Enfield-"sunday guns"

[josh1976]

Anyone ever hear this dreadfull horor story??

We grew up hunting and my father and grandfather used to call their No4 Mk1*'s, "sunday guns". There was no hunting allowed on sundays so....when hunting on "sunday" of coarse, they would bring enfields. If they spotted a game warden, they'd chuck the rifles into the woods and leave them there. The next week, they would pick-up two more at the local gun shop for $30.00. I still have one of them. Thankfully they all didn't get left in the woods!!

 

[BBq_Woa!]

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I've never heard of such a thing.

 

[Calum]

Sounds like a Rural myth.
I know of Enfields would often get stored in hunting Cabins, but I have never heard of ones being chucked in the woods to be forgotten.

 

[MiG25]

i dunno about this one, in the 1950's $30 was still quite a bit of money..... one could go on a full meal deal sheep and griz hunt in bc for that amount per day.

 

[Grouse Man]

At the Manitoba confiscated firearms auctions years ago (15?), there were dozens of Enfields. Between them and Cooey .22s, they seemed to be the most commonly confiscated rifles. At one point they were going for $5 - $10 apiece.

 

[Timberlord]

Maybe in the '50's , $30 was alot , but not so much in the 70's and later.
I've got alot of years behind me hunting and the outdoors . I've yet to find a gun in the bush , but I can see it happen.
Poachers have done wierder things.

 

[overthetop]

I found a rusted out old 22 in the bush whan I was a kid...The easiest way to disprove this would be to find out if hunting was not allowed on sundays or not.

 

[sunray]

"...when hunting on "sunday" of coarse(sic)..." That'd be called hunting illegally. AKA poaching.
"...not so much in the 70's..." Yeah, it was. $30 could paralyse several people in a watering hole in the 70's. Or buy a really good steak dinner with wine for two. Minimum wage was under $3 an hour then. $10 an hour was astronomical civil servant wages.

 

[Timberlord]

...and $10 would fill a cars gas tank
There was also alot of Enfields out there for alot less than $30
Poachers are still wierd , then and today