If you found a complete C No. 7 .22 in very good condition at $1K, it would be a steal. A really nice one in it's transit case is more like $2K or even more.
The only way to get one under a thousand dollars is a made up gun, assembled from parts. There have been bare new receivers on the market, and there have been a number of rifles where the receiver was destroyed. Assemble a .22 lined barrel with bits and bobs obtained separately and you have a fair facsimile of a C No. 7 rifle - usable, but no collector value.
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