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Being relatively new to ownership of a historic rifle I’m looking for advice on a fair price for spare Mag for a Lee Enfield long, I’ve managed to find one on offer for £90.00, is this about right in the current market please?
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1902MLE

1902MLE wrote: ↑Fri Apr 21, 2023 2:15 pm Being relatively new to ownership of a historic rifle I’m looking for advice on a fair price for spare Mag for a Lee Enfield long, I’ve managed to find one on offer for £90.00, is this about right in the current market please?
Cheers
1902MLE

Whats wrong with the mag you have?

If there's nothing wrong with it, then there's is no need for a spare mag. Lee-Enfields are charger fed, not mag fed, the mags are not designed for being removed to load them, as it risks damaging the feed lips etc.

It’s the only one I have, I want a spare for deer stalking and the rifle is not charger fed.
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1902MLE

Lee Enfields are designed to be charger fed.

1902MLE wrote: ↑Fri Apr 21, 2023 2:46 pm It’s the only one I have, I want a spare for deer stalking and the rifle is not charger fed.
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1902MLE

So your rifle never went through the post 1908 charger bridge modification....?

That makes it a rarity then.

In that case a spare mag is not a bad idea. They cost what they cost when you can find one.

Hello
If you need one and you want one, buy it now when you have a chance, the way prices are going, God only knows what they will cost in the future that`s if you can find one.........

Looks like I’d best take the one I’ve found then, my rifle is 1902 and is in an unmolested original state so was made before the charger update

1902MLE wrote: ↑Fri Apr 21, 2023 4:20 pm Looks like I’d best take the one I’ve found then, my rifle is 1902 and is in an unmolested original state so was made before the charger update

Yes, but as I said, the vast majority of them still in service after 1908, went through the charger bridge mod, after the introduction of the SMLE, so as to have commonality.
So, if yours isn't modded (it was only 6 years old when the charger bridge mod was introduced) then it was likely sold out of service/donated to second line overseas use very early for it not to be modded for charger loading.

I’ve no idea why it’s a mag loader and not charger but it is as built with all matching numbers and so I’m told in original condition and unmolested, as a bonus it’s seen very little use.

If it is genuine and as old as the rifle I would buy it now, I assume it is a ten round mag, how many deer do you intend to shoot all at once?