r/canadaguns • u/Flat-Dark-Earth Big Bore Specialist • Apr 18 '26

Milsurps / Prohib Let's Talk Lee-Enfield's

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The Lee Enfield, a rifle that everyone is familiar with and many seem to own, yet somehow I never ended up adding one to the collection.

I'm playing catchup now and would like to pick up a Lee Enfield, the question is which one?

From my understanding there are 5-6 models of the rifle that evolved over it's ~60 years of military service.

For someone looking to buy their first, which examples should I be looking out for? Any to avoid? No.1? No.4? SMLE? Jungle carbine? Long Branch (Made in Canada?).

Also, there were a couple misconceptions surrounding this rifle that I had been told for years, the first was that these were $300-$400 rifles, that only appears to be the case for sporterized examples. Clean unbastardized examples seem to be going for $1,200-$1,800 at retailers today.

The second being that .303 ammo was "expensive" and hard to come by. Neither of these seem to be true as it’s priced comparable to 308 and I am seeing a ton in stock (PPU, S&B etc).

Edit: I think I have decided on a No.4 Mk 2 Long Branch.

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u/blogginsgod Apr 18 '26

Cheapest I'm finding is about $2.50 a round for rifle line at a local sports store. Canadian tire has same listed for about $4 a round. I also live in northern ontario so shipping here is sometimes hard depending where I am. Got a set of reloders sent up though and trying to find someone to teach me!

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u/Infinite_Price_3550 Apr 18 '26

If you are in the GTA you can get bulk .303 from G4C for $2 a round

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u/blogginsgod Apr 18 '26

Yeah I might later this year but I live 16-18 hours from the gta. Also canada post has left ammunition on my porch and I'm in a sketchy area with lots of wandering crackhead porch pirates. Was lucky my old nosey neighbor saw it and grabbed it for me!

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u/Infinite_Price_3550 Apr 18 '26

Ouch that is a bit of a drive haha. Well if you end up making a trip down here from reason check it out. And ya having ammo left on the first steps is not good. I had it happen with a firearm once. Thank god the wife was home to grab it.