Interesting update on rangers enfields
- Thread starter Claven2
- Start date
- Location
- WMU248 near Edmonton
plan is still to sell off all the serviceable rifles.
I know the letter was signed off declaring all remaining enfields is service surplus to the needs of the CAF.
the disposal process is painful and slow... much like the purchasing process.
I know the letter was signed off declaring all remaining enfields is service surplus to the needs of the CAF.
the disposal process is painful and slow... much like the purchasing process.
After working up on the reserve at the nursing stations I'd dare say all serviceable Enfields will be kept by the rangers or their families as hunting rifles. So long as there is ammo it will get used. At the store up there there were 4 calibres and 4 calibres only .308 30-30 30-06 and 303..... prices at 55$ to 79/box shotgun shells ranged from $33 to $50 for btw number 2,4,6&7.5 steel.
The new Tikka rifle will be much appreciated I'm sure.
Will defiantly look into flying with my ammo should I get invited out hunting this year. I'd love to go moose hunting out there..
Incidentally should a friend of mine own a stamped ranger rifle from 1942 without cancellation marks. Should he be insuring that rifle/go seeking appraisal? He's been hunting with it for a few years but otherwise is in amazing condition. Not sure how he got it but it's certainly not his grandfather's rifle from the war like he told me it was....
The new Tikka rifle will be much appreciated I'm sure.
Will defiantly look into flying with my ammo should I get invited out hunting this year. I'd love to go moose hunting out there..
Incidentally should a friend of mine own a stamped ranger rifle from 1942 without cancellation marks. Should he be insuring that rifle/go seeking appraisal? He's been hunting with it for a few years but otherwise is in amazing condition. Not sure how he got it but it's certainly not his grandfather's rifle from the war like he told me it was....
The Army bought a bunch (over 1000) of those new, in the wrap Irish contract #4s. The best #4s I have ever handled and shot.
Only in Canada could such a rifle be chopped instead of sold.
At the least, they should allow a contractor strip everything except the receiver. The parts are valuable.
Only in Canada could such a rifle be chopped instead of sold.
At the least, they should allow a contractor strip everything except the receiver. The parts are valuable.
- Location
- WMU248 near Edmonton
not getting chopped, going to be surplused out and sold. Will likely be sold off in large batches
its too bad they didn't do this with the C No 7 .22 trainers.
This is great news. made my day. Someone, somehow, prevailed upon someone to use common sense and do the right thing.
Yes, if the CNo 7 s got chopped, this is ridiculous and a big shame.
The C No. 7s are being deactivated for use as cadet drill rifles. Not just DP marked, but deactivated.
Given that the Cadet movement could use funding, it is a shame that the rifles weren't sold, and the money put back into the program.
Given that the Cadet movement could use funding, it is a shame that the rifles weren't sold, and the money put back into the program.
