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Weg wrote:Yes, I butchered them and cut them down to 17" and 18" . Then I "customized" the stocks, and glass bedded them.

Hey, I absolutely support the right of anyone to do as he wishes with his own guns, but I do like to inform people about the options.

In this case, the option would have been auctioning off the furniture and using the money to buy a synthetic stock with money left over.

This is the very definition of a "Budda'd up Enfield": take a $200 rifle and "customize" it until it's worth $50-75.

It's okay, every Bubba'd rifle makes mine worth more.

WarHawk-AVG wrote:

Shiner Bock wrote:Have you located a good source for a proper sling?

If anyone knows...please...let me know as well!

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Weg wrote:

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Here's what I did to mine.

So, you butchered a hundred bucks' worth of furniture to avoid paying $79 for an aftermarket synthetic stock?

The Annoyed Man wrote:...and it comes with the original leather sling and bayonet with scabbard.

The receiver is stamped "1944" and serial number is BO 188XX.

The original sling would be canvas, not leather.

Maltby produced the most of any British factory, and 1944 was their biggest year, so you won't get any value for rarity. Wartime production is always worth a bonus, though. If it's truly an original rifle in that condition, and not FTR'd, refinished, or restored, I'd say he should start the bidding at $200, hope for $250, and be thrilled if someone gave $300 for it.

All that is without actually seeing the rifle, mind you.

Another variable is the bayonet, because they vary so much and can be collectible in themselves. Which bayonet? Blade or spike? If it's a spike, the model number and type of scabbard could make it worth anywhere between $5 and $250 all on its own.