Rayleigh_Scattering
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I seek the wisdom of the community.
Two years ago, while enjoying an armed walk in the beautiful winter woods of Alberta, I met with a Fish and Wildlife Officer who after checking our permits and licenses (both good) became concerned about the 10rd magazine in the Enfield I was carrying.
His concern was not that I was intending to use it for hunting, but rather that a center fire rifle magazine holding 10 rounds is automatically prohibited, and yet here I was strolling around with one.
I thought I was prepared for this, by quoting the proper code reference for the section where it is listed that the Enfield is one of the two center-fire rifle magazines which, in Canada, is allowed to hold 10 rounds (the other being the Garand).
What stumped me was his question "How do I know this is an Enfield?"
The officer was polite, professional, and I have absolutely nothing negative to say about his behavior in this encounter; I just didn't know how to answer him.
In the end he took my word for it (base on behavioral cues, I expect) but it could also have gone differently.
I get the impression there's a fair number of law-enforcement type folks lurking here. What would you accept as an authoritative reference for "See, this is an Enfield."?
A couple of pages scanned from Jane's Small Arms of the 20th century? Or is there some kind of standard recognition guide you folks tend to use?
I posted this in "milsurps" (rather than in "hunting") because that's where other owners of Enfields/Garands are most likely to come across it.
Ulrich
Two years ago, while enjoying an armed walk in the beautiful winter woods of Alberta, I met with a Fish and Wildlife Officer who after checking our permits and licenses (both good) became concerned about the 10rd magazine in the Enfield I was carrying.
His concern was not that I was intending to use it for hunting, but rather that a center fire rifle magazine holding 10 rounds is automatically prohibited, and yet here I was strolling around with one.
I thought I was prepared for this, by quoting the proper code reference for the section where it is listed that the Enfield is one of the two center-fire rifle magazines which, in Canada, is allowed to hold 10 rounds (the other being the Garand).
What stumped me was his question "How do I know this is an Enfield?"
The officer was polite, professional, and I have absolutely nothing negative to say about his behavior in this encounter; I just didn't know how to answer him.
In the end he took my word for it (base on behavioral cues, I expect) but it could also have gone differently.
I get the impression there's a fair number of law-enforcement type folks lurking here. What would you accept as an authoritative reference for "See, this is an Enfield."?
A couple of pages scanned from Jane's Small Arms of the 20th century? Or is there some kind of standard recognition guide you folks tend to use?
I posted this in "milsurps" (rather than in "hunting") because that's where other owners of Enfields/Garands are most likely to come across it.
Ulrich
I quickly pick Lee-Enfields out of the crowd by the shape of the stock and magazine.
