Another EAL Question: New Pics Added

[cantom]

Documenting the EAL

The pics we've been posting are probably by far the most ever posted on this rifle... These pics are the first most people will have seen of this Canadian rifle in such detail.
Very nice bluing on this rifle.

Civilian model top of 200/400 overstruck EAL rear sight:

Front sight and crown

Civilian forestock

Trigger guard, screw, bushing

Does anyone know where this lock washer goes? If I put it in the Enfield spot under the king screw head, it seems to space the king screw down too far. It seems it went up between the guard and the bushing...

 

[Anvil]

Cantom, is there a number stamped on the wrist socket under the trigger guard?
My EAL has either a large "6" or "9" stamped there.

 

[cantom]

Cantom, is there a number stamped on the wrist socket under the trigger guard?
My EAL has either a large "6" or "9" stamped there.

Mine has what looks like a 1 in there. BTW, the lock washer goes under the trigger guard, it spaces it down so the guard is flush with the stock. They could have done the same thing with a longer bushing.

 

[Bangup]

EAL converted civilian?

Here is another EAL for you, something like Anvil's.

This one is is the serial #10xx range; so perhaps before they got their act together. Who knows, maybe they mixed and matched in the early days; maybe they made to order!

It has a correctly inletted civilian style forend with tie strap; pressure point at tip, and relieved around the barrel, as in a floated barrel, no lightening recesses. Stock and buttpad all correct. All parts stamped LB, except stamped rear swivel (S, maybe Savage) and milled front swivel (F, likely Faz.).

Flip-sight ears on rear top of receiver appear to have been removed after initial EAL manufacture. A standard sort of single-step elevator carbine rear sight is dovetailed into the barrel, front sight is a Marble's gold bead No. 54, on a dovetailed-into the barrel ramp which looks more like the military version. It has a five round mag stamped made in England (military?). Barrel approx. 20 1/2" long, crowned like other EAL models. Receiver below the stock line appears oil blackened, above it appears to be a grayed blue.

So who changed the sight, could be a gunsmith, or could be an EAL re-work.

 

[cantom]

This gets more interesting all the time! Thanks for the pics!
There's some real mix n matches out there, wonder who did the work? Too bad EAL factory info is
non-existant...

Here is another EAL for you, something like Anvil's.

This one is is the serial #10xx range; so perhaps before they got their act together. Who knows, maybe they mixed and matched in the early days; maybe they made to order!

It has a correctly inletted civilian style forend with tie strap; pressure point at tip, and relieved around the barrel, as in a floated barrel, no lightening recesses. Stock and buttpad all correct. All parts stamped LB, except stamped rear swivel (S, maybe Savage) and milled front swivel (F, likely Faz.).

Flip-sight ears on rear top of receiver appear to have been removed after initial EAL manufacture. A standard sort of single-step elevator carbine rear sight is dovetailed into the barrel, front sight is a Marble's gold bead No. 54, on a dovetailed-into the barrel ramp which looks more like the military version. It has a five round mag stamped made in England (military?). Barrel approx. 20 1/2" long, crowned like other EAL models. Receiver below the stock line appears oil blackened, above it appears to be a grayed blue.

So who changed the sight, could be a gunsmith, or could be an EAL re-work.

 

[Anvil]

Bangup, how far is the rear sight dovetail from the receiver ring? My rifle is very simlilar to yours. I'm wondering if I take the rear sight band off if the will be a dovetail hidden underneath.

Locally, when these rifles would have been popular, open sights were considered superior to aperature sights for hunting. I could imagine that someone might want the "better" sights on his deer rifle.

 

[Bangup]

Anvil

Front end of receiver ring to centre of dovetail is 4 7/16".

Hope this helps!

 

[woodchopper]

just for reference mine is in the normal accepted civilain pattern and the serial number is 11xx

so if they were trying out different styles of rear sites for the military run they might have been in the lower serial numbers

 

[cantom]

I was wrong about the lock washer btw. I just noticed that with the lock washer above the trigger guard the forend was loose and moving up and down. I relocated it to where it should be which is apparently under the head of the king screw. This does mean the guard is below flush on the stock.

I cycled some dummy rounds through the rifle and what a butter smooth action it is, zero resistance when chambering rounds. A very nice handling rifle. It'll be going to the range soon.
Only complaint- I could wish it had a stripper clip guide as that is really a much easier way of quickly loading an Enfield action.