Better pics of my new E.A.L rifle. (Dial up beware!)

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Man I'm having fun learning about this old girl! It turns out that it is the military configuration (although I can't seem to locate anybody elsewho has one...all civilian models), and I tell ya....it's in REALLY nice shape :D
The wood needs a coat of linseed, and the blue is thin in a couple of spots....but apart from that it's like new. I am a happy camper.

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Nice Score!!! I believe that mine is also in military configuration (pics below), but it came with a scope and mount which may or may not be an authentic modification. I was thinking of selling it, but it would probably not sell for much more than a bubba No4 so I just kept it. Contact a member named wheaty if you would like more info on the EAL.

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From W. Wheatfield, link from Hitzy

In the mid- to late-1950s, an interesting variant of the No. 4 Mk I* was produced in Canada by the firm of Essential Agencies Limited (E.A.L.) of Toronto. Several thousand were manufactured, and at least 1000 were purchased by the Canadian government and issued to the Royal Canadian Air Force for use as a survival rifle, and to the Canadian Northern Rangers for use as a standard longarm. This variant is a "sporter" version of the Long Branch military rifle (Figure 1), but it is NOT a "sporterized" No. 4 Mk I*--it is a newly-manufactured rifle! This variant of the No. 4 rifle is generally referred to as the "E.A.L. Rifle."
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Interesting......so the rare (4000 total production, less than 1000 of that military) EAL's are selling for equal money to a No4 (what...900,000 production) ? Heck, there were 25000 (T)'s built!

Could it be that the people selling werent aware of what they had?

Seriously....if anybody wants 400 for their EAL, send me a PM. I'll collect them!
 
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I saw a rifle identical to that for sale at an Ontario gunshow 6 years back...same holes through the serial number, same approx serial number. Rifle was near new. I turned it down at $225 cause I didn't like the holes. I learned later that some of these military ones were supplied with a PH scope bracket. Boy, did I kick myself after that. I would say your holes are origional to the manufacture of the rifle.

I have owned a few civilian EALs over the years, and bought them as Bubbas each time. Most I paid for one was $125, best price was $65. Of course that was then, and now is now.
 
Have one of each. Now just when are you going to replace that strip of Latigo with a proper sling???

Seems that the original article got the sporter and the military one reversed if Warren's post (above) is the latest.
It would make sense because I have the identical rifle in the pic and it also is tapped for a Parker Hale scope mount. (also have the mount and a scope installed)
 
John Sukey said:
Have one of each. Now just when are you going to replace that strip of Latigo with a proper sling???

Seems that the original article got the sporter and the military one reversed if Warren's post (above) is the latest.
It would make sense because I have the identical rifle in the pic and it also is tapped for a Parker Hale scope mount. (also have the mount and a scope installed)
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John
I sold you a civilian one about 6 years ago. Is that the one you still have? It had a pretty minty barrel if I recall. Seems like when they blued these rifles, they blued the bores as well. I have seen three new/nearly new and all had shiney blue bores.
 
Wrong Way said:
Interesting......so the rare (4000 total production, less than 1000 of that military) EAL's are selling for equal money to a No4 (what...900,000 production) ? Heck, there were 25000 (T)'s built!
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As much a low volume of production as the EAL rifles may have been, they are not a T. While the military version has a slight bit of post war history to it (it was issued to aircraft as a survival rifle, and some to the Northern Ranger units), the civilian version is just a commercial rifle made up out of unnissued military parts mixed with some new commercial parts. There can be no comparison to a T, a rifle which helped win wars, and served for over 50 years.
They are a neat Canadian sideline to the Enfields, but in my opinion, not much more than that.
 
I have a an inspection tag around here for an EAL from the army Warren Wheatfield asked for a pic because he's never saw a tag for one before .I'll try to find it sometime and post a pic.. there was an EAL at the local gunstore but only for repairs he had somehow lost the front sight blade
 
From earlier threads, a few of the Rangers were saying that their EAL rifles were actually scoped by the military for them. I've seen a couple of them with idendtical holes as as well. Don't get to carried away bashing your EAL, those holes just may be correct. Maybe some of our Ranger bretheren could shed a bit of light on this. bearhunter
 
bearhunter said:
From earlier threads, a few of the Rangers were saying that their EAL rifles were actually scoped by the military for them. I've seen a couple of them with idendtical holes as as well. Don't get to carried away bashing your EAL, those holes just may be correct. Maybe some of our Ranger bretheren could shed a bit of light on this. bearhunter
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I can't believe they'd drilll holes right through the serial number...that sucks, even if it is a factory installation.

Hey John Sukey- can you post pics of your EAL with the PH scope mount on it so people can see what mount went with these rifles? At least we can collect pics of these rifles.
 
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