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/ScorpionRox Apr 18 '26

I was lucky to find a non-sporterized No. 4 Mk 1 on gunpost a few years back. $950 plus shipping. An awesome find, was all original, until my cousin broke the rear sight and I had to find a replacement. 😡

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

How hard is it to source parts, stripper clips, slings etc for them today?

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u/IGnuGnat Apr 18 '26

Not that hard, but I'd focus the search on auctions

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u/ScorpionRox Apr 18 '26

Stripper clips were pretty easy to find. Finding the sight wasn't terrible, but had to dig a bit for an authentic one.

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u/Poffertjes_lover Apr 18 '26

Firearms outlet sells stripper clips as well as many other places. I bought a bunch off Amazon a while ago