went and sold it. ?? It came with bases and rings and was around $125ish.

Your probably money ahead to get a complete rifle instead of just getting an action from one place, then magazine from another. All the other parts can add up fast. The Remington commercial sporters are real nice. Are they the super 30??

I did a 30-378 on an Eddystone several years ago. I sent the barreled action to 400 Below for cryo treatment before I shot it.

i bought 1... an eddystone that had the stock chopped off for $140.... shoots MOA with korean ball milsurp.... another eddystone i paid $160 has been drilled and tapped for unknown bases has a very nice synthetic stock, but chopped off barrel... it will shoot 3" groups at 100 yds...they're both donor actions...i figure a .416 taylor and a 9,3 x 74r....

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Originally posted by Clemson:
I found a sporterized Winchester with original barrel in a pawn shop marked $150. I would expect to do better than that in the negotiation phase with the owner of the shop.

Clemson

10 years ago, I went to pawn shops at least weekly to buy guns to take apart.
Examine the gun carefully.
Make a list of everything wrong with it.
When you negotiate, it sounds like this, "It has a broken sight, see here, and a cracked stock, see here, and witness marks on the screws, see here, all I can offer is $50."

They seem to take 50% for screwed up guns, but not even the manager will take 49% of sticker price, so they already have the bottom line figured out.

Other stores with all perfect collector guns may have a bottom line of 10% discount, and not even the manager will go lower.

Some pawn shops are a mix, and the Sav99 will only come down 10%, but the broken Western Fields 22 will come down 50%.

What does it all mean?
The sticker price is just there for suckers, but the negotiations are not special for you.