Whatever happened to the Ranger Enfields?

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I realize it's been discussed before, but have we ever determined what happened to the Canadian Ranger Lee Enfields? Some where given to members of course.
 
Some were gifted, some destroyed in accordance with the law, and as far as I know some haven't been replaced yet. Remember, the CF can't replace high priority items like fighter jets, supply ships, or even handguns without turning it into a massive cluster, and taking 2 decades - replacing bolt action rifles for volunteers isn't high priority.
 
Many rifles were gifted the rangers - any ranger with a PAL that wanted one, got one. Few (if any) Lee Enfield rifles are still issued to Rangers, some exceptions would be backup rifles, drill purpose guns, instruction pieces, etc.

There are still many serviceable and DP rifles left in the supply system, as far as I know, destruction hasn't started yet. I also don't think the DP rifles are being destroyed, they are being retained for various reasons (display, parades, cadet corps, etc.).

For my good friend enefgee, we can't replace fighter jets because politically the leaders keep changing their minds and policies - not because the CAF isn't competent enough to buy jets. That procurement has been totally re-started multiple times. To put it in perspective, Chretien signed on to F35 development as one of the original 5 contributing countries in 1995!!!

Then the Liberals "killed" the program in 2006 when Stephane Dion tried to form a coalition with the NDP and Bloc to boot out the Harper minority government, and so on... Liberals have short memories of convenience.
 
They better not destroy any. Being arguably one of the most significant firearms in history and these particular ones being the last in service, they have historical value. Hopefully they at least end in long term storage or museums.
 
they are destroying at least hundreds if not thousands of rifles...some DP ones went to some cadets corps but all the unissued ones get destroyed....sad....
 
Philthy1 said:
They better not destroy any. Being arguably one of the most significant firearms in history and these particular ones being the last in service, they have historical value. Hopefully they at least end in long term storage or museums.
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That's government policy now, and has been for some time; back to the time of the LGR I believe.
 
They have to get them off the streets. Remember, they are weapons of war, designed to kill as many people as possible in as short a time as possible.
 
They will keep them all and instead of giving AR owners $400/gun, they will give them a Lee Enfield from inventory.
 
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