Precourser to the Canadian EAL rifle survival rifle found

]This rifle showed up this weekend. Dimensioned the same as the later EAL rifles but fitted with a unique front sight assembly. The forestock is shortened and the lightening hole plugged with a piece of walnut and shaped to fit.

The buttstock had a funky masking taped note that did little other than hide the permanent magic marker price added some time in the past. Certainly not what I paid. There has to be a special place in the hot place for clerks who do things like this.

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Interesting variant. I've got a very early EAL with a stock set identical to one on your pictured rifle. I've seen the front sight somewhere before however can't place it. Maybe Warren will have a more information as he's got lots of EAL history. Ron(Canada)

If your inclined to remove the marker alcohol should do the trick. Then apply a little RLO to the spot,,good as new...

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Originally Posted by WarPig1976

If your inclined to remove the marker

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Or just start moving the decimal to the right a few notches...

Could we see a closeup that shows what the backsight is resting on in the down position?

The rear sight is not resting on anything. It can be pushed down about 1/4 inch below horizontal. I suspect it was made with a Mk2 L flip rear sight and someone added the CM3 sight at a later date.

That would make sense. They wouldn't be looking at long range for a survival rifle. Most of those aircrew never shot much and would have problems at any ranges...

Look exactly like mine. I have the same front sight

I too had one of these rifles. Mine was in grey park just like an FNC1. And it had a Mk II flip sight vs the Cmk3 in the first post.

Receiver is cut exactly the same as an EAL. (compared them side by side)

This now makes 3 of them I've seen.