303tom
I look at it in this way. If the metal on the rifle has not been altered it could be a good project to restore to military dress.
I have 4 Enfields, 2 No.1s and 2 No.4s that I have restored.
Now if the metal has been altered, go sporter.
Back in the 80's you almost had to give away Enfields. Now days nice ones are starting at $200 and go up. But most sporter Enfields will only bring about $200. But then again, to each his own.
Here is a British P14 that I picked up last month for $125.
A parts rifle in military dress sell for $400 or so and a nice one sells for $500 to $700.
A good stock will cost me right at $100 and then about another $50 for missing small parts. So I will end up with $275 tied up in a $400 rifle.
But then I get more joy from restoring a rifle. Others may get more joy from building a sporter.
I have about 20 project rifles right now and just spent $105 for three bolt bodies I needed for three of them.
I also have a cool Flobert shotgun barreled action with a broken musket style stock that I need to restore.