Best option for Enfield No2 Mk1*

Hi,

First post here as I'm hoping I can find some answers on here. I'm trying to get hold of a Marushin Enfield No2 Mk1* (the tanker version), but having problems finding one. Where is the best place to get hold of one in the UK, and what is the usual price point? It seems to be about the £200 mark, does that seem reasonable (although I find it rather odd it's not much more for a deac)?

Also, should I find one, is it fairly straightforward to replace the wooden grips this model seems to come with with a set of bakelite ones?

Many thanks in advance.

Thanks Cerwyn.

It's actually the bakelite grips I want on it. There are some on eBay, so I'm hoping it's simply a case of unscrewing the wooden handles it comes with and stick on the new bakelite ones.

I'm still debating what to get. I do reenactment, so there's an element of combat reenactment, where shooting would be "accurate", but also an element of show and tell, where showing off a genuine article would perhaps be better, and also from a collecting viewpoint a genuine one would be better. But with the prices going up, would I want to wave my £300 (soon to be £400 probably) genuine deact around for Joe Public? A cheap Denix would be brilliant but they don't seem to be doing one in the near future (I asked and they said thanks for the suggestion, which is probably their standard reply for every other crackpot suggestion they get).

So, to be honest, a PFC version is probably the best option in terms of mid-pricepoint, "holster filler", use, etc. Are they quite robust? Would it survive sleeping under a bush for a weekend for example?