Hi all,
I was at the Pickering Gun Show yesterday. It was your normal collection of moderately interesting hunting rifles and shotguns, with a tiny number of pistols and black rifles, a typical Canadian gun show. I was walking down the last aisle, thinking I had wasted my time when I saw it...
A De Lisle carbine
I immediately pushed my way through the crowd. I was amazed, I had never seen one "in the flesh". I spoke to the guy behind the table. It turns out it wasn't an actual one, it was the second reproduction the guy had built himself. I was amazed, the level of accuracy and detail was amazing. The guy told me that he had even bought a deactivated Lanchester machine gun so that he could take the sights off to make copies of them.
The first one he built for himself was prohibited, with a fully functional supressor. I don't know how he was allowed to do that (I think he has a munfacturer's licence), but he claims he did. The second one was built with a non-functional reproduction supressor. He claims to have had it reviewed by the RCMP and has a FRT for it.
The gun was not for sale, but when I asked him about buying it, he said he is planning to make a short production run if he can get at least 12 people to sign up to buy them.
He said if the buyer supplies the Lee Enfield Mk III the gun is based off of, he will convert it for around $2000. He said the .45 ACP barrel alone is $600.
I did not think to take a picture of it (dumb, I know).
The guy didn't have any business cards, but he did give me his name and phone number. I checked the number and it is for a one-man numbered company, Cinarm, that is listed as a gun manufacturer.
I am interested enough that I will be contacting him this week to get more information. I will share what I find out on this thread. If there were any other CGN members who have seen this dealer and gun, please share your thoughts.
If you want the name and number please contact me by PM. I know nothing about this guy beyond the 10 minutes I talked to him, so I make no guarrantees that this is legit.
Thanks
- Jayne
PS, I just got off the phone with the manufacturer. He seems like a legitimate, stand up guy. He is not on the internet, because he posted information about his prototype on a Lee-Enfield forum and got savaged by critics. He did not want his name posted, but if you are interested, he said it was ok if I shared his name and phone number privately. I am signed up as the first person to get one once he has sufficient interest.
I was at the Pickering Gun Show yesterday. It was your normal collection of moderately interesting hunting rifles and shotguns, with a tiny number of pistols and black rifles, a typical Canadian gun show. I was walking down the last aisle, thinking I had wasted my time when I saw it...
A De Lisle carbine
I immediately pushed my way through the crowd. I was amazed, I had never seen one "in the flesh". I spoke to the guy behind the table. It turns out it wasn't an actual one, it was the second reproduction the guy had built himself. I was amazed, the level of accuracy and detail was amazing. The guy told me that he had even bought a deactivated Lanchester machine gun so that he could take the sights off to make copies of them.
The first one he built for himself was prohibited, with a fully functional supressor. I don't know how he was allowed to do that (I think he has a munfacturer's licence), but he claims he did. The second one was built with a non-functional reproduction supressor. He claims to have had it reviewed by the RCMP and has a FRT for it.
The gun was not for sale, but when I asked him about buying it, he said he is planning to make a short production run if he can get at least 12 people to sign up to buy them.
He said if the buyer supplies the Lee Enfield Mk III the gun is based off of, he will convert it for around $2000. He said the .45 ACP barrel alone is $600.
I did not think to take a picture of it (dumb, I know).
The guy didn't have any business cards, but he did give me his name and phone number. I checked the number and it is for a one-man numbered company, Cinarm, that is listed as a gun manufacturer.
I am interested enough that I will be contacting him this week to get more information. I will share what I find out on this thread. If there were any other CGN members who have seen this dealer and gun, please share your thoughts.
If you want the name and number please contact me by PM. I know nothing about this guy beyond the 10 minutes I talked to him, so I make no guarrantees that this is legit.
Thanks
- Jayne
PS, I just got off the phone with the manufacturer. He seems like a legitimate, stand up guy. He is not on the internet, because he posted information about his prototype on a Lee-Enfield forum and got savaged by critics. He did not want his name posted, but if you are interested, he said it was ok if I shared his name and phone number privately. I am signed up as the first person to get one once he has sufficient interest.
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