Calling all gun nuts

[Conium Maculatum]

Bonhams (http://www.bonhams.com/) do a free valuation service. Just send them some pics and they give an estimate. Might not be anything more that you've already found but I think having it done by someone like them is a lot more accurate than ebay.

 

[cassar]

cheer man will do

 

[airhead]

You can try:
http://www.gunbroker.com/

or other gun auction sites and see if you can find similar items.

Cool old scope. Looks more like a survey instrument than a rifle scope.

 

[cassar]

tried it there airhead nothing on the search results, but have had the thing valued am awaiting the response and also got some feedback from gun nut sites in the us and canada the general concensus is the sights worth on its own $1200 about £750 in real money if the original mount had been with it you could probably add another £300.

I would just like to thank everyone for helping me out on this totally un artsi un mini topic. CHEERS ALL

 

[MightyChad]

If you will send it to me I can authenticate it. It is very tricky to do with photos, but if I hold it in my hands and compare it to mine I could easily tell.

 

[airhead]

And I thought you were putting together the first annual CMON Shoot & Picnic.

????

Chern, there is an anniversary idea....

 

[Torn blue sky]

How the hell do you just end up with a WWII Sniper scope? lol! Bit of the old Arthur Daily going on here! Odd to think the old enfield 303 is still one of the most accurate guns today though, so I wouldn't be surprised if it were worth a good few bob on top to a willing collector.

(I'll raise Tims score by another score, g'wan)

ED: In fact, might be worht PMing Wolf fang. He's well into WWII era kit.

 

[cassar]

cheers mate

 

[freakinacage]

yeah but he has no cash! and certainly not the amount you would need. otherwise, ill up it to fifty!

 

[cassar]

TBS pm'd him but he's been lying low for a while, as for how i got it well believe it or not i got it as a scope for my crossbow, unfortunately it didnt fit n im such a tight wad i dont through much away lol it sat gathering dust in the wardrobe for 10 years until now hadnt a clue as to the value just goes to show ya Men dont throw your junk out.

 

[Einion]

Odd to think the old enfield 303 is still one of the most accurate guns today though, so I wouldn't be surprised if it were worth a good few bob on top to a willing collector.

Yes, there are many guns now more than a century old - not the designs, the actual guns - that could still hold their own for sniping (or hunting) within their effective range.

Thankfully certain models of SMLE are still more than affordable, cheap in fact - like less than a new .22 rifle! Prices are particularly modest if they have bad wood (which can be replaced inexpensively).

Einion

 

[Torn blue sky]

I'd love to just get one of those old guns just to see the faces when I rocked up to a hunting party. Dressing in period clothing to suit would be a bonus.

So, let me get this right, Cass. You bought an antique worth a good few bob to use on your crossbow? I'm imagining you to be the eccentric old man on the street everyone refers to as "The Colonel" from this day forth!
(Complete with clapped out old jeep on the front lawn you go and sit in to drink beer while wearing a steel helmet)

In fact, with that in mind, you're officially now my hero and aspiration in life.

 

[airhead]

...i got it as a scope for my crossbow...

Silly Cassar, use an aimpoint on a crossbow (or a green laser).

 

[cassar]

Silly Cassar, use an aimpoint on a crossbow (or a green laser).

Thats "Colonel" to you plebians now..as for lasers n such im afraid the "tight wad"part of my nature applies here.

how do i change my user name.....any ideas, "now where's my tin hat..full speed ahead and damn the torpedo's"