Anyone know what ended up happening to the LE find from afg in 2008s post?

Probably nothing... or they were, or will be, looted. I can't imagine anyone being able to buy those out of Afghanistan, then deal with international laws, then try to actually move them. Greece is enough of a nightmare for buying enfield parts.
 
If its usable, they probably issue it to the ANA, if not it probably gets scrapped. So, since I doubt the ANA will want to use a WWII era bolt action rifle...
 
we are still being shot at by lee enfields in afgnistan. long branchs have been captured by canadians. we have a ww1 german navy luger used to exicute russian officers by the mujadeen in the 80's that is coming to gagetown as a trophy for the museum here on base. you would be shocked what has been found over there.
 
angrysoldier said:
we have a ww1 german navy luger used to exicute russian officers by the mujadeen in the 80's that is coming to gagetown as a trophy for the museum here on base. you would be shocked what has been found over there.
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Curious how you guys managed to get the history on the specific firearm after capture?
 
And how you managed to get it past the military inspectors ? I always thought "bring backs" today were taken away from soldiers coming home because they active firearms that are unregistered ?

Someone correct me if I am wrong.
 
Nabs said:
And how you managed to get it past the military inspectors ? I always thought "bring backs" today were taken away from soldiers coming home because they active firearms that are unregistered ?

Someone correct me if I am wrong.
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He said it's going to the base museum. We capture tons of weapons over there that are then de-watted by our weapons techs and then shipped home by the CF for museum use only.

We can't bring them home ourselves.
 
Canadian Sig said:
He said it's going to the base museum. We capture tons of weapons over there that are then de-watted by our weapons techs and then shipped home by the CF for museum use only.

We can't bring them home ourselves.
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I used to hate saying the phrase "Sir, I declare that I have no live rounds, brass or ordenance in my possession, SIR!" as we came off the range... ahhhh love mother greeeeen!
 
I have a 303 Martini that came back from Afghanistan. I don't know how it got into the country though. It was actually manufactured there by the old Royal armament plant. The quality is very good. At first I thought it was a Khyber Pass repro but on the Milusrps Knowledge site a recently returned US soldier identified the rifle from the pics I supplied and he returned some pics of his example.

Apparently, many firearms that are considered C&R in the US were until recently sold in the bazaar stalls on base, by approved dealers. These rifles/handguns range from muzzle loaders to Lee Enfield and Mausers. They range anywhere from poor to excellent in quality and many rare hard to find bayonets have been sold as well.

From what he was saying, as long as the firearms were previously approved, they could be packaged up and sent home. The soldiers weren't allowed to take them home personally. It seems that they were allowed to add the bayonets and some other accessories as well as swords to their packs. His explanation was quite good and easily confirmed. Some of the dialogue can be found under the Martini section of Milsurp Knowledge.
 
One of the guys in my unit has a pic of an ANA with a No4 when he was in the training cell in Kabul. i don't think he got a good look at it thou, he's not a gunnut. I remember the stall in the market on KAF and almost crying, looking at the rack full of 577's and knowning that I couldn't send one home. Didn't thing of the museum angle till someone mentioned it after return to Canada.
Clint
PS had thought about trying to return to KAF to work of the maint. contractor and trying to ship some with DHL but surely the shipping would be $$$$$
 
FishDoc said:
I used to hate saying the phrase "Sir, I declare that I have no live rounds, brass or ordenance in my possession, SIR!" as we came off the range... ahhhh love mother greeeeen!
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So did I.

Come to think of it, I'd STILL hate saying it were I still wearing the uniform!!:p
 
"...likely bubba made in back alley gun shops in Pakistan..." Khyber Pass rifles aren't bubba's. Literally hand made by craftsmen with years of experience. A Khyber Pass tribesman is taught to shoot a rifle as soon as he can lift one. Mind you, the metallurgy is, shall we say, suspect. Personally, I'd love to have anything made in the Khyber Pass just to have one. I believe, policy, is/was to destroy any captured weapons.
"...did send over several thousand Enfields to help the Mujadeen fighters fight the Soviets..." Nope. Enfields they had. AK's were acquired. Stingers were sent.
 
You sure about the West never sending any Enfields to arm the "heroic anti-Soviet freedom fighters"? I can think of at least one book that says it happened.
 
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