Seadog, back in the '50's and 60's, tons of SMLE's of various configurations were sold here. The dealers who sold them bought them from Britain at scrap-irons prices, like so many cents per pound, then sold them here for a couple hundred times what they'd paid for 'em. A lot of them were in good condition, and I found that some were very accurate, including some of the No. 5's!

I had a beat-up, totally in-the-white No. 4 Longbranch that I carried in the trunk of my car the whole 3 years I was stationed in Fairbanks, AK. With Rem 180-grain factory ammo it made a good moose getter! Economical, too! I paid a guy $5.00 for it when he was leaving the area.