An L 42 question plus an announcement regarding Enfield Resource

Hi Everybody,
Ok, burning question first; approximately when was the L42 made, and just in case its a separate question, about when did the L 42 come on the market for civilians?

... and re Enfield Resource.com, its become popular, so much so that I get rude requests for more money to pay for the band width used by the increase in traffic, so, it's pushed me to do something thats been on my mind for some time and that is to host it somewhere else more affordable and more flexible, and in the transition to do a make over and clean house a little. The basics can be seen at this (temporary) link;
Lee Enfield Rifles Resource, 303 Enfield 303,

When the site is more complete in a week or two I'll transfer the URL enfieldresource.com from the old to the new site and it'll be an apparently seamless upgrade for everyone out there. I'm bringing this up as its a great time for ideas about content, pictures that you might like to see included and I'm wide open to any ideas you might have. On the front page I'll leave a comments box open, and in addition I'll also watch here

The primary purpose of enfield resource is as a link site but as with enfields and how they keep growing, so do ideas for the site, if you see blank pages I'm for sure looking for material on that pages subject, and if there's some stuff there I'm looking for more of the same.
If you'd like to see pictures of your rifle with your name attached I'm happy to oblige, and as I mentioned on site, if you see pictures that I've found over the years and you'd rather I didn't show your rifle etc, just say so and I'll take any such down asap.
If you'd like a listing for some enfield service etc that you provide, no worries, just let me know. Ditto if you know of someone or something not yet included.
One page I really want to get done because it's always been a source of bafflement to me is descriptions and pics of variants of parts, ie nose caps have 4 plus that I've heard of but still don't know what to look for. If you have info and pics on variants they are sorely needed, ie nose caps, oilers, no4 rear sights, trigger guards, no 1 rear sights, bolt striker knobs, you get the idea.

oh btw I'm about to list an no1 mk3 type lithy H barrel for sale on our milsurps classifieds ads. fyi.

thanks rjwnz

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Originally Posted by RJW NZ

Hi Everybody,
Ok, burning question first; approximately when was the L42 made, and just in case its a separate question, about when did the L 42 come on the market for civilians?

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Check the MKL under United Kingdom for the first year of the L42 ....

1971 L42A1 Enfield Sniper Rifle

You may find that article answers some of your questions and I'm sure Peter and other members can fill in the rest of the blanks.

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Originally Posted by RJW NZ

The primary purpose of enfield resource is as a link site but as with enfields and how they keep growing, so do ideas for the site, if you see blank pages I'm for sure looking for material on that pages subject, and if there's some stuff there I'm looking for more of the same. If you'd like to see pictures of your rifle with your name attached I'm happy to oblige, and as I mentioned on site, if you see pictures that I've found over the years and you'd rather I didn't show your rifle etc, just say so and I'll take any such down asap.

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A couple of feedback comments Roger ...

I'd be cautious of content to ensure it's vetted and all correct. It's one of the reasons we use an Advisory Panel of experts. I'd also make sure you establish Site Content Policy to cover copyright issues and a Terms of Service Agreement that people should be bound to if they use your site or it's contents. In the last year, there's been a few new copyright "ambulance chaser" law firms out of Nevada who go after web sites that publish (or let members re-publish) content from other sites. Their only purpose is to get a quick nuisance financial settlement, as opposed to really going to trial. They've been pretty effective at making a good living for themselves and running a lot of small web sites out of business. Just one claim against a site can cost $10,000 to make them go away, which is why we have gone to great lengths to have a strong and enforceable agreements ourselves.

I'd recommend organizing photo montages into a format that users can easily follow. In out first few years we simply pasted up Knowledge Library albums in no particular grouping, but as the number of them grew, it became unmanageable. So, we re-organized everything into groupings by country, with sub categories search groups also available such as Enfield Rifles (click here), Sniper Rifles (click here) and so on .....

Since 95% of the Enfield collection in the MKL here is owned by my wife, if you wish to link back directly (with appropriate credits) to that extensive on-line Milsurp Knowledge Library, please feel free to do so.

Finally, I'd get yourself signed up for free Google Analytics, which will help you immensely in understanding what is going on with your site from an incredible amount of different points of view, covering visitors through to the most popular pages etc. If you don't know what's happening on your site in order to set priorities, you'll find you'll quickly suck up a lot of bandwidth which will start costing you a serious amount of money to maintain.

Good luck with expanding your endeavor and if we can help further, let us know .... :cheers:

Regards,
Doug

The first time I ever saw or heard of an L42 in private hands was in about 1979 or 80 when a dealer in Wiltshire had about 4 or 5 of them plus a couple of L8's, bought at a Government auction/sale when a large Ordnance Depot in Berkshire closed down. These rifles were missing the front or rear or both pads and came as pretty well bog standard rifles.

At the time, I wondered whether these rifles were or might have been the donors for the .22" No8 rifles that had been fitted with body pads. But anyway, that's the first time I ever saw one in private hands