L59A1 DP Enfield
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A "DP" may be hard to find on a shooting forum as they aren't shooters! I would suggest finding your local Army/Air Cadet outfit as they still train drill to the kids using "DP" enfields or enfields with the barrels plugged. Bear in mind before you go that you'll probably find rifles that have been dropped an abused by generations of kids
A "DP" may be hard to find on a shooting forum as they aren't shooters! I would suggest finding your local Army/Air Cadet outfit as they still train drill to the kids using "DP" enfields or enfields with the barrels plugged. Bear in mind before you go that you'll probably find rifles that have been dropped an abused by generations of kids
I emailed the cadets office of Quebec. We'll see what they answer.
I can't think of anywhere else i'd look for a DP enfield. I figured I'd try here, even if they aren't shooters since there are Enfield collectors on here.
I've never seen one...and btw, the likelihood of the Army in Canada providing you with a rifle of any description...good luck with that...
I doubt if they'd even give you a picture of one...
With thanks to Advisory Panel member Peter Laidler, check the article in the Technical Articles for Milsurp Collectors and Re-loaders (click here)http://www.milsurps.com/content.php...esearch-for-milsurp-collectors-and-re-loaders.
L59A1 DP Rifle (by Peter Laidler) (click here)http://www.milsurps.com/content.php?r=379-L59A1-DP-Rifle-(by-Peter-Laidler)
As Peter says …. "Putting my old teaching hat on and remembering the phrase that one picture describes a thousand words, here are a series of pictures showing the important points of what one of these mysterious ‘rifles’ embodies."
Article Extract .....
That was a timely picture by tlvaughn (click here)http://www.milsurps.com/showpost.php?p=103330&postcount=17http://www.milsurps.com/showpost.php?p=103330&postcount=17 of his selection of No4 rifles which included a shot of an official No4 DP rifle, known to us in the UK Military as the RIFLE, DRILL PURPOSE, L59A1. I expect that some of the wild and untamed colonials and antipodeans among the forumers have been at their wits end trying to decipher what we unwashed Brits have been chuntering on about during our recent discussions about an Enfield rifle that is incapable of firing anything, but is still a rifle…….called ‘……..an L59!’ The L59 was a downgraded rifle converted to a non firing, totally inert rifle for training use with Cadets (and not only Cadets I should add). Incidentally, numerically this is the last Lee Enfield. While there were 6 L59A2's, that should be looked upon as a sample run. That fact makes a genuine L59 a cheap but important item in any collection of Lee Enfields. …... <continued>
The left side of a typical L59A1 Drill Rifle. Notice the distinct, wide white bands on the butt and fore-end/handguard. This particular rifle had a blunted/rounded tip DP marked bayonet fitted too. There doesn’t appear to be any official EMER reference to DP No4 bayonets in the relevant EMER SA&MG V150 but this bayonet bears a label with the distinct red ‘S’ for serviceable which is lined through and now reads ‘…to EMER DP spec’. On the basis that if it is DP, it cannot be truly serviceable.
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Regards,
Doug
