Almost 7,000 Lee Enfield. 22 trainers to be melted?? Or saved?

[Helipilot69]

From Bloke On The Range, working to save these No. 8 trainers.
https://youtu.be/Yd5aegj-6qo

 

[Pblatzz]

Wow... We need these. Are any dealers out there interested?

 

[Fuzzy Wool Hat]

The hard part is they’ll only sell to government agencies (hence CMP in the states). I can’t think of anyone here who would qualify. Maybe a business that sells to law enforcement would count?

 

[Sharps '74]

The DCRA comes to mind ..... if it still exists.

It's was/is quasi-government with a lot of ex-military people involved in it's hierarchy.

 

[Helipilot69]

Canadian War Museum??

 

[olivedrab]

What a shame!

 

[beltfed]

The DCRA comes to mind ..... if it still exists.

It's was/is quasi-government with a lot of ex-military people involved in it's hierarchy.

Hahahahaha.

The DCRA are self-serving full bore and F-class target shooters now. They have zero interest in military history, or the upkeep of civilian/military cooperation in the maintenance of marksmanship in this country.

 

[Dosing]

Canadian War Museum??

What do you think the War Museum would do with 6000 Rifles.

 

[Helipilot69]

Well, I guess the first thing would be to build more display cases!!

 

[cyclone]

Are these the ones with 5-shot magazines?

 

[Divermike]

What do you think the War Museum would do with 6000 Rifles.

Use the barreled actions as rebar in floor of their next expansion.

 

[Divermike]

Perhaps a hillbilly municipal gov could buy them and sell for profit through the local gun store.

 

[55recce]

Single shot. Only the British No 7 .22 was magazine fed.

These will without a doubt be destroyed. All the L96 except a few in museums are at the bottom of the North Sea.

 

[gordonlbyrne]

they belong to canadian tax payer .why not sell them to canadian collectors and shooters and the funds could go back into the govt coffers.

 

[Dosing]

Use the barreled actions as rebar in floor of their next expansion.

Its been done. A UK dealer in Leeds I used to get stuff from did that about 10 years ago.

 

[55recce]

British tax payer not Canadian. Only UK and NZ issued No. 8 as far as I am aware.

 

[Razor117]

Not so fast! The No7 has a magazine... to catch empty cases. It is single shot.
The No8 is the repeater.

These would be great to get into the country. But I can see it now. They wont be cheap; the days of cheap milsurp are gone. What importer wants to bulk import 6k rifles when the milsurp market in canada is so small.

 

[JP]

- The No7 has a magazine... to catch empty cases.

That is the Canadian C No.7 and it is a single shot. Actually as first issued it had a feeding ramp and that ramp was often removed in service to catch the empty brass.

- The No7 has a magazine... to catch empty cases.

British issue No. 7 is a repeater and has a magazine



- The No.8 is a single shot..

 

[7ECA]

It would be nice to see them saved, but seems as though unless a Government steps up the MOD isn't going to sell them...

Maybe Martin of Corwin Arms can finagle some sort of a deal. Wishful thinking...

 

[Tex Critter]

About a million years ago, when I was an Army Cadet I achieved DCRA Marksman, Sharpshooter & Expert classifications with that rifle. Still have the crests......somewhere.