Enfield 'tanker' model question

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Wondering if anyone out there might be able to help me out. I understand that this is a 'revolver' question but I thought that I might get the answer that I needed here.

I have a 'tanker' Enfield No. 1 Mk 2 .38 revolver. It does not have the lanyard ring in the base of the grip but the threded hole is there. Now my two questions are thus:

As this is the 'tanker' model, would it have been issued with the lanyard ring or would that have been removed as an inconvenience like the hammer?

if this revolver was issued with the ring and a person wanted to go about finding a suitable replacement would he have any luck?

thanks,
 
sounds like you have the same problem as many of us.... someone in the past has removed the lanyard ring. It should have one.

I am looking for one myself for one of my non-tanker enfield revolvers. Not easy to find
 
Non such animule as a "tanker" Strictly a sales gimmick.
The butt of the revolver sticks out of the holster the hammer spur, in any case, is inside the holster, so it will not get caught on anything. They ALL had a lanyard ring. As others have said, some erk took it off.
 
John Sukey said:
Non such animule as a "tanker" Strictly a sales gimmick.
The butt of the revolver sticks out of the holster the hammer spur, in any case, is inside the holster, so it will not get caught on anything. They ALL had a lanyard ring. As others have said, some erk took it off.
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Totally off topic,but,surely and erk was an RAF enlisted man/ground crew/non nco?
Whereas a Berk is the short form of Berkshire Hunt.
 
southsaskscotty said:
Wondering if anyone out there might be able to help me out. I understand that this is a 'revolver' question but I thought that I might get the answer that I needed here.

I have a 'tanker' Enfield No. 1 Mk 2 .38 revolver. It does not have the lanyard ring in the base of the grip but the threded hole is there. Now my two questions are thus:

As this is the 'tanker' model, would it have been issued with the lanyard ring or would that have been removed as an inconvenience like the hammer?

if this revolver was issued with the ring and a person wanted to go about finding a suitable replacement would he have any luck?

thanks,
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Have you fired it much? I was led to believe that since they were D/A only, they have an extremely heavy trigger pull. I'm just asking because I have thought about getting one, as they seem more common than the other Enfield models. But I could be talking out of my a@s as usual.
 
"...why they were removed..." Very likely because they get in the way when shot by civilians. The lanyard ring on an Inglis HP gets in the way too. They turn up occasionally in parts bins at gun shows.
"...the hammer spur..." There is no hammer spur on the No. 2 revolver. DA only. Typically issued to armoured types and carried in a drop leg holster. Hence the term 'tanker'.
 
stencollector said:
I find the Lanyard ring on about 25% of the Enfield/Albion revolvers. I have never had an explanation as to why they were removed. They used to show up on ebay from time to time at about $30 or so.
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$30 each!?

Makes me wish when I found that elderly lady at a gunshow in Chilliwack last year selling lanyard rings at $0.25 each I had bought more than the 5 that I did. She had an entire bin of them. :(
 
Yes, the trigger pull is somewhat heavy, but that's what you can expect with a strict DA-only. Off the sandbags, though, they will keep up with my S&W; tried out a S&W, a Webley and a pair of Enbfields all the same day, and you could hardly tell which group came from which gun.

They were all issued WITH lanyard ring and stud. Common usage was for the lanyard to be fitted to the gun AND to the uniform; that way you didn't lose your gun when bailing out of a burning Sherman or otherwise having funs. Procedure on leaving a burning tank was supposedly to heave up the hatch and lay down a curtain of fire as you hit the ditch. Real easy when you have 6 rounds in the thing and another 6 in the front loops on your thigh holster! Hopefully the radioman would be able to get his Sten into action but, chances were, he was toast anyway.
Same gun was issued to just about everyone: truck drivers, motorcycle dispatch riders, airyplane flyers and all sorts.
But they are a nice gun and they can really shoot, once you get used to the trigger.
 
smellie said:
Yes, the trigger pull is somewhat heavy, but that's what you can expect with a strict DA-only. Off the sandbags, though, they will keep up with my S&W; tried out a S&W, a Webley and a pair of Enbfields all the same day, and you could hardly tell which group came from which gun.

They were all issued WITH lanyard ring and stud. Common usage was for the lanyard to be fitted to the gun AND to the uniform; that way you didn't lose your gun when bailing out of a burning Sherman or otherwise having funs. Procedure on leaving a burning tank was supposedly to heave up the hatch and lay down a curtain of fire as you hit the ditch. Real easy when you have 6 rounds in the thing and another 6 in the front loops on your thigh holster! Hopefully the radioman would be able to get his Sten into action but, chances were, he was toast anyway.
Same gun was issued to just about everyone: truck drivers, motorcycle dispatch riders, airyplane flyers and all sorts.
But they are a nice gun and they can really shoot, once you get used to the trigger.
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Not too sure , but i believe the Webley and Enfield revolvers were issued to the Brits,... us guys..that is ,..Canadian's,.. were issued the S&W Victory revolver,......there is a good photo of a Canadian officer in Normandy holding his S&W ,..actually is Major D Currie of the South Alberta Regiment who won the VC ,.. ..the Webley and Enfield seem to get poor performance review's due to there stiff trigger and crude finish,...but are a very well made handgun...and stand up better to battlefield conditions than the S&W ,..also British top break revolvers,..as are all British revolvers ,...are very fast to reload,...especially with a speed loader...a speed loader that is designed for any Smith& Wesson K -Frame revolver will work.
 
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