Does anyone keep a register for the L39 rifles as they do with the Enforcers? Are there fakes or replicas being reproduced as there appears to be with the enforcers?
I have a list of recently destroyed L39's
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Does anyone keep a register for the L39 rifles as they do with the Enforcers? Are there fakes or replicas being reproduced as there appears to be with the enforcers?
I have a list of recently destroyed L39's
A list does exist!
Post the numbers and we could start a known "destructed list"
Does seem a shame that in theses times, when the MOD are trying to save as much money as they can that they cannot sell them to make a bit of money!
Perhaps they could give them away if they don't want them!.Quote:
Originally Posted by XL39E1
Why do they destroy them?.
As Harold McMillan said many years ago, '........politics dear boy, politics'. I'll post the numbers when I'm able to. But in the meantime, do fake L39's exist? Are people faking them?
Not seen any yet that I know of, but with the sale prices going up, some people might get tempted!
Just a thought XL39, but 4 of your namesakes are in the batch too...........XL39E1's!
I haven't seen any deliberate fake L39s...... yet...... but I'm sure they'll appear as prices creep upwards.
Trouble is, in UK, loads of dealers advertise any old 7.62mm barrelled No4 as "L42", "L39" or "Enforcer", and many punters seem happy to believe them.
Well, I'm not ready for destruction just yet
Fear not XL39, you're time at the guillotine will come! I'll see what I can keep back
What's an L39 worth these days. Were any scoped? Pecars? No32's?
Hmm - well there's some on guntrader for around the £950 mark - whether they'd sell for that I'm not sure. They're effectively L42s in many ways and a pretty good enfield shooter to own.Quote:
Originally Posted by rgg_7
I think in general it's fair to say they seem more popular overseas than in the uk.
I don't think any were scoped in service - they were intended for target shooting so the units would generally add a TZ4/47 or PH5C sight (and judging from the excellent general state of the guns in circulation they may not have been used all that often). You do see a lot post service with the b-square type mounts though - and often they've had plastic furniture bipods etc added.
Most seem to go for between £450 and £750! XL's on the other hand , well, double the price really!
Thanks for posting values and sight set up. Have to ask what "XL" means?
They were the trial models of the L39, possibly different barrel twists and length! Peter?
The XL is usually the designation provisionally allocated during and into the pre production phase before the final spec is codified. Once it's established that all is well, then the coded designation and NSN is allocated. Any XL rifles that didn't or don't conform to the codified spec are usually returned to the manufacturers/factory where they're modified into the current spec. This is the reason why you'll occasionally see an XL39 or an XL42 (XL37 was another I can think of........) with the X barred out. That's a good indication of a trial/test rifle that didn't conform to the final spec, was returned, converted to the current spec and sent out as standard.
Some of the early narrow muzzle XL42's were returned, fitted with the correct barrels and returned into service.
There it is in a long winded way! Yet another useless bit of Lee Enfield knowledge
I've seen a "home made" L-39 clone made from a MkII receiver and a new hammer forged barrel. Don't know if the stock was real or not, but it looked right. It was about 2 years ago, in Tennessee.
Can you remember if it had L39 Markings?
No it didn't. The fellow ddn't know much about it, but it he wasn't trying to sell it for something it wasn't. It had a PF serial number which I don't recall.
I'm willing to start a list of surviving L39A1 rifles, which I can tag onto my L42A1 List if people are willing to share there numbers!
Will need Number, Year Date and Designation. ie; L39A1, XL39E1 or 7.62mm Conv!
Can I assume that you have all of ours recorded plus the others already mentioned?
Got all yours apart from 1x L39A1 in your display! I can also take numbers from Simons Sticky thread!